This song is available on Hap Palmer's Can A Jumbo Jet Sing the Alphabet?
Skills and Concepts:
- Identifying shapes
- Developing locomotor movement skills
- Creating pathways in space
Vocabulary:
triangle, circle, square, oval, rectangle, jig, jump, step, hop, skip, gallop
Activity:
A jig is a rapid, lively, dance usually in triple meter. The quick 6/8 rhythm of this music is ideal for
stepping, jumping, hopping, galloping and skipping. Participants create there own combinations of these
basic locomotor motions as they travel in a path that traces the shape named in each verse of this song.
Now jig along my jolly friends
And travel the path of a triangle
Lift your feet and tap the beat
And travel the path of a triangle
Now jig along my jolly friends
And travel the path of a circle
Lift your feet and tap the beat
And travel the path of a circle
Now jig along my jolly friends
And travel the path of a square
Lift your feet and tap the beat
And travel the path of a square
Now jig along my jolly friends
And travel the path of an oval
Lift your feet and tap the beat
And travel the path of an oval
Now jig along my jolly friends
And travel the path of a rectangle
Lift your feet and tap the beat
And travel the path of a rectangle
Now travel the shape you like the best
Pick your favorite path my friends
Jig along with a merry song
And freeze when the music ends
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