This song is available on Hap Palmer's Two Little Sounds: Fun with Phonics And Numbers.
Subjects:
• Alliteration - repetition of same
initial letter sound
• Location and names of various
cities and countries
Vocabulary:
San Francisco, Amsterdam,
New Orleans, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Paris,
Jacksonville, Tokyo, Zanzibar, Yakima, London,
Omaha, Walla Walla, Honolulu, Queensland,
Venezuela, Rosarito, Mozambique, vacation,
destination, transportation
Activity:
Let’s hear the names of some people
and the places they went. After each set of 3
names, sing “Come meet my travelin’ friends.”
(Play recording). Do you notice anything
unusual about the names of the people and
the places they went? (Answer: the names of
the people and the places they went start with
the same letter.) Can you think of a place you
would like to go that begins with the same
letter as your name? (Write on the board the
names and places suggested by the children.
Using the instrumental version, sing the
song again using the children’s ideas.)
Sarah went to San Francisco
Amber went to Amsterdam
Neville went to New Orleans
Come meet my travelin’ friends
Galen went to Guatemala
Kayla went to Kazakhstan
Paco went to Paris
Come meet my travelin’ friends
They rode some kind of transportation
Took them to their destination,
They all had a nice vacation,
Where did they go? Wouldn’t you like to know?
Jackie went to Jacksonville
Tony went to Tokyo
Zuri went to Zanzibar
Come meet my travelin’ friends
Yoshi went to Yakima,
Ling went to London,
Olga went to Omaha
Come meet my travelin’ friends
Repeat Verse 3
Walter went to Walla Walla
Hadya went to Honolulu
Quentin went to Queensland
Come meet my travelin’ friends
Vasu went to Venezuela
Raj went to Roswell
Mina went to Mozambique
Come meet my travelin’ friends
They’re walkin’ and ridin’,
floatin’ and flyin’, all around the world
Follow-up:
When children return from
summer vacation or winter break, use this
activity during sharing time. Start by asking
the following question: Did you go anywhere
during our school vacation break? It can be
any place: somewhere in your neighborhood,
another city, state, or country. Write on the
board each person’s name and the place
each person went. Have the class sing the
children’s names and the places they went
with the instrumental version (#24) of
this song.
What country do we live in? . . .
What state? . . . What city? . . .Where do your
parents or grandparents come from?
Let’s find these places on a map or globe.
Use alliteration and create a line using your
own name. Can you find a verb that starts
with the same sound as your name and the
place you go?
Examples:
Claralyse clapped in Clarksville
Raymond ran to Riverside
Flora flew to Florence
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