This song is available on Hap Palmer's Can Cockatoos Count by Twos?
Objectives:
· Recognize word ending families
· Focus on patterns of constructing words (onsets and rimes)
· Identify parts of the body
· Explore a variety of ways we can move.
Setting:
Participants can do this activity sitting or standing. They can be in a fixed seat situation, or spread out in
an open area.
Activity:
In each verse you will hear three words that rhyme. Move a part of your body that also rhymes with these
words. You need not wait to hear all three words. Move as soon as you know the answer.
Shake a part of your body that rhymes with sand,
Rhymes with grand, rhymes with land
.....Everybody shake your hand
Jiggle a part that rhymes with peg
Rhymes with egg, rhymes with beg
.....Everybody jiggle your leg
Circle a part that rhymes with boulder
Rhymes with colder, rhymes with older
.....Everybody circle your shoulder
Wink a part that rhymes with buy
Rhymes with tie, rhymes with cry
.....Everybody wink your eye
Chorus:
We're the Rhyme Time Band
The prime time sound in all the land
We're the Rhyme Time Band
Come on and join the fun!
Swing a part of your body that rhymes with farm,
Rhymes with charm, rhymes with harm
.....Everybody swing your arm
Bend a part that rhymes with tree
Rhymes with bee, rhymes with flea
.....Everybody bend your knee
Twiddle a part that rhymes with numb
Rhymes with crumb, rhymes with drum
.....Everybody twiddle your thumb
Twist a part that rhymes with line
Rhymes with nine, rhymes with fine
.....Everybody twist your spine
Repeat Chorus
Follow Up:
Name a part of your body you did not move with this song. Can you think of words
that rhyme with this body part? Sing this song again using your own ideas. You can
also explore different ways of moving, and discover other body parts and rhyming words with the song Rhyme Time Band II (#16).
Book Suggestions for this Song:
See more of our Early Childhood and Rhyming Song Lyrics
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