This song is available on Hap Palmer's Two Little Sounds: Fun with Phonics And Numbers.
Subjects:
• Same and different
• Word families: ink, ell, ig, ack, ip, in
• Rhyming words
• Basic motor skills
Vocabulary:
Same, different, rhyme, shake,
bounce, reach, twirl, twist, sway
Activity:
In the verses of this song, you will
hear groups of 4 words. Say or sing each word.
Notice that 3 words rhyme, and one word does
not rhyme. Each word that does not rhyme
describes a motion. Show you recognize the
word by doing the motion.
Four things we will name, one is not the same
We do the one that’s different,
that’s our little game
Every time, we do the one that doesn’t rhyme
BLINK WINK SHAKE CLINK
SELL BOUNCE TELL YELL
Every time, we do the one that doesn’t rhyme
JIG REACH DIG RIG
PACK YACK TWIRL CLACK
Every time, we do the one that doesn’t rhyme
DIP SIP TWIST TIP
SWAY SPIN PIN WIN
Every time, we do the one that doesn’t rhyme
Follow-up:
All the words in this song are
verbs. They describe actions, something you
can do.
Make your own lists of 3 verbs that rhyme and
one verb that does not rhyme. For example:
CLING SING HOP FLING
JUMP HUG TUG SHRUG
Using the instrumental version, sing this
song using your ideas.
You can also use the instrumental version to
play “photo freeze.” Imagine a photographer is
taking a picture of you as you make a different
pose with each quick pause in the music.
Book Suggestions for this Song:
See more of our Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation Songs and Phonological Awareness Songs.
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