This song is available on Hap Palmer's Can Cockatoos Count by Twos?
Objectives:
· Learn about opposites
· Recognize qualities of bigger-smaller, slower-faster, longer-shorter, louder-softer, brighter-dimmer, smoother-rougher, heavier-lighter
· Compare and contrast items based on these qualities
Setting:
Participants seated in chairs or on the rug.
Activity:
Listen to each question then sing it back like an echo. (After playing the recording, the teacher may ask the questions again, and children can share their answers.)
Lyrics:
What's bigger than a bear?
Smaller than a chair?
Slower than a snail?
Faster than a whale?
Longer than a yardstick?
Shorter than a toothpick?
Louder than a cry?
Softer than a sigh?
We contrast this and that
Here, there and everywhere
But when it comes to you, my friend,
Nothing can compare
What's brighter than a flashlight?
Dimmer than the sunlight?
Smoother than a pine cone?
Rougher than a dog's bone?
Heavier than a bowling ball?
Lighter than a baseball?
Faster than a plane?
Slower than a train?
We contrast this and that
Here, there and everywhere
But when it comes to you, my friend,
Nothing can compare
Because you're one of a kind
And we're lucky to find
The one and only you!
Variation:
For an extra challenge, play "lightening mind." Answer each question as you listen to the recording.
Although you have only a short time to respond, there are many correct answers from which to choose. For
extra fun, work with partners or in small groups so you can share the many possible responses to each
question.
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