This song is available on Hap Palmer's Two Little Sounds: Fun with Phonics And Numbers.
Note:
This arrangement of WIGGY WIGGY
WIGGLES,* includes more pauses to allow
time for the teacher to point out initial consonant
sounds and word families. It also gives
children more opportunities to develop selfcontrol
as they react to auditory cues and
alternate between action and stillness.
Subjects:
• Initial consonant sounds:
W, B, J, F, G
• Blends: SQ, SH
• Word families: iggy, illy, idge, olly,
uzzie, eep
Vocabulary:
Wiggle, jiggle, squirm, shiver,
fidget, freeze, slow down, calm down
Teacher Note:
As a lead-up activity, you can
read through the words line by line. After each
line, point out the words that begin with the
same sound.
Activity:
When you hear the music, wiggle
around. When the music stops, freeze!
I got the wiggy wiggy wiggles
and I can’t slow down
The squizzy squizzy squirmies,
got to move around
The busy, busy, buzzies like a buzzing fly
The silly willy nillies and I don’t know why
(Freeze)
I got the jiggy jiggy jiggles and I can’t sit still
The shiver shiver shakies like a fever chill
The fidgy fidgy fidgets and I’m flippin’ out
Golly golly jeepers got to jump about
(Freeze)
And my mommy and my daddy
and my teachers say
“Calm down, cool down, hey, hey, hey!
You drive us crazy crackers
when you act this way
Slow down, slow down, slow down, slow down
I got the wiggy wiggy wiggles
and I can’t slow down
The squizzy squizzy squirmies,
got to move around
(Freeze)
The busy, busy, buzzies like a buzzing fly
The silly willy nillies and I don’t know why
I got the jiggy jiggy jiggles and I can’t sit still
(Freeze)
The shiver shiver shakies like a fever chill
(Freeze)
The fidgy fidgy fidgets and I’m flippin’ out
Golly golly jeepers got to,
golly golly jeepers got to
Golly golly jeepers got to jump about
(Freeze)
Variation
During the silences while the
children are freezing, the teacher can whisper
the initial consonant sounds and internal
word families in the preceding words.
Follow-up:
Write out the words on a chart.
Have the children read along as they speak or
sing the words. Point out and emphasize the
similar initial consonant sounds and/or word
families in each line. After children have
learned the song, have them sing along with
the instrumental version of this song.
*Original version from the recording
SALLY THE SWINGING SNAKE
Book Suggestions for this Song:
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