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good songs to sing for (and with ) kids
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: GUEST Date: 03 Oct 17 - 10:59 AM There are some very good songs on Ralph McTell's album "The Complete Alphabet Zoo". The kids always enjoyed Holly the Hedgehog. But they especially liked Kenny The Kangaroo as it had a rousing chorus and they could all join in. |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: Tuvya Date: 03 Oct 17 - 10:16 AM check the Children's Music Network... it may be all there. |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: GUEST Date: 01 Oct 10 - 05:51 PM im in 7th grade and i still love this song! |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: PHJim Date: 07 Jul 09 - 12:21 PM My dad used to finish Frog Went A-Courtin' with: Last to come in was a big black snake uh huh (X3) Ate the frog and the mouse and the wedding cake uh huh... That was the end of him and her Now we won't have tadpoles covered in fur. There's bread and cheese upon the shelf If you want any more you can sing it yourself. |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: GUEST Date: 05 Jul 09 - 05:43 PM Songs I sing with my daughter (now aged 4) I wish I lived in a caravan The old woman who swallowed a fly Froggie went a-courting Warm as toast |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: Tug the Cox Date: 05 Jul 09 - 08:06 AM More action songs 'swimming, swimming, in the swimming pool' In a cottage in the food, farmer by his window stood, saw a rabbit running by...' Both these lose a line with each successive repeat. great fun for children from 3 to 103. |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: PHJim Date: 04 Jul 09 - 11:53 AM How could I have forgotten the Swimming Song. Kids seem to love it and so do adults. |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: open mike Date: 03 Jul 09 - 04:55 PM i would love to see/hear this! "I'm working up a version of Louden Wainwright's 'Last Summer I went Swimming'" at the latter i was informal, at the former i wore my suit! |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: jeddy Date: 03 Jul 09 - 06:42 AM keith donnelly songs go down very well with children, especially the ones with animal noises or sound effects,' the door slowly opened'... squeek.. good luck not only on your quest but dealing with very excited children!!! you have alot of songs to sort through here. take care all jade x x |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: GUEST,KP Date: 03 Jul 09 - 06:01 AM In our Cub Scout Group (8-11 year olds), we sing various action songs, where the young people have to do certain things at various points of the song. So, on 'My Bonny lies over the Ocean' we start sitting but stand up when we hear a word beginning with the letter B. Then sit down when the next one comes along. The chorus 'Bring back my bonny to me' prompts a lot of movement and getting out of sequence. Also in this vein we do 'Father Abraham' 'Sunshine Mountain' and 'Singing in the Rain' all with actions, and I'm working up a version of Louden Wainwright's 'Last Summer I went Swimming'. These songs are good if you are faced with a bunch of energetic/noisy 9 year olds (especially boys) - you need to burn off some of their energy before they will sit down and sing/listen to quieter songs. Other things which can then work well are Rounds - there's a good few in the 'Rise Up Singing' book. And then there are ballads, where there are many different protagonists. In a song like 'Sir Patrick Spens' someone can sing the line of the King, someone else do the 'bonny boy sitting at the king's right knee', another be the mermaid, and the strongest singer can be Sir Patrick Spens! best of luck! KP |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: Tug the Cox Date: 03 Jul 09 - 05:55 AM With little ones, action songs like 'wind the bobbin up'. With slightly olders, accumulative songs like ' I know an old lady who swalllowed a fly. Silly songs like the lady woth the alligator purse also go down a treat. |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: Matthew Edwards Date: 03 Jul 09 - 04:56 AM Has anybody tried the new Fun With Folk site? Its the school part of the EDFSS Take 6 project, and though the site is still building it looks really promising with some great songs, games and activities. Matthew |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: open mike Date: 03 Jul 09 - 04:44 AM RECENTLY I POSTED A REQUEST FOR KID'S SONGS TO INCLUDE IN A LIBRARY GIG now i can't find my thread, but here are a few others... http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=6526#38766 (some song books) http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2667#11582 (children's songs) http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=4300#2376205 (street songs) http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=36629#2370647 (back of bus) http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=120097#2616251 (children's lyrics) http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=119775#2600196 (jazzy 3 bears) |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: Cool Beans Date: 14 Jun 09 - 02:39 PM Jig Along Home (Woody Guthrie) Baby Beluga (Raffi)is always a hit I Want to Go Back to My Little Grass Shack Grandpa's Farm is another good moo- cluck- and quack-along Have a birthday song prepared, in case it's anyone's birthdy. |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: Melissa Date: 14 Jun 09 - 02:45 AM echo songs are good for counter-acting distraction and/or frustration. I usually start with echo songs to sort of get an idea of what the group is like. Found a Peanut My hat it has three corners Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes Dora had a camel (which I think may be properly called 'Doris the camel?) Father Abraham Farmer in the Dell Mairzy doats If the kids have a great time with you (no doubt they will) they'll be singing bits and phrases of the songs at home. You might want to save the tacky/gross ones for late in the program..after the parents have had a chance to form a high opinion of you. It sounds like a fun project! |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: Eve Goldberg Date: 13 Jun 09 - 06:46 PM Off the top of my head: The Titanic ("Oh they built the ship Titanic...") Boil Them Cabbage Down I've Been Everywhere On Top of Spaghetti Teddy Bears Picnic The Garden Song ("Inch by inch, row by row...") This Little Light of Mine Woke Up This Morning With My Mind Set on Freedom Oh Mary Don't You Weep Mail Myself To You ("I'm gonna wrap myself in paper...") |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: Willa Date: 13 Jun 09 - 06:29 PM Roy Bailey's CD'Why does it have to be me?'is good; tracks include 'Kangaroos like to Hop' 'Skin' and 'Song of the Clock'- all Leon Rosselson songs (don't know whether Leon has them on CD). They all lend themselves to actions. |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: ranger1 Date: 13 Jun 09 - 06:04 PM Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee of Castlebay do a lot of neat programs in schools, many having to do with sea music. Here's a link to their school program page. Their contact info is on the website, too. |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: Steve Gardham Date: 13 Jun 09 - 05:56 PM Three Little Pigs/ Old Sow... with snort, raspberry and whistle. Any accumulative or catalogue song. This Old Man, Barley Mow with older kids, Tree in the wood, Herring's Head. Any of the farmyard songs. Some good kids songs on the Yorkshire Garland website. Old Johnny Walker, T' Awd Sow's got mezzles and some more coming online shortly. |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: Peace Date: 13 Jun 09 - 04:40 PM Greasy grimy gopher guts . . . . |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: GUEST,TIA Date: 13 Jun 09 - 04:36 PM Three Jolly Fishermen. They love to shout the Amsterdam-dam-dam part. |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: Amos Date: 13 Jun 09 - 01:31 PM I have great success with small kids singing "Fod", which has a point in each verse where they all get to scream "Fod!!!" at the top of their lungs if they wish. Littler ones lover the "quack-quack-quck" duck voice in "The Fox Went Out". If you use a duck voice, which I do. A |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: open mike Date: 13 Jun 09 - 12:35 PM i came across this thread.. http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2667#167302 with some good ideas.... I did find lyrics to this..does anyone want them? here you go (*lyrics add) Kindergarten Wall by John McCutcheon When I was a little kid not so long ago I had to learn a lot of stuff I didn't even know How to dress myself, tie my shoes, how to jump a rope How to smile for a picture without looking like a dope But of all the things I learned my favorite of them all Was a little poem hanging on the kindergarten wall CHORUS: Of all you learn here remember this the best: Don't hurt each other and clean up your mess Take a nap everyday, wash before you eat Hold hands, stick together, look before you cross the street And remember the seed in the little paper cup: First the root goes down and then the plant grows up! Well, it was first, second, third grade, fourth grade, too Where I had to learn the big things the big kids do To add, subtract, and multiply, read and write and play How to sit in a little uncomfortable desk for nearly half a day But of all they taught me my favorite of them all Was the little poem hanging on the kindergarten wall Chorus But lately I've been worried as I look around and see An awful lot of grown-ups acting foolish as can be Now I know there's lots of things to know I haven't mastered yet But it seems there's real important stuff that grown-ups soon forget So I'm sure we'd all be better off if we would just recall That little poem hanging on the kindergarten wall Chorus ©1988 by John McCutcheon |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: open mike Date: 13 Jun 09 - 11:58 AM oh yes, the gross ones, do you suppose they would want me to sing great green gobs of green greasy gopher guts in the library (too messy) i thank you for the suggestions.. i do not know why none showed up when i searched... but glad to have the interaction with live members--that is what we do best here! John McCutcheon has a great one.. what i learned in kindergarten... of all you learn here, remember this the best don't hurt each other and clean up your mess take a nap every day, wash before you eat hold hands, stick together, look before you cross the street... and remember the seed in the little paper cup first the root goes down and then the plant grows up oh yes i think it is called kindergarten wall |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: PHJim Date: 13 Jun 09 - 11:39 AM Here are a few I've had success with and my source for each. Hopalong Peter (New Lost City Ramblers) Watermelon Song (My Scoutmaster, John MacIntosh) The Barnyard Dance (Carl Martin) I'm Gonna Tell (Rosalee Sorrels) Old Joe Clark, especially the gross verses: I went down to Old Joe's house He invited me to supper. I stubbed my nose on the table leg And stuck my nose in the butter. Don't go down to Old Joe's house I'll tell you the reason why. He blows his nose on old corn bread And calls it pumpkin pie. |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: open mike Date: 13 Jun 09 - 11:30 AM i recall a few i have seen by Ezra Jack Keats.. Over in the meadow.... oh yes and a wonderful illustrated song book of Holly Near's The Great Peace March and the WEE Sing series... |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 13 Jun 09 - 09:25 AM It's a creativity program. I suggest doing something new. When my nephews and nieces were little, I checked out children's poetry books and set to music the poems I thought little children would like. Then I taught them to the kids, and we'd sing together while I played guitar. Here's an example: If you catch a firefly and keep it in a jar, you will find that you have lost (beat) a tiny star. If you let it go then, to fly into the night, you will see it once again (beat) star bright! (It helps that we live in an area where fireflies actually occur.) While we're at it, doesn't the library have books of children's songs? |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 13 Jun 09 - 06:28 AM This is a good thread with summer vacation here. HAVE FUN To Find the Mudcat Collection - Go To Links - At the Top by the Mudcat Banner - select keyword KIDS - 300 plus - I like for 4 to 6 year olds:
A HUNTING WE WILL GO
I beleive your music may be too advanced for five year olds - and unless they are "special" - the 9 and 10 year olds will be turned off.
Simple repeat chorus are good for participation
Some previous threads include:
Subject: RE: faverite Kids Songs Here's a great site for kids songs Kididdles
Help: Songs for children's program Another use for chants of this type is in the military version of Hank Snow's song, Movin' On, which first got adapted during the Korean war with various references to events of the day.
Verses like,
The old tom cat was feelin'mean When he caught his tail in a sewing machine.
He's movin's on
=================================== BEST WISHES FOR THE SUMMER
Sincerely, |
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Subject: RE: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: Deskjet Date: 13 Jun 09 - 05:31 AM Polly wolly doodle (Burl Ives). |
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Subject: good songs to sing for (and with ) kids From: open mike Date: 13 Jun 09 - 03:44 AM I have been asked to do a summer creativity program in the library (yay library!) for kids. I SEARCHED HERE FOR CHILDREN, KIDS AND DID NOT SEE ANY THREADS ON THIS. Here are the songs on my list so far.. De Colores Waltzing with Bears, Red River Valley May there always be sunshine This land is your land You are my sunshine All God's critters got a place in the choir homegrown tomatoes apples and bananas this is for 5-10 year olds got any others to add r |
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