Sivivon - Hebrew song for Chanukah
Sivivon, sov sov sov
Chanukah, chug ha tov
[translation: Dreidl, spin spin spin / Chanukah, happy holiday.
Sung multiple times, starting slow and getting fast and faster as you spin around]
Baby Shark
Baby Shark - rhythmic action song
[fin on head]
Baby shark (doo do, do do dodo)
Baby shark (doo do, do do dodo)
Baby shark (doo do, do do dodo)
Baby shark
[make wave with arm]
Great big wave (doo do, do do dodo)
Great big wave (doo do, do do dodo)
Great big wave (doo do, do do dodo)
Great big wave
[balance on board, one foot behind, arms out]
Surfer dude (doo do, do do dodo)
Surfer dude (doo do, do do dodo)
Surfer dude (doo do, do do dodo)
Surfer dude
[visor hand above eyes to shade the sun]
Saw a shark (doo do, do do dodo)
Saw a shark (doo do, do do dodo)
Saw a shark (doo do, do do dodo)
Saw a shark
[swimming motion]
Swam away (doo do, do do dodo)
Swam away (doo do, do do dodo)
Swam away (doo do, do do dodo)
Swam away
[Big pause!]
[fin on head, balance on board]
Surfer shark! (doo do, do do dodo)
Surfer shark! (doo do, do do dodo)
Surfer shark! (doo do, do do dodo)
Surfer shark!
[fin on head]
Baby shark (doo do, do do dodo)
Baby shark (doo do, do do dodo)
Baby shark (doo do, do do dodo)
Baby shark
[make wave with arm]
Great big wave (doo do, do do dodo)
Great big wave (doo do, do do dodo)
Great big wave (doo do, do do dodo)
Great big wave
[balance on board, one foot behind, arms out]
Surfer dude (doo do, do do dodo)
Surfer dude (doo do, do do dodo)
Surfer dude (doo do, do do dodo)
Surfer dude
[visor hand above eyes to shade the sun]
Saw a shark (doo do, do do dodo)
Saw a shark (doo do, do do dodo)
Saw a shark (doo do, do do dodo)
Saw a shark
[swimming motion]
Swam away (doo do, do do dodo)
Swam away (doo do, do do dodo)
Swam away (doo do, do do dodo)
Swam away
[Big pause!]
[fin on head, balance on board]
Surfer shark! (doo do, do do dodo)
Surfer shark! (doo do, do do dodo)
Surfer shark! (doo do, do do dodo)
Surfer shark!
A Tutti Tot
A Tutti Tot - accumulative action rhyme
(all together) A tutti-tot, a tutti-tot, a tutti-tot-tot
A tutti-tot, a tutti-tot, a tutti-tot-tot
(caller) Thumbs up!
(response) Thumbs up!
(all together) A tutti-tot, a tutti-tot, a tutti-tot-tot
A tutti-tot, a tutti-tot, a tutti-tot-tot
(call and response)
Thumbs up!
hands together!
Chorus
Thumbs up!
Hands Together!
Feet apart!
(eventually add in...)
knees in!
tails out!
Tongues out!
(saying "a tutti-tot" with tongues out is very silly!)
(all together) A tutti-tot, a tutti-tot, a tutti-tot-tot
A tutti-tot, a tutti-tot, a tutti-tot-tot
(caller) Thumbs up!
(response) Thumbs up!
(all together) A tutti-tot, a tutti-tot, a tutti-tot-tot
A tutti-tot, a tutti-tot, a tutti-tot-tot
(call and response)
Thumbs up!
hands together!
Chorus
Thumbs up!
Hands Together!
Feet apart!
(eventually add in...)
knees in!
tails out!
Tongues out!
(saying "a tutti-tot" with tongues out is very silly!)
Frog Passover Song
Frog Passover Song - action song
One morning when Pharaoh woke up in his bed [pantomine stretching]
There were frogs on his bed and frogs on his head [hands outstretched, on head]
Frogs on his nose and frogs on his toes [nose, toes]
Frogs here [one hand]
Frogs there [other hand]
Frogs were jumping everywhere. [jump all over child]
One morning when Pharaoh woke up in his bed [pantomine stretching]
There were frogs on his bed and frogs on his head [hands outstretched, on head]
Frogs on his nose and frogs on his toes [nose, toes]
Frogs here [one hand]
Frogs there [other hand]
Frogs were jumping everywhere. [jump all over child]
Nine Little Candles
Nine Little Candles - (to tune of the racist 10 Little Indians)
[Raise one finger with each number]
1 little
2 little
3 little candles
4 little
5 little
6 little candles
7 little
8 little
9 little candles
On my Chanukah menorah!
[Ask why, if Chanukah lasts 8 nights, are there 9 candles? What's the extra one? The shammas - or "helper" candle, of course!]
[Raise one finger with each number]
1 little
2 little
3 little candles
4 little
5 little
6 little candles
7 little
8 little
9 little candles
On my Chanukah menorah!
[Ask why, if Chanukah lasts 8 nights, are there 9 candles? What's the extra one? The shammas - or "helper" candle, of course!]
Five Little Latkes
Five Little Latkes - counting fingerplay
Five little latkes were sizzling in the pan [5 fingers]
One jumped out and said, "catch me if you can!" [put down 1 finger]
Down it went, all around the kitchen floor, [have finger of other hand run around]
When I turned around it ran right out the door! [run hand behind back]
Now, there's... 4 little latkes.
3, 2, 1...
Five little latkes were sizzling in the pan [5 fingers]
One jumped out and said, "catch me if you can!" [put down 1 finger]
Down it went, all around the kitchen floor, [have finger of other hand run around]
When I turned around it ran right out the door! [run hand behind back]
Now, there's... 4 little latkes.
3, 2, 1...
Dr. Knickerbocker
Dr. Knickerbocker - a cumulative actions song
[chorus]
Dr. Knickerbocker, knickerbocker, number nine
He likes to dance and keep in time
Who's got the rhythm of the feet? [stomp along]
Yeah, who's got the rhythm of the feet?
And who's got the rhythm of the number nine?
1, 2, 3, 4, 56789!
Chorus
So who's got the rhythm of the hands? [clap clap]
And who's got the rhythm of the feet? [stomp stomp]
And who's got the rhythm of the number nine?
1, 2, 3, 4, 56789!
Chorus
So who's got the rhythm of the eyes? [blink blink]
...hands? [clap clap]
... feet? [stomp stomp]
And who's got the rhythm of the number nine?
1, 2, 3, 4, 56789!
Chorus
(Other add-ins:
... knees? [tap knees]
... hot dog? [swoop hands up]
... rubbity-rubbity tum? [rub tummy]
... chicken, chicken dance? [flap wings]
End with... going to sleep! [flop down and "snore"]
[chorus]
Dr. Knickerbocker, knickerbocker, number nine
He likes to dance and keep in time
Who's got the rhythm of the feet? [stomp along]
Yeah, who's got the rhythm of the feet?
And who's got the rhythm of the number nine?
1, 2, 3, 4, 56789!
Chorus
So who's got the rhythm of the hands? [clap clap]
And who's got the rhythm of the feet? [stomp stomp]
And who's got the rhythm of the number nine?
1, 2, 3, 4, 56789!
Chorus
So who's got the rhythm of the eyes? [blink blink]
...hands? [clap clap]
... feet? [stomp stomp]
And who's got the rhythm of the number nine?
1, 2, 3, 4, 56789!
Chorus
(Other add-ins:
... knees? [tap knees]
... hot dog? [swoop hands up]
... rubbity-rubbity tum? [rub tummy]
... chicken, chicken dance? [flap wings]
End with... going to sleep! [flop down and "snore"]
Spotted Giraffe
Spotted Giraffe - action rhyme
The spotted giraffe is as tall as can be [raise one hand way up high]
His lunch is a bunch of leaves off a tree ["nibble" with fingers]
He has a very long neck and his legs are long, too [point to raised arm and legs]
And he can run faster than his friends at the zoo! [run in place]
The spotted giraffe is as tall as can be [raise one hand way up high]
His lunch is a bunch of leaves off a tree ["nibble" with fingers]
He has a very long neck and his legs are long, too [point to raised arm and legs]
And he can run faster than his friends at the zoo! [run in place]
Clap, clap hands
Clap, clap hands
Clap clap hands, 123
Clap your hands upon your knee
Lift them high to touch the sky
Clap clap hands and let them fly!
Clap clap hands, 123
Clap your hands upon your knee
Lift them high to touch the sky
Clap clap hands and let them fly!
Did you ever see a fishy?
Did you ever see a fishy? - song (to tune I know as "Three Cheers for the Bus Driver" - actually called "Did You Ever See a Lassie" - thanks, Leslie for that reference!)
Did you ever see a fishy, a fishy, a fishy?
Did you ever see a fishy go this way and that?
Go this way and that way
And that way and this way
Did you ever see a fishy go this way and that?
Yes, I've seen a fishy...
Did you ever see a fishy, a fishy, a fishy?
Did you ever see a fishy go this way and that?
Go this way and that way
And that way and this way
Did you ever see a fishy go this way and that?
Yes, I've seen a fishy...
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