I hope soon to have audio files of students singing the songs so you can get a sense of the tunes and rhythm.
AIR
This is more a cheer than a song in the usual sense ...
Air, Air, We need Air.
We can't see it, but we know it's there.
We feel the wind blowing through our hair,
It's here, there, everywhere!
Air fills a balloon (and a bottle, too).
If we couldn't breathe it, we'd turn blue!
Now, with Hand Motions:
Air [clap], Air [clap], We [point to self with both thumbs] need Air [clap]
We can't see it [cover eyes with both hands], but we know it's there [point to head with
left pointer finger].
We feel the wind blowing through our hair [brush right hand back through hair],
It's here [point to ground], there [point forwards], everywhere [arms out at sides]!
Air fills a balloon [arms out at sides now curl to make a circle, like one is holding a big
balloon] (and a bottle, too).
If we couldn't breathe it, [pause for a few seconds holding breath and then release it as
though one had just held one's breath for a whole minute] we'd turn blue!
Audio File (mp3) * Video (1.1 MB)
ENERGY
Energy Song #1 - I Need My Energy
This is sort-of to the tune of "This Little Light of Mine". The instructor mainly sings the lines in regular font and the students respond with the lines in italics. There are hand motions for the instructor to use (e.g., with "wind me up" twist hand to indicate winding up something).
I need my energy, where do I get it from?
Do I get it from a battery? No, I get it from my food!
Does someone come and plug me in? No, I get it from my food!
Do I get it from gasoline? No, I get it from my food!
Does someone need to wind me up? No, I get it from my food!
Do I get it from sunlight? No, I get it from my food!
Do I get it from mac & cheese? Yes, 'cause I get it from my food!
Energy Song #2 - Lift, Squeeze, Stretch & Twist
I think of this one as an old Richard Simmons aerobic video song... The hand motions should be pretty obvious.
Let's give energy to our toys!
Lift, Squeeze, Stretch & Twist.
Wind those springs with a twist of our wrist.
Now everyone do it - girls and boys.
Lift, Squeeze, Stretch & Twist.
MAGNETS
This song is to the tune of "I'm a little Teapot" (think Jeopardy theme song for last line). The hand motions are pretty similar, too-we use our right hand pointing away from our body as the "tip/arrow" and our left hand pointing in the opposite direction (making a fist rather than open hand) as the tail. I use a model of a magnet as an arrow with my students (the N pole is the tip of the arrow; the south pole is the tail of the arrow).
I'm a little magnet,
come and see.
Here is my arrow,
here is my tail.
Bring another magnet
close to me
We'll stick together
tip to tail!
I'm a little magnet,
come and see
Here is my arrow,
here is my tail.
Bring a steel paperclip
Close to me
I'll make it magnet,
with tip and tail.
I've used this with students learning about N/S poles, too; here's that version.
I'm a little magnet,
come and see.
Here is my north pole,
here is my south.
Bring another magnet
close to me
We'll stick together
north to south!
I'm a little magnet,
come and see
Here is my north pole,
here is my south.
Bring a steel paperclip
Close to me
I'll make it magnet,
with north and south.