We All Know Frogs Go La-Dee-Da-Dee-Da!

For the last two weeks in my classes, frogs have been “jumping” at the chance to play with us!  That’s because we’ve been using frog guiros as our percussion instruments while working on steady beat.  The great thing about a guiro is that you can both scrape and tap it.  And when you scrape it, it sounds like the “ribbit” of a frog.  Holding the striker develops the fine motor skills that needed for writing, cutting, buttoning and tying a shoe!

Many of you have asked to buy these cute guiros. Analiisa is currently working on purchasing some for retail sale, and I’ll let you know as soon as we begin taking orders. They will arrive in time for holiday gift-giving!

All my classes have been singing a silly song about frogs called, “Gang Goo.” 

If you don’t know the song, you can listen here:

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Here are some more fun verses that you can add to Gang Goo at home:
Grrr! Grrr! Went the big brown bear one day
Grrr! Grrr! Went the big brown bear
Grrr! Grrr! Went the big brown bear one day
So they all went Grrr! Grrr! Grrr!
But we all know bears go huggy-huggy-huggy, huggy-huggy-huggy, huggy-huggy-huggy
We all know bears go huggy-huggy-huggy,
They don’t go Grrr! Grrr! Grrr!

Wiggle, wiggle, went the little orange worm one day
Wiggle, wiggle, went the little orange worm
Wiggle, wiggle, went the little orange worm one day
So they all went wiggle, wiggle, wiggle!
But we all know worms go squishy-squishy-squish, squishy-squishy-squish, squishy-squishy-squish
We all know worms go squishy-squishy-squish
They don’t go wiggle, wiggle, wiggle!

Splish, splash, went the big blue fish one day
Splish, splash, went the big blue fish
Splish, splash, went the big blue fish one day
So they all went splish, splash, splish!
But we all know fish go na-nee-na-nee-na! na-nee-na-nee-na! na-nee-na-nee-na!
We all know fish go na-nee-na-nee-na!
They don’t go splish, splash, splish!

Actions:
Bear: Grrr!-claws like a bear in front of you; huggy-huggy-hug neighbor(first right then left)
Worm: wiggle-wiggle finger like worm; squishy-squishy-squish -like squishing worm between hands
Fish: splish-splash-swim hand in front of you; na-nee-na-nee-na -thumb on nose wiggle fingers

Now, make up some of your own verses!

-posted by Miss Beth, who sings “La, La went the Kindermusik teacher one day….but we all know she goes giggle giggle giggle!”