yeah i got a good activity that i use with preps but for me to explain is going to take a bit
but here is goes
get two puppets or something i often just use a pen and kazoo or something, and engage the children by saying i have two friends that would really like to meet you and show you a dance, but they are shy, they get afraid when children make loud noises, so i ask them to sit quietly keeping my little friends behind my back, i aks if they are ready and when they are settled i will introduce mr kazoo and mr pen, or whatever else i got, i then show them the dance they like to do but i make it commical by making the pen and kazoo skip over my face into my eyes or mouth, that usually always gets a laugh and gets them engaged
so the song goes
now im going to run along and skip along the way
wait for me im coming to i really want to play (X2)
hello hello and now we do a dance
hello hello and now we do a dance (x2)
so the first line
now im going to run along and skip along the way, one instrument goes somewhere along my body usually up over the face to the top of my head
then the second line: wait for me im coming too i really want to play the other instruemtns follows.
then this is repeated as the instruments head somewhere else acors my body.
then with the chorus
they face each other and one instrument goes hello by bowing to the other and then the next hellp the other instruments bows then they do a little dance and that get repeated
after i have demonstrated the little dance
i teach them the song
i sing
now im going to run along and skip along they way
and then get the children to sing wait for me im coming to i really want to play
they will need to practice this a number of times and slowly
then we practice the hello section you sig hello they sing hello and we all sing now we do a dance etc
once they got the idea of the song then you play the game, but they have to sing as well make that important as singing the song is the goal, the WALT (what are we learning today)
so they stand still until it is their time to sing, you wiht your ukulele you skip off to a place in the room away from the children singing your part, then they come skipping to you singing their part, and then you do that again
and you face them and sing hello and they reply, and then you spin around as you say now we do a dance
and thats it
if they are really good they can then get into partners and play the game with their partner.
so the song
is
C F C
Now im going to run along and skip along the way
F C G7 C
wait for me im coming to i really want to play
(times two)
C F C
hello, hello and now we do a dance
C F G7 C
hello, hello and now we do a dance
if it was this time next week i would have some video of the children performing this as this week i will be filming the juniors doing this activity for our wikispace
but anyway i am very sick at the moment an dont have a great deal of energy otherwise i would record it, if you like the idea i will see how i feel tomorrow
best of luck
its all about how you deliver, and perform make it funny, and entertaining for them, dont be afraid to look like a fool, infront of other adults as the children will really get alot from it
i have been doing this activity with the young ones for the last 6 years and they always enjoy it
its part of my program for the prep kids
VS