Introduction 
          Young children learn best by "doing." These songs invite active involvement in mastering a wealth of knowledge and skills. Subjects include colors, numbers, letters, phonics, days of the week, animals, opposites, occupations, sight words, basic motor skills, and more. Music, movement and social interaction come together in a joyous celebration of learning!  This updated version includes additional songs and improvements to existing songs. 
Additional Songs Included in The New Updated Recording 
            Words We Most Often Use – Beginning readers learn essential sight vocabulary using rhythms and instruments. 
            Shifting Shapes – Participants build vocabulary and identify verbs and nouns by moving different body parts in a variety of ways. 
            Lucky Number March – This song reinforces recognition of numbers 1–20. As a variation, children can be encouraged to find different ways to combine numbers to reach the lucky number. 
            A Tree Fell Down – Children explore the prepositions over, under, and around, by finding ways to get by an imaginary fallen tree. 
            Parade Of Colors Basic – This version of Parade Of Colors provides additional time for children to respond and move when their color is called.  
            The Eagle – Students learn about eagles, explore rhythmic patterns, and easily 
              sing along with the repeating phrase that ends each verse, "He was free when they 
              let him be."  
            Improvements to Existing Songs from the Original Version 
               
            Everyone Can Be A Helper – Provides additional response time after each question to give listeners more opportunities to name occupations. 
Pocket Full Of B's – Replaces the word "jerk" with "juggle" for more fun movement possibilities. 
            Animal Quiz – Changes incorrect grammar in the sentence  "There's animals everywhere ..." to "There are animals everywhere ..." 
             
            Stepping Out On The Town – Creates a steadier and more even tempo throughout 
              the song. 
            We have also added basic versions for several of the songs. The basic versions provide extended response time for younger children. The   track numbers and song titles are: 
              14. Put A Little Color On You (Basic) 
              19. Parade Of Colors (Basic) 
              20. Say The Opposite (Basic) 
              21. Bean Bag Alphabet Rag (A – H) 
            The basic version is useful as a lead up activity to familiarize children with an activity before participating in the faster paced original version. 
               
              The following songs are paced for a wider age range and work well with children preschool though 2nd grade:  
              1. Let's All Clap Our Hands Together 
3. Can A Cherry Pie Wave Goodbye? 
4. Weekly Rap 
6. Animal Quiz Part One 
7. Animal Quiz Part Two
 
9. Pocket Full Of B's 
13. Stepping Out On The Town 
16. A Tree Fell Down 
17. Lucky Number March 
18. Words We Most Often Use 
22. The Eagle 
               
Teaching Guide 
The teaching guide below contains the following information for each song:
             
              
                | Objectives | 
                – Identifies the goal or purpose of each song | 
               
              
                | Activity | 
                – Describes ways to encourage the children to participate actively 
    with the music | 
               
              
                | Setting | 
                – Identifies space requirements and arrangement of children | 
               
              
                | Lyrics | 
                – Provides the words for each song | 
               
              
                | Variation | 
                – Shows other ways of actively participating with the recording | 
               
              
                | Follow up | 
                – Suggests things to do after playing the recording | 
               
              
            
                          
              1. Let's 
                All Clap Our Hands Together 
              Words and Music: Hap Palmer 
               
              Objectives: 
              - Improve motor skills and build vocabulary by experiencing the words:  
                     Clap, shake, bounce, reach, stretch, swing, hop, freeze, jump, and turn 
- Increase cardiovascular function (endurance). 
- Energize the body and increase oxygen to the brain.  
- Take a break after long periods of sitting. 
            Setting: Stand in front of chairs or spread out in an open area. 
            Activity: You can lift your spirits and increase your alertness with physical activity. Each verse features a different way to move: 1. Clap your hands  2. Shake and bounce  3. Alternate making yourself small and big 4. Swing your arms from side to side 
              5. Hop and freeze  6. Repeat verse three  7. Jump and turn 
              End each verse by reaching high and lengthening your spine. 
            Lyric: 
              Let's all clap our hands together people everywhere 
              Let's all clap our hands together with the joy that we can share 
              Let's all clap our hands together; just stand up and try 
              Then reach high, high, high, stretching for the sky 
            Let's all shake and bounce together people everywhere 
              Let's all shake and bounce together with the joy that we can share 
              Let's all shake and bounce together; just stand up and try 
              Then reach high, high, high, stretching for the sky 
                 Feel your body growing and your spirit soaring free 
                   Reach up for the highest star and all that you can be  
            Let's all swing and sway together people everywhere 
              Let's all swing and sway together with the joy that we can share 
              Let's all swing and sway together; just stand up and try 
              Then reach high, high, high, stretching for the sky 
            Let's all hop and freeze together people everywhere 
              Let's all hop and freeze together with the joy that we can share 
              Let's all hop and freeze together; just stand up and try 
              Then reach high, high, high, stretching for the sky 
                 Feel your body growing and your spirit soaring free 
                   Reach up for the highest star and all that you can be  
            Let's all jump and turn together people everywhere 
              Let's all jump and turn together with the joy that we can share 
              Let's all jump and turn together; just stand up and try 
              Then reach high, high, high, stretching for the sky 
            Follow up: 
              - Show me the movements you remember doing in this song. 
                     Can you think of motions we did not do? 
              - What are your three favorite movements? 
              - Do them one after the other in any order you wish to form a short movement phrase. 
              - Do your phrase in slow motion. 
                     Now show me the fastest speed you can do your phrase. 
               
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              2. Put 
                A Little Color On You 
                Words and Music: Hap Palmer 
                 
                    Objectives:   
            - Recognize and identify the colors: red, green, yellow, blue. 
                    - Associate colors with everyday objects. 
                    - Identify the body parts: knee, elbow, head, toes, heel, thigh, leg, spine. 
              - Identify clothing vocabulary: shoe, heel, sleeves,  collar. 
            Setting: Sit on the rug or in a chair.  
            Activity: Start in a seated position holding your colored scarf or card. Follow the directions in the verses and place the color cards or scarves on the various parts of your body as they are named.  
            Lyric: 
              Just put a little color on you: red, green, yellow or blue 
              For a beautiful way to brighten your day just put a little color on you 
            Put the color blue on your shoe, color blue on your shoe 
              Put the color green on your knee, color green on your knee 
              Put the color yellow on your elbow, the color yellow on your elbow 
              Put the color red on your head, the color red on your head 
            Just put a little color on you: red, green, yellow or blue 
              For a beautiful way to brighten your day just put a little color on you 
            Put the color of a rose on your toes, color of a rose on your toes 
              Put the color of leaves on your sleeves, color of leaves on your sleeves 
              Put the color of a lemon peel on your heel, a lemon peel on your heel 
              Put the color of the sky on your thigh, the color of the sky on your thigh 
            Put the color of a dollar on your collar, color of a dollar on your collar 
              Put the color of the yolk of an egg on your leg, yolk of an egg on your leg 
              Put the color of the sea on your knee, the color of the sea on your knee 
              Put the color of a stop sign on your spine, a stop sign on your spine 
            Just put a little color on you: red, green, yellow or blue 
              For a beautiful way to brighten your day just put a little color on  
              Put a little color on, put a little color on you 
            Variation 1: Work in groups of four people. Each person holds a different color card or scarf. Sit close together and face each other. As each color is called, everybody in the group shares the one color, touching it to the body part named. For example, when you hear "touch the color red to your head," each person puts her/his head on the one red scarf or card.  
            Variation 2: Look around the room. Name all the things you see that are red, 
              blue, green, and yellow. Working individually, move freely about the room and contact various body parts with the colors named.   
            Note: Use the basic version of this song, 14. Put A Little Color On You (Basic) for preschool children, or to provide more time for older students to explore these activities. 
               
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                3. Can 
                        A Cherry Pie Wave Goodbye? 
                        Words and Music: Hap Palmer 
                         
                        Objectives: 
                          
                        - Recognize the difference between fantasy 
                            and reality. 
                        - Think imaginatively. 
                        - Develop skill in rhyming words. 
                         
                        Setting: Sit in your chair or on the rug. 
                         
                        Activity: Listen to the questions. If it's something you might really see, 
                            nod you head and answer "yes." If it's something 
                            you would not really see, shake your head and answer "no." 
                         
                        Lyric: 
                        Many lines 
                            we'll sing for you 
                        Some are false and some are true 
                        Can you tell if it's fact or fantasy 
                        Is it just a funny thought? 
                        Could it be or could it not? 
                        Is it something you might really see? 
                         
                        Does a rose have toes? 
                        Does a bear have hair? 
                        Can a log chase a dog? 
                        Can you take a trip on a ship? 
                        Can a sock wind a clock? 
                        Do trees have leaves? 
                        Can a bird be heard? 
                        Can a cherry pie wave goodbye, wave goodbye? 
                        Can a cherry pie wave goodbye? 
                         
                        Repeat First Verse 
                         
                        Can a snake bake a cake? 
                        Do you eat with your feet? 
                        Can a sink smile and wink? 
                        Can you sweep a room with a broom? 
                        Does a hose wear clothes? 
                        Does a phone have a tone? 
                        Can a dress play chess? 
                        Can a cherry pie wave goodbye, wave goodbye? 
                        Can a cherry pie wave goodbye? 
                         
                        Follow up: 
                        - Show me in movement how you imagine it would 
                            look if a snake could bake a   
                               cake...if a log could chase a dog...if you could eat with your feet. 
                        - Which imaginary situation did you find funniest? 
                        - Draw a picture that shows what this situation would 
                        look like. 
                        - Think of other rhymes that describe both imaginary 
                        situations and situations 
                               that could happen in real life. 
                        - Sing this song again using your ideas with 23. Can A Cherry Pie Wave Goodbye? 
                               (Instrumental) 
                         
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                        4. Weekly 
                              Rap 
                              Words and Music: Hap Palmer. 
                               
                              Objectives: 
                              - Identify and memorize the days of the week. 
                              - Improve motor skills and endurance. 
              - Count from one to seven. 
            Setting: Stand in front of seats or spread out in an open area. 
            Activity: Learn the days of the week as you reach, run, tap, pat, stretch, bend, twist, turn and jump with the "Weekly Rap." Each day has its own way of moving. We'll go through the days three times - on the third time get ready to speed things up! 
            Lyric: 
              Monday, Monday, reach and run day 
              Tuesday, Tuesday, tap your shoes day 
              Wednesday, Wednesday, stretch and bend day 
              Thursday, Thursday, twist and turn day 
              Friday, Friday, jump up high day 
              Saturday, Saturday, pat your body day 
              Sunday, Sunday, that's the one day 
              We can rest and do nothing at all 
            Now clap, clap, clap for the weekly rap 
              Count to seven and do it again 
             Repeat First Verse 
            Now clap, clap, clap for the weekly rap 
              Count to seven and pick up speed ! 
             Repeat First Verse with Faster Tempo 
            Now clap, clap, clap, for the weekly rap 
              Count to seven and that's the end 
            Follow up: 
              - Feel your heart before you start this activity. Feel it again after doing the activity. 
                     Is it beating faster? Do you know why? 
- On your own time, do the motions in order. Now try it in slow motion. 
                     Now do the opposite and show me the fastest speed you can go. 
               
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                5. Bean 
                                      Bag Alphabet Rag 
                                      Words and Music: Hap Palmer  
                                       
                                      Objectives: 
                                      - Recognize the letters of the alphabet A – Z. 
                                      - Master initial consonant sounds. 
                                      - Identify body parts. 
              - Improve motor skills. 
            Materials: Each participant has a bean bag.  Note: You can make a bean bag by placing dried uncooked beans or rice inside an old sock. See Making Teaching Aids on our website at www.happalmer.com and select Making Bean Bags. 
            Setting: Stand in front of chairs or in an open area.  
            Activity: Place your bean bag on the body part named and/or do the motion 
  described in this song. 
            Lyric: 
              A   – Arm, put it on your arm 
              B – Back, put it on your back 
              C – Catch, throw the bag and catch  
              D – Drop, drop the bag and dance with the Bean Bag Alphabet Rag  
              E – Ear, put it on your ear 
              F – Foot, let it fall to your foot 
              G – Grab, grab and grip the bag 
              H – Hop, hold it on your head and hop with the Bean Bag Alphabet Rag 
            I – Ice, imagine it's made of ice 
              J – Jump, jiggle the bag and jump 
              K – Keep, keep it on your knee 
              L – Leg, lift it with your leg with the Bean Bag Alphabet Rag 
              M – March, N – Neck, put it on your neck and march 
              O – Off, let it ooze off your neck 
              P – Pat, gently pat the bag  
              Q – Quick, quickly make it quiver 
              R – Run, run around the bag with the Bean Bag Alphabet Rag 
            S – Slide, slide it up your side 
              T – Toes, tap it on top of your toes 
              U – Under, undulate under the bag 
              V – Vibrate, vibrate very fast with the Bean Bag Alphabet Rag 
              W – Waist, wipe it on your waist 
              X – X-ray, look through it with X-ray vision 
              Y – You, you make something up 
              Z – Zoom, zoom around the bag with the Bean Bag Alphabet Rag  
            Follow up:   
              - Show me all the things you recall doing with your bean bag. 
              - Do the movements which go with the letters in your first name. 
              - Using your bean bag, find other movements you can do with each letter. 
            Note: For preschool children or a child with a shorter attention span, start with just the first 8 letters of the alphabet and use song 21. Bean Bag Alphabet Rag A – H. 
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                6. Animal 
                                              Quiz Part One 
                                              Words and Music: Hap Palmer 
                                                
                                               Objectives:   
                                               - Identify animals based on physical characteristics. 
              - Respond in language and movement. 
            Setting: Sit in a chair, on the rug, or stand in an open area. 
            Activity: This song has phrases that describe different animals. If you know the animal, call out the answer. 
            Lyric: (Part 1) 
              Deep in the jungle or down by the sea 
              Playing in the grass or hanging in a tree 
              Down in the ground or high in the air 
              There are animals everywhere 
            My trunk is long and my skin is gray  
              I hang in a cave and I sleep in the day 
                
              I have a coat that's woolly and white  
              I crow loudly at day's first light  
            I slide through the grass; I'm long and thin  
              I have horns on my head and hair on my chin 
                
              The farmer feeds me and gathers my eggs  
              My neck is long and so are my legs 
                
              I have powerful jaws and a rough, tough hide  
              There's a pouch on my stomach where baby can ride 
                   
              I scamper through the house and nibble on cheese  
              With my long arms I swing through the trees  
            Deep in the jungle or down by the sea 
              Playing in the grass or hanging in a tree 
              Down in the ground or high in the air 
              There are animals everywhere 
            Answers: Elephant, bat, sheep, rooster, snake, goat, chicken, giraffe, alligator or crocodile, kangaroo, mouse, monkey 
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                7. Animal 
                                                      Quiz Part Two2 
                
                
                Words and Music: Hap Palmer 
               
              Deep in the jungle or down by the sea 
              Playing in the grass or hanging in a tree 
              Down in the ground or high in the air 
              There are animals everywhere 
            I can gallop very fast with a saddle on my back  
              I have webbed feet and I say "quack quack" 
                
              I have eight arms and I swim in the sea  
              I'm a playful pet that can climb up a tree 
                
              I have large, round eyes and I say "Whoo-hooo"  
              I'm white and black and I chew bamboo 
                
              My feathers make a fan when I spread my tail  
              My house is my shell and I'm bigger than a snail 
                
              I'm a big, bold cat with a black striped coat        
              I'm a fish-like mammal that can swim and float 
                
              You can put me on a leash and take me for a walk  
              I'm a colorful bird that can learn to talk  
                
              Deep in the jungle or down by the sea 
              Playing in the grass or hanging in a tree 
              Down in the ground or high in the air 
              There are animals everywhere 
            Answers: Horse, duck, octopus, cat, owl, panda bear, peacock, turtle, tiger,  
              whale (also dolphin or porpoise), dog, parrot 
                
              Variation: Move like the animal and make the sound of the animal described. 
                
              Follow up: 
              - Name all the animals you can remember that we described in this song. 
              - Can you think of an animal that was not described in this song? 
              - Name all the animals you can think of that fly… that have fur… that can swim…  
              - Which animal is the fastest?... slowest?... largest?...smallest? 
              - Which animal would you most like to be? 
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                8. Parade 
                  Of Colors 
                  Words and Music: Hap Palmer 
                   
              Note: For preschool children use song 19. Parade Of Colors (Basic).  
            Objectives:    
              - Identify and recognize the colors: red, green, yellow, blue, orange, pink, purple, 
                     black, brown, white. 
              - Work together as a group.  
              - Develop spatial awareness. 
              - Experience a variety of movement vocabulary: 
                     Actions: march, shrink, shake, lean, jump, wiggle, wink, tiptoe, turn, nod, wave,                    clap, reach, spin, stand, stop, sit 
                     Space and Direction: back, high, low, between, near, far, around, circle 
            Materials: Colored cards or scarves: red, green, yellow, blue, orange, pink, purple, black, brown, white.  
            Setting: Spread out in an open area or stand in a circle. 
            Activity: When the music begins, march around the room. When the bell rings, stop and stand still. When your color is called, do the action described.  
            Lyric: 
              Make way for the parade of colors 
              They are marching all around 
              There is purple and pink, red and green   
              Yellow, orange, blue and brown 
            Make way for the parade of colors, 
              They are marching near and far 
              At the sound of the bell, they will stop 
              And stand right where they are 
            Purple and pink, slowly shrink 
              Yellow, shake like Jello 
              Brown and green, do a sideways lean 
              Orange and black, jump back 
            White and pink, wiggle and wink 
              Red and blue shake a shoe 
              Purple, black, orange and brown, 
              All tiptoe and turn around 
            Make way for the parade of colors, 
              They are marching all around 
              There is purple and pink, black and white 
              Yellow, orange, blue and brown 
             
            Make way for the parade of colors, 
              They are marching near and far 
              At the sound of the bell, they will stop 
              And stand right where they are 
            Red, nod your head; yellow, wave hello 
              Blue and black, both clap 
              White, reach high; Yellow, reach low 
              Green, reach somewhere in between 
            Pink, blue, green and purple, 
              Hop and turn in a circle 
              Orange and white, side step right 
              Red and brown, spin around 
            Make way for the parade of colors 
              They are marching all around 
              At the sound of the bell, they will stop 
              And all sit down 
            Variation: Try the motions described in the lyric without music:  
                   march, shrink, shake, lean, jump back, wiggle, wink, turn around,  
                   nod, wave, clap, reach high, reach low, hop, side step, spin, 
            Take time to explore each motion.  Try variations by changing the speed (slow and fast) or level (high, low, medium) of the motions. The teacher can play a drum for accompaniment. 
            To familiarize younger children with the colors start with song 
              19. Parade Of Colors (Basic). This makes an excellent warm up or lead up activity. 
            Follow up: 
              - In this song, each color was given three motions.  
              - Can you name the three motions your color was called to do? 
              - Put the three motions together in any order you wish to form a short 
                     movement phrase. 
              - Can you do your phrase in slow motion?  
              - Show me the fastest speed you can do your phrase. 
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                9. Pocket Full Of B's 
                Words and Music: Hap Palmer 
                 
                Objectives:   
                - Learn initial consonant sounds of B, J, T, P, and hard C, 
                - Improve motor skills, 
              - For older children, recognize that words which describe actions are called verbs. 
            Setting: Stand in front of seats or spread out in an open area. 
            Activity: The first verse of this song features four words that begin with the letter "B." Each word is a verb that describes an action. Sing each word after you hear it and at the same time do the action. In the verses that follow, we will sing and move with verbs that begin with the letters "T, P, J, and C." 
            Lyric: 
              Got a pocket full of B's, a pocket full of B's 
              A pocket full of "bees" like the kind that sting? 
              No, I mean the alphabet, the letter "B" you get from the alphabet 
              It's a sound you've heard that makes the words like: Bend, Bounce, Brush, Balance 
              I've got a pocket full of B's Woo - I've got a pocket full of B's 
            Got a pocket full of J's, a pocket full of J's 
              A pocket full of "jays" like a flock of blue jays? 
              No, I mean the alphabet, the letter "J" you get from the alphabet 
              It's a sound you've heard that makes the words like: Jump,  Juggle,  Jog,  Jiggle 
              I've got a pocket full of J's Woo - I've got a pocket full of J's 
            Got a pocket full of T's, a pocket full of T's 
              A pocket full of "tees" like a golf player needs? 
              No, I mean the alphabet, the letter "T" you get from the alphabet 
              It's a sound you've heard that makes the words like: Tap, Turn, Twist, Tiptoe 
              I've got a pocket full of T's Woo - I've got a pocket full of T's 
            Got a pocket full of P's, a pocket full of P's 
              A pocket full of "peas" like the things you eat? 
              No, I mean the alphabet, the letter "P" you get from the alphabet 
              It's a sound you've heard that makes the words like: Point, Pull, Pounce, Polish 
              I've got a pocket full of P's Woo - I've got a pocket full of P's 
            Got a pocket full of C's, a pocket full of C's 
              "Seas" like the oceans that ripple in the breeze? 
              No, I mean the alphabet, the letter "C" you get from the alphabet 
              It's a sound you've heard that makes the words like: Crawl, Catch, Climb, Carry 
              I've got a pocket full of C's Woo - I've got a pocket full of C's 
            Follow up:   
              - Can you think of nouns that begin with the letter 'B'?... 'T'?... 'P'?... 'J'?... 'C'?...   
              - Choose other letters, and find words that begin with these letters. 
              - Find words that fit a category such as: foods, places (cities, states, countries) 
                     names, or animals.   
              - Using your ideas, sing along with the instrumental version: 
                     24.  Pocket Full Of B's (Instrumental). 
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                10. Following You 
                                  Words and Music: Hap Palmer 
                                   
                                  Objectives:   
                                  - Understand movement vocabulary and create actions. 
                                  - Work cooperatively with a partner. 
              - Observe and mirror actions of partner. 
            Setting: Partners stand in an open area and face each other. 
            Activity: One person leads and the other follows. Decide which role each of you will take. The lyric is in the voice of the person who follows. The leader moves first for 8 beats, then the follower moves in the same way. Each verse ends with a traveling movement where the follower imitates and trails the leader around the room.   
            Lyric: 
              Stand facing me; make a shape I can see 
              I'll do the same; that's how we play the game 
              Hop up and down, and turn all around 
              Now watch me do the same thing as you 
              Now walk where you want to, and I'll follow you 
              I'm following you, doing whatever you do 
              Following you, following you 
            Now can you make a part of you shake? 
              I'll do it, too; see me shaking like you 
              Now stretch and bend again and again 
              I'll stretch and bend like you did, my friend 
              Now jump where you want to, and I'll follow you 
              I'm following you, doing whatever you do 
              Following you, following you 
            Now can you show me a way to move slowly? 
              I'll do it, too; just as slowly as you 
              Now can you pick me a way to move quickly? 
              I'll do it, too; just as quickly as you 
              Do anything you want to, and I'll follow you 
              I'm following you, doing whatever you do 
              Following you, following you 
            Variation: Trade roles each verse. 
            Follow up: This activity is called mirroring and is done without music. Partners stand facing each other, about three feet apart.  One is the leader, the other,the "mirror." 
              Using slow, smooth, continuous motions, the leader begins to make simple gestures 
              and shapes.  The "mirror" duplicates the leader's movements exactly -- 
              just as a mirror would. 
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                11. Everyone 
                                            Can Be A Helper 
                                            Words and Music: Hap Palmer 
                                             
                                            Objectives:   
                                            - Learn the names of various occupations. 
                                            - Understand what people do in the workplace. 
              - Recognize the value of different jobs and how they contribute to a community. 
            Setting: Sit in a chair or on the rug.  
            Activity: Start by singing this simple chant: 
                   Everyone can be a helper 
                   There's something everyone can give 
                   When we learn to work together 
                   The world's a better place to live 
            This chant is followed by questions based on descriptions of what various workers do. If you can identify the occupation, call out the answer during the pause that 
              follows each question. 
            Lyric: 
              Everyone can be a helper 
              There's something everyone can give 
              When we learn to work together 
              The world's a better place to live 
            Who grows the food we eat each day? 
              Who comes to haul the trash away? 
              Who totes a sack and brings the mail? 
              Who takes a robber off to jail? 
            Who treats the sick to make them well? 
              Who helps us learn to read and spell? 
              Who hauls goods from town to town? 
              Who makes repairs when a car breaks down?  
            Everyone can be a helper 
              There's something everyone can give 
              When we learn to work together 
              The world's a better place to live 
            Who cuts hair and keeps it neat? 
              Who cooks the food when we're out to eat? 
              Who mows lawns and pulls out weeds? 
              Who writes the words in the books we read? 
            Who moves dirt with a big machine? 
              Who takes pictures for a magazine? 
              Who sells flowers in a big bouquet? 
              Who cleans teeth and prevents decay? 
            Everyone can be a helper 
              There's something everyone can give 
              When we learn to work together 
              The world's a better place to live 
            Who sews pants, a dress or blouse? 
              Who saws wood and builds a house? 
              Who cleans pipes and clears a drain? 
              When we travel by air who flies the plane? 
            Who designs radios, roads and cars? 
              Who studies galaxies, planets and stars? 
              Who installs switches, plugs and wires? 
              Who saves lives and puts out fires? 
            Everyone can be a helper 
              There's something everyone can give 
              When we learn to work together 
              The world's a better place to live 
            Answers: 
              Verse 1: Farmer, trash collector, mail carrier, police officer, doctor/nurse, teacher,               truck driver, mechanic. 
              Verse 2: Barber/hair stylist, cook/chef, gardener, author/writer, tractor driver,               photographer, florist, dentist.   
              Verse 3: Tailor/seamstress, carpenter, plumber, pilot, engineer, astronomer, electrician,               firefighter. 
            Variations: 
              - Stand and add movement by bouncing or stepping in place as you sing and 
                     answer questions.  
              - Face a partner or form a small group and help each other name the occupation that        answers each question.  
              - As you name occupations, give a thumbs up signal if it involves work you would 
                     like to do. 
              - Act out the motions workers might do using imaginary tools and props.  Examples:  
                     Farmer – dig with a shovel or pick apples from a tree. 
                     Mail carrier – place envelope in mailbox. 
                     Truck driver – grip and turn a steering wheel. 
                     Teacher – write on the board. 
                     Author – type on a keyboard. 
                     Firefighter - aim high power hose at fire. 
                     Carpenter – saw a piece of wood. 
            Follow up: 
              - Can you name an occupation that was not named in this song? 
              - Which helpers work outdoors?...in an office?...in a factory? 
              - Which helpers work with plants?...people...machines? 
              - Which helpers do the most reading?...talking?...standing?...sitting? 
              - What jobs do you do at home?...at school? 
              - Name the occupation you would most like to do when you grow up?...why? 
              - Name the occupation you would least like to do when you grow up?...why? 
              - Which is more important to you in choosing an occupation - making a lot of 
                     money, or doing something you enjoy? 
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              12. Say 
                The Opposite 
                Words and Music: Hap Palmer 
                 
              Note: The basic version of this song, 17. Say The Opposite (Basic), is ideal for use with preschool and younger children.  It is also effective as a lead up activity for this faster version.  
            Objectives: 
              - Understand that the opposite means something that is totally different or the reverse 
                     of something else. 
              - Demonstrate understanding of opposites by verbal and movement responses.. 
            Setting: Sit in chair, on the rug, or stand in an open area.  
            Activity: The verses of this song consist of a series of words. After you hear each word you have three counts to say the opposite. (Possible answers are shown in italics in the lyric below.)  If you don't know the opposite of a word, don't worry; just go to the next word. 
            Lyric: 
              Say the opposite; make a quick call 
              You have three counts and that's all 
              If you know, tell us so, ready, set, here we go! 
               
              Front  (back)  Quick  (slow)  Up  (down)  Thick  (thin) 
              Smile  (frown)  Strong  (weak)  Soft  (hard)  Long  (short) 
              Sit  (stand)  Small  (big, tall)  Throw  (catch)  Tall  (short, small) 
              Near  (far)  Low  (high)  Heavy  (light)  Slow  (fast) 
            Say the opposite; make a quick call 
              You have three counts and that's all 
              If you know, tell us so, ready, set, here we go! 
            Shut (open)  Down  (up)  Loose  (tight)  Frown  (smile) 
              Back  (front)  Thin  (thick, wide)  On  (off)  In  (out)   
              Far  (near, close)  Pull  (push)  Out  (in)  Full  (empty) 
              Hard  (soft)  Top  (bottom)  Under  (over)  Stop  (go) 
            Say the opposite; make a quick call 
              You have three counts and that's all 
              If you know, tell us so, ready, set, here we go! 
            Big (small, little)  Tight (loose)  Left  (right)  Right  (left, wrong) 
              High  (low)  Bend  (stretch, straighten)  Over  (under)   End   (start, begin) 
             
            Variations: Show the opposite of a word by creating a movement. For example, the opposite of "quick" could be shown by moving slowly. The opposite of "small" could be shown by making yourself large. If you would like more time to explore these movements, try the basic version 17. Say The Oposite (Basic) of this song. 
            Work with partners.  One person does a motion to represent the word sung in the song.  The other person does the opposite.  For example: for the word quick, one person moves quickly and the other moves slowly. 
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                 13. Stepping 
                        Out On The Town 
                        Words and Music: Hap Palmer 
                         Objectives:   
                        - Count from one to twelve. 
                        - Perform basic locomotor actions: step, jump, tiptoe, hop, run. 
              - Use space cooperatively without interfering with others. 
            Setting: Spread out and stand in open area. 
            Activity: Pick a spot somewhere in the room and call it home. Each verse of this song will give you a way to travel around the room and tell you the time you should arrive back home. As the numbers are called, move around the room changing directions whenever you wish. The challenge is to plan your trip so you arrive home on time. 
            Lyric: 
              Stepping out on the town, stepping out on the town 
              But you must be home by eight 
              Stepping out on the town, stepping out on the town 
              Have a good time but be home by eight 
              (Spoken) One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight! 
              It's eight o'clock, hope you made it back home 
            Jumping out on the town, jumping out on the town 
              But you must be home by ten  
              Jumping out on the town, jumping out on the town 
              Have a good time but be home by ten 
              (Spoken) One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten! 
              It's ten o'clock, hope you made it back home 
            Tiptoe out on the town; tiptoe out on the town 
              But you must be home by nine 
              Tiptoe out on the town, tiptoe out on the town 
              Have a good time but be home by nine 
              (Spoken) One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine!  
              It's nine o'clock, hope you made it back home 
               
              Hopping out on the town; hopping out on the town 
              But you must be home by three  
              Hopping out on the town, hopping out on the town 
              Have a good time but be home by three 
              (Spoken) One, two, three!  
              It's three o'clock, hope you made it back home 
            Running out on the town; running out on the town 
              But you must be home by twelve  
              Running out on the town, running out on the town 
              Have a good time but be home by twelve 
              (Spoken) One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve!  
              It's twelve o'clock, hope you made it back home 
              'Cause it's midnight, it's midnight, and everyone should be back home. 
            Variation: Spread the hoops around an open area; one for each person or have 
              2 people share each hoop. Stand or sit inside a hoop. This will be your home. 
              Travel around the open area moving outside the hoops.Return to your hoop by the 
              time called in each verse. 
            Note: You can use commercially made hula-hoops or homemade hoops made from flexible polyethylene pipe available at most hardware stores. See Making Teaching Aids on our website at www.happalmer.com and select How to Make Hoops. 
            Follow up: 
              - Name all the ways your recall traveling around the room.  (step, jump, tiptoe, hop, run) 
              - What other ways could you travel that were not named in this song? Examples: skip,        gallop, slide, crawl 
              - Show me your three favorite ways to travel. 
              - Create a short movement phrase using your three favorite ways of traveling.  
              - Make a "getting ready" shape before you begin. Next, show your three favorite ways        to travel. When you are finished, make an ending shape. 
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                14. Put 
                              A Little Color On You 
                              Words and Music: Hap Palmer 
                               
              This version provides extended response time by adding a four bar instrumental interlude after each direction.  It can be used as a lead up to the original version (#2). It can also be used to give more time to participate in the variation activities described for the original version.    
            Objectives:   
              - Recognize and identify the colors: red, green, yellow, blue. 
              - Associate colors with everyday objects. 
              - Identify body parts and clothing vocabulary. 
              - Identify the body parts: knee, elbow, head, spine. 
              - Identify clothing vocabulary: shoe, heel, sleeves. 
            Setting: Sit on the rug or in a chair.  
            Activity: Start in a seated position holding your colored scarf or card. Follow the directions in the verses and place the color cards or scarves on the various parts of your body as they are named.  
            Lyric: 
              Just put a little color on you, red, green, yellow or blue 
              For a beautiful way to brighten your day just put a little color on you 
            Put the color blue on your shoe, color blue on your shoe                     
              Put the color green on your knee, color green on your knee                   
              Put the color yellow on your elbow, the color yellow on your elbow         
              Put the color red on your head, the color red on your head                
            Put the color of the sea on your knee, color of the sea on your knee             
              Put the color of a lemon peel on your heel, lemon peel on your heel                  
              Put the color of leaves on your sleeves, color of leaves on your sleeves   
              Put the color of a stop sign on your spine, a stop sign on your spine                  
            Just put a little color on you, red, green, yellow or blue 
              For a beautiful way to brighten your day just put a little color on you 
            Variation 1: Work in groups of four people. Each person holds a different color card or scarf. Sit close together and face each other. As each color is called, everybody in the group shares the one color, touching it to the body part named. For example, when you hear "touch the color red to your head," each person puts her/his head on the one red scarf or card.  
            Variation 2: Look around the room. Name all the things you see that are red, blue, green, and yellow. Working individually, move freely about the room and contact various body parts with the colors named.   
            Follow up: Name all the pairs of rhyming words you recall hearing in this song. 
              For example: 
                   What color rhymes with the word shoe?  
                   What color rhymes with the word head?  
                   What body part rhymes with the word peel? 
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            15. Shifting Shapes 
            Words and Music: Hap Palmer 
            Objectives:   
              - Expand movement vocabulary. 
              - Move different parts of the body in a variety of ways. 
              - Identify verbs and nouns.  
            Setting: Stand in front of a chair or spread out in an open area. 
            Activity: Listen and respond to each direction. The directions consist of two body parts and one or two actions. Before doing this activity with the music let's slowly go through each motion as a lead up activity.  Can you identify which words are nouns and which are verbs? 
            Each action places the body into a different shape.  During the chorus, take a break from responding to specific directions and create your own motions. Shift your weight from one leg to the other moving side to side or front and back as you form your body into different shapes.  
            Lyric: 
              Tap your shoulders with your fingers 
              Rub your knee with your elbow 
              Pat your back with your palms 
              Squeeze your cheeks with your wrists 
            Rub your stomach and scratch your back 
              Bend your arms and twist your legs 
            Chorus:   We're shifting shapes from head to toe 
              And naming body parts we know 
              Changing form like a piece of clay 
              Then making shapes in our own way 
            Touch your feet with your hands 
              Tickle your neck with your knuckles 
              Press your ankle with your thumb 
              Slide your arm across your chin 
            Chorus:   We're shifting shapes from head to toe 
              And naming body parts we know 
              Changing form like a piece of clay 
              Then making shapes in our own way 
              We're shifting shapes from head to toe 
              And naming body parts we know 
            Variation: Try this activity with a partner.  One person is the clay and one person is the artist.  The person who is the clay can be seated or standing.  The artist shapes the clay in the ways described in the lyric.  During the chorus the artist creates different shapes with the clay.  
            Follow up: Do the above activity without music. Encourage partners to create other ways of making shapes and to work at their own rhythm and timing. 
               
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              16. A Tree Fell Down 
              Words and Music: Hap Palmer 
            Objectives: 
              - Understand the words over and under. 
              - Explore ways of getting by an imaginary fallen tree.  
            Setting: Form a circle with one person standing inside the circle holding a 
              stick vertically.  
            Activity: Imagine the stick is a tree.  When you hear the music, walk around the tree. When the tree cracks and falls, the person with the stick places it across the path of the people moving around the circle. Move by the tree in the way described in each verse. In the last verse create your own way to get by the tree. 
            Lyric: 
              As I was walking homeward bound 
              One cold and windy day 
              I heard a crack ... a tree fell down! 
              And there it lay blocking my way 
              So I went over, over, 
              I made it home by going over the tree 
            As I was walking homeward bound 
              One cold and windy day 
              I heard a crack ... a tree fell down! 
              And there it lay blocking my way 
              So I went under, under, 
              I made it home by going under the tree 
            As I was walking homeward bound 
              One cold and windy day 
              I heard a crack ... a tree fell down! 
              And there it lay blocking my way 
              So I jumped over, over, 
              I made it home by jumping over the tree 
            Supppose your're walking homeward bound  
              On a cold and windy day 
              You hear a crack ... a tree falls down! 
              Now find a way to get home today 
              Show us your way, your way, 
              Show us your way to get by the tree 
            Variation: Divide larger groups into several smaller circles with a tree inside each 
              circle to give everyone more time to explore ways of getting by the tree. 
            Follow up: Name all the ways you could get by the tree.  Examples:  
                   Prepositions: over, under, around 
                   Verbs: step, crawl, jump, hop, leap 
                   Directions: forward, backwards, sideways 
              Without music, one at a time, show your way of gettng by the tree. 
               
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              17. Lucky Number March 
              Words and Music: Hap Palmer 
            Objectives: 
              - Identify numbers 1 - 20. 
              - Recognize when you have the lucky number.  
              - Combine numbers to make the lucky number (Variation for older children). 
            Materials: 
              - Number cards 1 - 20 placed in a circle on the floor  
              - A spinner to identify the lucky number 
             Note: The spinner can be a board or piece of cardboard with the numbers 1 - 20 arranged in a circle. A wheel or pointer is attached loosely in the center so it can spin and point to the lucky number. 
            Setting: Stand in a line around the circle of numbers. Place the spinner in the center of the circle or at the front of the class.  
            Activity: When you hear the music, march around the circle. When the bell rings, run and stand by a number card. Raise your hand when you hear your number. Next, someone spins the wheel to find the lucky number. The person who is standing by the lucky number is the winner.  
            Lyric: 
              One, two, three and around we go 
              How many numbers do you know? 
              When you hear the bell run and stand by a number 
              Raise your hand when you hear your number  (Bell rings) 
              1, 2, 3 and 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 
            Now it's time to spin the wheel and see 
              What the lucky number will be . . . (Four bar instrumental) 
            One, two, three and around we go 
              How many numbers do you know? 
              When you hear the bell run and stand by a number 
              Raise your hand when you hear your number  (Bell rings) 
              1, 2, 3 and 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 
            Now it's time to spin the wheel and see 
              What the lucky number will be . . . (Four bar instrumental) 
            Variation: (For older children) During the instrumental section, if you do not have the lucky number, pick up your number card and hold it in front of you so everyone can see.  Look around at the numbers other players are holding.  If you can find someone who is holding a number you can combine with your number to make the lucky number, stand next to that person. For example if the lucky number is 16 the person with the 9 card could stand with the person holding the 7 card.  
            Follow up: Without playing the song, provide more time for players to combine numbers to make the lucky number. More advanced players can also use subtraction, multiplication, or division.  Allow as much time as needed for players to explore different ways of combining numbers to make the lucky number. 
               
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            18. Words We Most Often Use 
              Words and Music: Hap Palmer 
            Objectives: 
              - Learn essential sight vocabulary.  
              - Recognize 16 of the most often used words in the English language. 
              - Count number of letters in each sight word. 
              - Clap hands or use rhythm instruments to indicate letters in each sight word. 
            Setting: The sixteen sight words used in this song are placed on the board.  
            Activity: Students listen to each sight word. They wait three counts and then clap hands one time for each letter of the sight word named. 
               
              Note: Teacher should point out that some words sound the same but are spelled differently (Homophones). For example: the word to sounds the same as too, and two.The word for sounds the same as four. For purposes of learning most frequently used sight words, we will use to and for.  
            Lyric: 
              These are the words we most often use  
              Short little things we most often choose 
              Meet them my friend 
              You're sure to see them again and again 
             the t-h-e        it i-t             and a-n-d          I I  
              you y-o-u      to t-o           was w-a-s         a a 
   
              Again and again they are sure to appear 
              In books and on signs and with songs that you hear 
              At work or at play there is so much to say  
              And these are the words that we use every day  
             for f-o-r        in i-n           said s-a-i-d         on o-n 
              she s-h-e       he h-e          that t-h-a-t         of o-f 
            These are the words we most often use!  
            Variations: 
              - Jump in place or play a rhythm instrument for each letter of the sight word named. 
              - More experienced readers can listen to each word without seeing it on the board 
              - Challenge students to, "Wait three counts then clap your hands the number of times      that matches the number of letters in each word you hear."  
            Follow up: Use the instrumental version: 25. Words We Most Often Use (Instrumental) and select sight words that were not used in this vocal version. 
               
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            19. Parade of Colors – Basic 
              Words and Music: Hap Palmer 
            Objectives:    
              - Identify and recognize ten colors. 
              - Step in rhythm with the music. 
              - Develop spatial awareness. 
            Materials: Colored cards or scarves: red, green, yellow, blue, orange, pink, purple, black, brown, white. Where materials are not available, participants can pick a color from the clothes they wear. 
            Setting: Each person holds a colored card or scarf.  Participants march in a circle or around the room finding their own pathway. 
            Activity: Stand in a circle and hold your color card or scarf. When you hear the music, begin marching around the circle. When you hear the bell, stop marching and sit down. Stand up when your color is called.  At the end of each verse all the colors should be standing. 
            Lyric: 
              Make way for the Parade of Colors 
              They are marching all around 
              There is purple and pink, red and green  
              Yellow, orange, blue and brown 
            Make way for the Parade of Colors 
              They are marching all around 
              At the sound of the bell, they will stop 
              And all sit down! 
            Blue stand up  
              Red stand up 
              Yellow stand up  
              Black and Green stand up  
            Pink stand up  
              White stand up 
              Orange stand up  
              Purple and Brown stand up 
            Make way for the Parade of Colors 
              They are marching all around 
              There is purple and pink, black and white  
              Yellow, orange, blue and brown 
            Make way for the Parade of Colors 
              They are marching all around 
              At the sound of the bell, they will stop 
              And all sit down! 
             
            Pink stand up  
              Purple stand up 
              Orange stand up 
              Brown and White stand up 
            Green stand up  
              Black stand up                                
              Yellow stand up  
              Blue and Red stand up 
            Make way for the Parade of Colors 
              They are marching all around 
              At the sound of the bell, they will stop 
              And all sit down! 
               
              Note: This is an update of one of my early songs from Learning Basic Skills Vol II. This version extends the instrumental response time after each direction to give listeners time to stand and create movements. 
               
              Variations: 
              With a color card 
              - Balance your color card on your head as you march.   
              - Sit down while balancing the color card on your head. 
              - When your color is called to stand, find all the ways you can move your card.  
                         
              With a scarf 
              - When you stand, find all the ways you can make your scarf move. 
              - As you march, wave your scarf and dance with the Latin rhythm of this song.  
             Team variation  
              - Divide the group into teams of 10 people each.  
              - The first person in each line is the leader. 
              - The leader can take the line anywhere in the room. The challenge is to avoid bumping      into furnature or other teams.  (A team can march in place to allow time for another      team to pass in front.)  
   
              Follow up: 
              Explore how each color makes you feel and what kind of movement quality different colors suggest. 
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            20. Say The Opposite (Basic) 
            Words and Music: Hap Palmer 
             
            Note: This version provides additional time between the words. It gives you more time to create movements that show the opposite. It is also valuable as a lead up to the faster version: 12.  Say The Opposite. 
             
            Objectives: 
            - Understand that the opposite is something that is totally different or the reverse 
                   of something else. 
            - Demonstrate understanding of opposites by verbal and movement responses. 
            Setting: Stand in front of your seat or spread out in an open area. 
            Activity: The verses of this song consist of a series of words. After you hear each word, say the opposite. (Possible answers are shown in italics in the lyric below.)  For an extra challenge, create a movement that shows the opposite.  For example, you could show the opposite of tall by squatting down and making yourself short.  
            Lyric: 
              Say the opposite; make a quick call 
              You have three counts and that's all 
              If you know, tell us so 
              Ready, set, here we go! 
            Long  (short)  Strong  (weak)  Quick  (slow)  Thick  (thin)    
              Small  (big)  Tall  (short)  Slow  (fast)  Low  (high) 
            Say the opposite; make a quick call 
              You have three counts and that's all 
              If you know, tell us so 
              Ready, set, here we go! 
            Down  (up)  Frown  (smile)  Thin  (thick, wide)  In  (out) 
              Pull  (push)  Full  (empty)  Top  (bottom)  Stop  (go, start) 
            Say the opposite; make a quick call 
              You have three counts and that's all 
              If you know, tell us so 
              Ready, set, here we go! 
            Tight  (loose)  Right  (left, wrong)  Throw  (catch)  Go  (stop) 
            Follow up: For an extra challenge, try the faster version of this song: 
              12. Say The Opposite. 
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            21. Bean Bag Alphabet Rag (A-H) 
            Words and Music: Hap Palmer  
            Note: This special shorter version is ideal for preschool children. It focuses on just the first 8 letters of the alphabet. It is also an ideal lead up activity to the complete A - Z version of this song: 5. Bean Bag Alphabet Rag.  
            Objectives: 
                   - Recognize the first 8 letters of the alphabet: A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H. 
                   - Master initial consonant sounds. 
                   - Identify body parts. 
                   - Improve motor skill. 
            Setting: Stand in front of chairs or in an open area. Each participant has a bean bag.  
               
              Note: You can make a bean bag by placing dried uncooked beans or rice inside an old sock. See Making Teaching Aids on our website at www.happalmer.com and select Making Bean Bags. 
            Activity: Place your bean bag on the body parts named and do the motions 
              described in this song.  
            Lyric: 
              A - Arm, put it on your arm 
              B - Back, put it on your back 
              C - Catch, throw the bag and catch  
              D - Drop, drop the bag and dance with the Bean Bag Alphabet Rag  
              E - Ear, put it on your ear 
              F - Foot, let it fall to your foot 
              G - Grab, grab and grip the bag 
              H - Hop, hold it on your head and hop with the Bean Bag Alphabet Rag 
            Follow up:   
                   - Show me all the things you recall doing with your bean bag. 
                   - Do the movements which go with the letters in your first name. 
                   - Using your bean bag, find other movements you can do with each letter. 
                   - Try the complete version of this song: 5. Bean Bag Alphabet Rag.  
             
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            22. The Eagle 
              Words: Martha Cheney  Music: Hap Palmer  
            Objectives:   
              - Learn about eagles and Native American culture. 
              - Recognize and repeat a simple melodic phrase. 
            Setting: Sit in a chair, on the rug, or stand in a circle.  
            Activity: The instant sing line for this song is, "He was free, when they let him be." It occurs at the end of each verse.  We call it the "instant sing line" because you can easily learn this phrase and instantly begin singing along. As you sing, you are hearing all the other words in the lyric of the song.  As all the words become familiar you can sing the whole song. 
            Lyric: 
              Born for a western sky 
              Sweeping a circle as he flies 
              He was free, when they let him be 
            Brave and a hunter's son 
              The land was his till he met a gun 
              He was free, when they let him be 
                  In a land without a friend  
                   Will there be an empty sky  
                   Where the eagle used to fly in the wind? 
            There on a mountain high  
              Wounded eagle waits to die  
              He was free, when they let him be. 
            Dreaming of days gone by 
              When Navaho children watched him fly 
              He was free, when they let him be 
                  In a land without a friend 
                   Will there be an empty sky 
                   Where the eagle used to fly in the wind? 
            Born for a western sky 
              Sweeping a circle as he flies 
              He was free, when they let him be 
              He was free, when they let him be 
             
            Variations: 
              1. Listen for the repeating rhythm pattern of the drum.  
                     - Clap or play along with a rhythm instrument when you recognize the pattern.  
                     - Where the melody changes in the B section, play a softer, simpler rhythm.  
            2. Create a simple dance step to go with the rhythm.  
                     - Find an open area and form a large circle or several smaller circles.  
                     - During the verses move around the circle with a slow quiet running step.  
                     - Where the melody changes in the B section of the song, fly around the 
                           circle like eagles.  
                     - Other steps you can try are:  
                            Step Touch  (step on R foot, touch floor with L foot, step on L foot, touch                    floor with R foot).  
                            Step Hop (step on R foot, hop on R foot, step on L foot, hop on L foot)  
                                 Run, Run, Run, Hop (take 3 running steps R, L, R then hop on R foot,                    reverse and repeat)  
                    - Create your own steps or motions to go with this song.  
     
            Note: The original recording of this song uses the word "Indian" in the line "When Indian children watched him fly."  If for anyone this word is objectionable, you can also substitute the name of an American Indian tribe such as Lakota, Cheyenne, Zuni, Cherokee, or Navajo as I have done in this version.  
            Interesting Information Regarding The Controversy Between The Terms "Indian" And "Native American." "American Indian" is often a legal term. It is the phrase used to describe indigenous people of the Americas in United States Federal as well as many state and local laws.  In addition, the term "Indian" is used twice in the U.S. Constitution.  
            In the 1960s and 1970s efforts were made to change "Indian" to "Native American." However, many of those involved preferred Indian or American Indian to Native Americans. Charles C. Mann in his 2005 book 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, noted that "every native person whom I have met (I think without exception) has used 'Indian' rather than 'Native American'." Russell Means, an activist in the American Indian Movement, said in 1998, "I abhor the term Native American...I prefer the term American Indian because I know its origins." Many educational and government web sites use the term "Native American" including the National Eagle Repository in Denver, Colorado, and the Library of Congress American Memory Website. (http://memory.loc.gov)   If you want to avoid the whole controversy,  just choose the name of an American Indian tribe, preferably one with historical roots in your area.  
             
            Protection of Eagles 
              The Bald Eagle, was threatened with extinction in the lower 48 states because of DDT (a type of pesticide) poisoning. Protection under the Endangered Species Act, together with reintroduction programs, brought populations up, and the species was reclassified as threatened in 1995. Habitat protection afforded by the Endangered Species Act, the federal government's banning of DDT, and conservation actions taken by the American public have helped bald eagles make a remarkable recovery.  
              Sources: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bald_Eagle/id     https://www.fws.gov/midwest/eagle/recovery/biologue.html 
            Other factors in Bald Eagle population reductions were a widespread loss of suitable habitat, as well as illegal shooting, which was described as "the leading cause of direct mortality in both adult and immature bald eagles," according to a 1978 report in the Endangered Species Technical Bulletin. In 1984, the National Wildlife Federation listed hunting, power-line electrocution, and collisions in flight as the leading causes of eagle deaths. Bald Eagle populations have also been negatively affected by oil, lead, and mercury pollution, and by human and predator intrusion. 
              Source: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_Eagle 
            For hundreds of years, Native Americans have used eagle feathers for religious and cultural purposes, including healing, marriage, and naming ceremonies.  In recognition of the significance of these feathers to Native Americans, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service established the National Eagle Repository in the early 1970's to provide Native Americans with the feathers of golden and bald eagles needed for religious purposes.  Source: National Eagle Repository, Denver Colorado. 
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              23. Can A Cherry Pie Wave Goodbye? (Instrumental) 
              Music: Hap Palmer 
            The instrumental version gives you a chance to sing this song using your ideas.  
              Think of other phrases that begin with, Can a, Can you, Does a, or Do you.  
              They can describe both situations that are imaginary and situations that could really happen. Let's write your ideas on the board and sing the song using your words. 
              (Challenge older children to use words that rhyme.) 
               
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            24. A Pocket Full Of B's (Instrumental) 
              Music: Hap Palmer 
            Let's think of four words that begin with the letter 'B'?...'T'?...'P'?...'J'?...'C'?... 
              Using your ideas, sing along with this instrumental version.  
              For a fun challenge pick a category such as: foods, places (cities, states, countries), 
              or animals.  
              You can also choose other beginning letters. For Example:  
                   "A pocket full of Q's like pool players use? "  
       "A Pocket Full of I's like the kind that see?" 
   
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            25.  Words We Most Often Use (Instrumental) 
              Music: Hap Palmer 
            Select sight words that were not used in the vocal version of this song and play rhythms for your own version.  Here is the formula for number of letters in each word using this instrumental version: 
               
              Verse One: 3,  2,  3, 1*  
                                  3,  2,  3, 1 
               
              * Note: After the one letter word there is an open space so you can include two or three letter words as well. 
            Verse Two: 3, 2, 4, 2 
                                  3, 2, 4, 2 
            Here are some possibilities: 
            Verse One: 
              are a-r-e        we w-e        run r-u-n           be b-e  
              but b-u-t        at a-t           his h-i-s             is i-s 
            Verse Two: 
              can c-a-n       my m-y       have h-a-v-e       me m-e 
              now n-o-w     as a-s          this t-h-i-s          had h-a-d 
            Here is a variation of the words for verse 3 that you can sing with this 
              instrumental version: 
                  Of the thousands of words we have spoken and read 
                   These are the ones we have most often said 
                   If you look at a book, you will see it is so 
                   There are plenty words that you already know 
               
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Credits: 
Session 1: 1990 
Arranger, Recording Engineer, Keyboards, Bass, Guitars: Bob Summers 
Lead and Harmony Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone: Hap Palmer
Children's Chorus Director: Penny Summers   
Children's Chorus: Amy Ainsworth, Sarah Ainsworth, Lauren Askey, 
Eddie Aragon, Marina Aragon, Melanie Aragon, Melissa Arago, 
Danielle Elmore, Tai Elmore, Debbie Forfar, Andrew Garkow, Lacey Garkow,
Manuj Kamineni, Wesley Palmer, Bren Price, Nicole Price, Mike Summers 
Mastering Engineer: Ron Lewter 
 
Session 2: 1993 
Recording Engineer: John Slattery 
Producer: Miriam Mayer  
Piano: Steve Kaplan 
Acoustic Bass: Jim Garafalo 
Drums: Joe Correro 
 
Session 3:  2017 
Mix Engineer: Luke Shrestha 
Guitar, Bass, Recorder, Banjo, Percussion: Hap Palmer 
Lead Vocals, Background Vocals: Hap Palmer 
Additional Background Vocals (For The Eagle): Windy Wagner 
 
Educational Consultant: Angelia Leung 
New Updated Version Cover and Guide: Carole Schumacher Onaitis, Stan Onaitis 
Original Designer and Illustrator: Cheryle Robinson 
Guidebook Editors: Paula Benjamin Little, Betty Williams, Angelia Leung 
All songs published by Hap-Pal Music.  ©Hap-Pal Music all rights reserved.  No part of
these lyrics or activities may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means
without permission from the publisher. 
 
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