- high
- low
- pitch
- sound
MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening: SL.PK.MA.1a Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (e.g., taking turns in talking, listening to peers, waiting to speak until another person is finished talking, asking questions and waiting for an answer, gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
Head Start Outcomes:
Social Emotional Development/Self-Regulation Follows simple rules, routines, and directions.
Language Development/Receptive Language Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 1 Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (taking turns in talking; listening to peers; waiting until someone is finished; asking questions and waiting for an answer; gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12 Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
Sing Together: “Abiyoyo Is a Giant”
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ELA Focus Skills: Phonological Awareness , Gross Motor Skills
Tell children you want them to sing and act out the song “Abiyoyo Is a Giant” with you.
- First, demonstrate for the children and perform the song alone with a high pitch voice and the motions. Ask, Can you describe the sound of my voice as I was singing the song? (high)
- Repeat with a low pitch.
Then tell children you are going to call out High! or Low!, and you want them to join you in singing the song in that pitch. Invite children to make sounds with their hands and feet as they sing and dance, too.
After a few rounds, ask children all the different ways they made music while performing the song. (with their voices, their feet, their hands)
Abiyoyo Is a Giant
(sung to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”)
Abiyoyo is a giant,
He fills the town with fear. (clasp arms together and shiver)
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! (stomp feet)
Abiyoyo is here. (or sing “Abiyoyo’s here”)
I play my ukelele, (strum air with fingers)
It makes a happy sound. (dance)
Dance! Dance! Dance! Dance! (dance)
The giant’s on the ground. (crouch to the ground)
Dad waves his magic wand, (wave hand or wand in air)
He waves it in the air. (wave hand or wand in air)
Zoop! Zoop! Zoop! Zoop! (wave hand or wand in air)
The giant disappears.
ABIYOYO!