Do Your Chores
Want a fun way to Do Your Chores? Children will love to sing and dance along with this fun fitness song!
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Do Your Chores Lyrics
Oh when you wake up in the mornin' at a quarter to one
and you just want to have a little fun.
You iron your clothes, you iron your clothes.
Oh when you wake up in the mornin' at a quarter to two
and you can't think of a thing to do.
You scrub the floor, you scrub the floor.
Oh when you wake up in the mornin' at a quarter to three
and your mind starts hummin' fiddle dee dee.
You shake the mat, you shake the mat.
Oh when you wake up in the mornin' at a quarter to four
and you've just heard a knock on the door.
You brush your teeth, you brush your teeth.
Oh when you wake up in the mornin' at a quarter to five
and you just want to feel a little alive.
You wash yourself, you wash yourself.
Oh when you wake up in the mornin' at a quarter to six
and you've just had a plate of weetbix.
You rub your tum, yum yum yum!
You rub your tum, yum yum yum!
You've done your chores.
Hey you've done your chores!
Do Your Chores Learning Activities
Music
- Divide the children into two groups and allocate music sounds e.g. body percussion (e.g. slap thigh), found sound (e.g. tap pencil on desk or floor) or instruments (e.g. maracas) - one group plays along with the vocals in the song and the other group plays along with the instrumental music in the song. Play the song again and swap.
Drama
- Guess the time? Listen to the song. Mime one of the actions - can children remember the time that suits the action?
Dance
- What is a locomotor move? A movement in which the body travels across space (running, creeping, rolling). What is a non-locomotor move? A movement in which the body remains anchored to one spot by a body part (for example, bending, twisting, stretching) - what kinds of movements can you spot in the song?
- Listen to "Do Your Chores" and ask children to suggest ideas for moves to go with each verse.
- Watch the video song and compare the actions with their own ideas.
- Challenge - play the instrumental version of the song and match the moves!
Literacy
- Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning "Do it, see it and hear it!"
Print out the song PDF
- Read the song lyrics - ask children a variety of questions.
- Re-read the song lyrics and ask children to join in.
- Recognise and use a variety of punctuation when reading. " " ! ? . ,
- Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).
- Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.
- Word study - phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming word, contractions etc.
