Statue Song
Children will love to sing and dance along with this fun action song! Come on and Get Down and Boogie!
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Statue Song Lyrics
"4 3 2 1"
*Get down and boogie, get down and boogie.
Shake it up!
Go with the flow!
Hang loose, just like a long neck goose.
We 're playing statues, we 're playing statues.
We 're playing the statue song -
Oh yeah!
Everybody join on in, everybody join on in
Freeze!
Breathe and blink!
Hang loose, just like a long neck goose.
Don 't move a muscle, don 't move a muscle.
We 're playing the statue song -
Oh yeah!
Don 't be a party pooper, don 't be a party pooper.
Hey cool cat!
You 're real choice!
Hang loose, just like a long neck goose.
We 're having a good time; we 're having a great time.
We 're playing the statue song -
Oh yeah!
You 're out!
I have to say I love the smile on your face.
Isn 't it great!
You 're such a good sport!
Repeat*
Statue Song Learning Activities
Music
- Let different children experiment with conducting the class - raise arms for loud sounds and lower arms for soft sounds and pause music to stop playing. The rest of the class can make sounds with voices, found sounds e.g. tapping the desk, body percussion or instruments.
Dance
- Dance freely to the music. Teacher stops the music randomly - children have to 'freeze ' their move. If anyone is caught moving they are 'out ', every child who is out can help the teacher be a judge.
Drama
- You are a statue that comes alive!
Visual Art
- Create your own 'statue ' out of play dough or clay.
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.
