Doctor Knickerbocker Lyrics
Leader: Doctor Knickerbocker,
Knickerbocker number nine.
Well, I just got back and I'm feeling fine.
Now let's get the rhythm of the hands.
Group: Now we've got the rhythm of the hands.
Leader:Now let's get the rhythm of the feet.
Group: Now we've got the rhythm of the feet.
Leader: Now let's get the rhythm of the head.
Group: Now we've got the rhythm of the head.
Leader: Now let's get the rhythm of the hips.
Group: Now we've got the rhythm of the hips.
Leader: Now let's get the rhythm of the number nine.
Group: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine!
Doctor Knickerbocker Learning Activities
Music
- Find a partner and have turns being the 'leader' or 'group.'
Health
- What is the role of a doctor?
Maths
- Numbers before the number 9. Ask what comes before 7? 6 What comes before 4? 3 What comes before 9? 8
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.
