Funky Warm Down
Children will love to sing and dance
along with this fun action song!
A great warm down song for kids.
Lyrics
"Let's warm down"
Gently walk on the spot
Softly shake your arm 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Softly shake your other arm 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Softly shake your leg 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Softly shake your other leg 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Gently walk on the spot.
Hold your arms up high 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Hold your arms out to the side 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Roll your shoulders forward 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Roll your shoulders backwards 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Gently walk on the spot.
Take a big breath in 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Slowly let it out 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Thumbs up
SMILE!
"Hey, well done!"
Activities
Music
- The tone colour is the specific sound quality of a voice or instrument. Sounds can be made from wood, metal, skin, string, voices, and electronics. Play the song and listen to the sounds - can children recognize what sounds are used?
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 kind of movements can you spot in the song?
- Drumming Fast and slow shapes - have the students change shapes each time they hear the drum beat. Vary the speed of the beat so that the shapes are held for longer or shorter times.
Health/Physical Education
- Why is it important to stretch our bodies for fitness and health?
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.
