Hokey Tokey
Children will love to sing and dance
along with this fun action song!
A great circle time song for kids.
Lyrics
You put your right arm in.
You put your right arm out.
You put your right arm in
and you shake is all about.
You do the Hokey Tokey
and you turn yourself around.
That 's what it 's all about!
CHORUS
Oh Hokey, Hokey Tokey
Oh Hokey, Hokey Tokey
Oh Hokey, Hokey Tokey
And that 's what it 's all about!
You put your left arm in...
CHORUS
You put your right leg in...
CHORUS
You put your left leg in...
CHORUS
You put your whole self in...
CHORUS
And that 's what it 's all about!
And that 's what it 's all about! Yeah!
Activities
Music
- Divide the children into two groups. Children select body percussion (e.g. slapping knees) or instruments. One group plays the rhythm (short and long sounds that fit over an underlying beat) of the verses and the other group plays the beat (the steady pulse) of the chorus.
Dance
- Support your weight - teacher specifies what 2 body parts are allowed on the floor e.g. hand and foot. The students are challenged to support their weight. This activity can be done individually, in pairs or groups.
- Challenge - play the instrumental version of the song and match the moves!
Visual Art
- Look at yourself in a mirror and draw or paint a picture of yourself.
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.
