Sit Down Sit Down Lyrics
Sit down, sit down, you’re rocking the boat.
Sit down, sit down, you’re rocking the boat.
Sit down, sit down, you’re rocking the boat.
Sit down, you’re rocking the boat.
Sit down!
Cook Island
No o ki raro, no o ki raro, ka taka uri te poti.
No o ki raro, no o ki raro, ka taka uri te poti.
No o ki raro, no o ki raro, ka taka uri te poti.
No o ki raro, ka taka uri te poti.
No o ki raro!
Samoan
Nofo i lalo, nofo i lalo, ua ma luelue le va’a.
Nofo i lalo, nofo i lalo, ua ma luelue le va’a.
Nofo i lalo, nofo i lalo, ua ma luelue le va’a.
Nofo i lalo, ua ma luelue le va’a.
Nofo i lalo!
Sit Down Sit Down Learning Activities
Music
- Play “Sit Down, Sit Down” and keep a beat (a steady pulse) using body percussion e.g. slap thighs, tap toes, clap hands etc.
Dance
- Create moves to act out the actions of the words. Keep the same moves for the Cook Island and Samoan verse.
Drama
- Work in small groups and decide what type of boat or ship you are e.g. sail boat, row boat, cruiser, freight ship, speed boat etc.
- Mime the actions of the boat or ship you are for others to guess?
Visual Art
- Make a collage of different types of boats.
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.
