Shaker Song A warm up for young children to get them moving. Use a shaker or anything that makes a rattle and add some choreography as well.
Category: Warm-ups & playground games
Stand Up**
A great warm up that’s quick to learn and can be used as inspiration for improvisation and circle songs. It can be simplified down to one or two parts.
Playtime song *
Engine No.9 **
Simple melody also used as a round or waiting canon. (see score & mp3’s for examples). Taught by Su Hollingsworth at Vocal Union Training Day, Sage Gateshead.
Dinah *
Playground song from Northumberland with American music. Really popular Key stage 1 and 2
Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush *
Traditional English Folk tune with a verse for each day of the week. There are many different versions and it is sung all over the world in different forms.
Ah Poor Bird **
A traditional folk song from England. A round with quite a large range, so as well as being lovely to sing, good for later stages of a warm-up and for encouraging head voice.
