(lively music) - "The Pinocchio" is a super fun active song that teaches parts of the body vocabulary, as well as left and right. Pinocchio is a popular puppet character whose nose grows when he tells a lie. As we do "The Pinocchio," we lift the different parts of our body as if they have strings, like a puppet and we use our hands to pretend our nose is growing.
It's a fun song to sing in the classroom for some active movement and it ends with everybody sitting down, ready for what comes next. Stay tuned until after the song to learn some fun activities you can do with "The Pinocchio". (lively music) Now let's get started.
(lively music) ♪ Everybody in ♪ ♪ Everybody out ♪ ♪ Everybody turn around ♪ ♪ Everybody shout, hey ♪ ♪ Everybody ready ♪ ♪ Here we go ♪ ♪ Let's do the Pinocchio ♪ ♪ Right arm ♪ ♪ Everybody in ♪ ♪ Everybody out ♪ ♪ Everybody turn around ♪ ♪ Everybody shout, hey ♪ ♪ Everybody ready ♪ ♪ Here we go ♪ ♪ Let's do the Pinocchio ♪ ♪ Right arm ♪ ♪ Left arm ♪ ♪ Everybody in ♪ ♪ Everybody out ♪ ♪ Everybody turn around ♪ ♪ Everybody shout, hey ♪ ♪ Everybody ready ♪ ♪ Here we go ♪ ♪ Let's do the Pinocchio ♪ ♪ Right arm ♪ ♪ Left arm ♪ ♪ Right leg ♪ ♪ Everybody in ♪ ♪ Everybody out ♪ ♪ Everybody turn around ♪ ♪ Everybody shout, hey ♪ ♪ Everybody ready ♪ ♪ Here we go ♪ ♪ Let's do the Pinocchio ♪ ♪ Right arm ♪ ♪ Left arm ♪ ♪ Right leg ♪ ♪ Left leg ♪ ♪ Everybody in ♪ ♪ Everybody out ♪ ♪ Everybody turn around ♪ ♪ Everybody shout, hey ♪ ♪ Everybody ready ♪ ♪ Here we go ♪ ♪ Let's do the Pinocchio ♪ ♪ Right arm ♪ ♪ Left arm ♪ ♪ Right leg ♪ ♪ Left leg ♪ ♪ Chin up ♪ ♪ Everybody in ♪ ♪ Everybody out ♪ ♪ Everybody turn around ♪ ♪ Everybody shout, hey ♪ ♪ Everybody ready ♪ ♪ Here we go ♪ ♪ Let's do the Pinocchio ♪ ♪ Right arm ♪ ♪ Left arm ♪ ♪ Right leg ♪ ♪ Left leg ♪ ♪ Chin up ♪ ♪ Turn around ♪ ♪ Everybody in ♪ ♪ Everybody out ♪ ♪ Everybody turn around ♪ ♪ Everybody shout, hey ♪ ♪ Everybody ready ♪ ♪ Here we go ♪ ♪ Let's do the Pinocchio ♪ ♪ Right arm ♪ ♪ Left arm ♪ ♪ Right leg ♪ ♪ Left leg ♪ ♪ Chin up ♪ ♪ Turn around ♪ ♪ Sit down ♪ (lively music) (lively music) That was "The Pinocchio. " This is a great song to teach and review parts of the body vocabulary. In this song, we focus on the right and left arm, the right and left leg and our chin.
This song uses very clear gestures and lots of repetition so you don't need to pre-teach the vocabulary. Just gather your students in a circle, press play and dance along. Or if you would prefer to introduce some of the vocabulary beforehand, simply point to each part of the body and say the vocabulary word.
Arm. Have your students point to their arm and repeat after you. This is also a great song to teach and review left and right.
If you're teaching left and right for the first time, spend some time practicing before you sing the song. When you're first practicing, try turning around so you're facing the same direction as the children when you raise your hands. Or if you're facing them, mirror left and right so that they raise their correct hands.
If they've having trouble, please a sticker on their right hand and remind them that their sticker hand is their right hand. Left and right is an opposite pair as is in and out, which we also sing about in this sing as everyone moves in and out of the circle. For more opposites practice, pair this song with the Super Simple versions of "Open, Shut them.
" Once your students are familiar with the song, you can use the idea of the Pinocchio to teach other parts of the body as well. The teacher can pretend to be the puppet master or you can pick a student. The puppet master will call out different parts of the body from the song and other parts of the body you're reviewing as well.
The rest of the class will lift that part of the body as if they were a puppet and had a string attached to them, pulling that part of the body up. For example, the puppet master can say right arm, and the class lifts their right arm like a puppet and then puts it down. The puppet master can say any parts of the body they like.
Like left ear, right elbow to make the puppets move. This is a great song to sing anytime your students need an active break. It's a great way to move some energy around to wake everybody up or to burn some energy off.
This song ends with everybody sitting down, so after their big movements, they will be seated and ready for what comes next. We hope you enjoy "The Pinocchio. " Keep on singing, learning and having fun.
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