by Lisa Baydush Early Childhood Music Specialist © 2014

Transcription

JCC Songbook
by Lisa Baydush
Early Childhood Music Specialist
© 2014
JCC Songbook
Themes:
All About Me…
01
Holidays:
Animals…
03
Behavior Mod…
05
Colors…
06
Community…
07
Counting…
08
Creation & Noah…
09
Hello & Goodbye…
10
Just for Fun…
11
Movement…
13
Percussion…
15
Planting & Growing… 16
Seasons...
17
Songs That Teach…
18
Tikkun Olam…
20
Transportation…
21
Havdalah…
23
Rosh Chodesh…
23
Shabbat Sings…
24
Rosh Hashanah…
26
Yom Kippur…
28
Sukkot…
29
Simchat Torah…
30
Thanksgiving…
31
Chanukah…
33
Tu B’shvat…
35
Purim…
37
Pesach…
39
Yom Ha-atzmaut…
42
Shavuot…
43
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All About Me
Big
Toes by Chris Vaughn
by Wayne Potash
I have ten toes on my feet
You have ten toes they’re so neat
We have 20 toes they should meet
And go walking down the street
I once was one but now I'm two,
I'm almost as big as you!
Chorus:
B, I, G, I'm big, B, I, G, I'm big,
B, I, G, I'm big, I'm big, big, big!
My toes keep me from falling down
Your toes are planted on the ground
Here on our feet they can be found
They help our bodies move around
I once was two but now I'm three,
I'm as big as I can be! (chorus)
I once was three but now I'm four,
Look at me I've grown some more! (chorus)
Toes, I have them,
Toes, you have them
Toes, we have them
…Ten not eight! (repeat)
…Ain’t that great! (3x to end) (repeat first verse)
I once was four but now I'm five,
I can almost reach the sky! (chorus)
My Five Senses
by Lisa Baydush
to the tune of Freres Jacques
I Love My Shoes
I can see, I can see,
With my eyes, with my eyes;
I can see my friends/the blue sky (2x)
I can see with my eyes!
I love my shoes, I love my shoes
My shoes are so com-for-tab-ly lovely
Jason has shoes that he really loves
Shoes that he feels so groovy in!
They’re red and white and
they make him jump high
That’s why these are Jason’s fav’rites!
I can hear… birds singing, bells ringing
I can smell… a flower, a challah baking
I can taste… chocolate, ice cream
I can touch… a puppy, a snowball
My Body is Part of Me by Ellen Allard
Super-Fantabulous Shoes
This is my head, it is my rosh (2x)
My rosh is part of my body,
And my body is part of me,
and I’m as happy as can be!
Do do do do do do do do!
by Lisa Baydush
Chorus:
New shoes, new shoes, check out my new shoes!
(I got) new shoes, new shoes,
And I like them very much!
End: yes, I like them very much! (2x)
‘Cause my new shoes fit very well,
And I think that everybody can tell
That they make me feel so very swell,
My super-fantabulous shoes! (chorus)
This is my eye, it is my a-yin…
This is my nose, it is my af…
This is my mouth, it is my peh…
This is my hand, it is my yad…
This is my leg, it is my regel…
Boo Boo Song
by Donovan Leitch, adapted
Wiggly Tooth
by Lisa Baydush
by Wayne Potash
I’ve got a boo boo (boo hoo!) (3x)
And I don’t like it very much!
I’ve got a wiggly tooth and I’m waiting ‘til it falls out (2x)
It’s so loose that I can give it a spin;
I’ve got a little blood on my fingers and chin;
I’ve got a wiggly tooth and I’m waiting til it falls out!
I say:
No more boo boos! (3x)
Boo boos, go away!
…When it goes, it will leave a big space,
But a grown-up tooth is gonna grow in its place…
Chorus:
And I’m waiting… (12x) (chorus)
When I eat, it feels kinda funny,
But when the tooth fairy comes,
she’s gonna give me some money…
-1-
Animals
Monkeys Jumpin’ Everywhere
The Itsy Bitsy Ackaveesh
arranged by Rick Recht
by Lisa Baydush (audio)
The itsy bitsy ackaveesh went up the mayim spout;
Down came the geshem and washed the ackaveesh out!
Out came the shemesh and dried up all the geshem,
so the itsy bitsy ackaveesh went up the spout again.
Chorus:
Monkeys jumpin’ up and down,
Monkeys jumpin’ all around,
Monkeys jumpin’ here and there,
Monkeys jumpin’ everywhere! (repeat)
I Spy a Butterfly
Monkeys were jumping here at school,
I guess they hadn’t heard about
the “no-monkey” rule;
It took all my teachers and half of my class
To settle the monkeys so we could ask…
Beautiful butterflies fluttering by,
Beautiful butterflies up in the sky,
Beautiful butterflies flying around,
Beautiful butterflies land on the ground.
Why are there…??? (chorus)
I spy a butterfly fluttering by,
A little blue butterfly up in the sky;
I spy a butterfly flying down low,
Little blue butterfly, where did you go?
The blue monkey said they wanted to see
Why everyone was talking about the JCC;
The yellow monkey said
they thought it’d be cool
to learn all the things that we learn in school!
… next to that tree, a little _____ butterfly waving at me!
… right over there, a little _____ butterfly lands in my hair!
Way cool!!! (chorus)
Bumblebee (Buzz Buzz)
We ran to tell Miss Ora the really neat news!
She said, “Don’t be silly,
monkeys don’t come to school!”
She didn’t believe us, but then she saw
a whole bunch of monkeys jumpin’ in the hall!
by Laurie Berkner (video)
I was sitting in my garden
when I saw a bumblebee
He said his name was Oscar and he went:
What on earth?! (chorus)
Buzz buzz buzz, Ba-buzz buzz ba-buzz buzz
Buzz buzz buzz ba-buzz… oh… (repeat)
“What’s going on? This just can’t be!
Monkeys don’t belong at the JCC!
Call the police! Call the zoo!
I’m really not sure what we should do!”
Bumblebee can't you see, it's just you and me
One, two, ah-one two three go! (buzz…)
‘Cause there are… (chorus)
Caterpillar adapted by Judy Caplan Ginsburgh
The pink monkey said, “Miss Ora, please,
we’d really like to stay at the JCC!”
The green monkey said he thought it was fun
to jump up and down with everyone!
to the tune of Skip to my Lou
Caterpillar so fuzzy (3x) crawling on the ground.
Caterpillar crawling ‘round…eating grass and leaves.
Caterpillar makes a cocoon…then she goes to sleep.
Caterpillar grows some wings… now she's a butterfly.
Butterfly flying ‘round…touch down on the ground.
Wheeee!!! (chorus)
Miss Ora raised her hands and we all sat down,
Except for the monkeys who were jumpin’ around;
“You see,” Miss Ora said,
“why there’s a “no-monkey” rule?
It’s hard to learn if you’re jumping in school!”
HaShafan HaKatan
to the tune of Ani Purim
Ha-shafan ha-katan, funny little bunny;
He likes to play outside all day
And now his nose is runny!
La la la (ha choo) (3x) La La La!
Ohhhh! (chorus)
The monkeys stopped jumpin’…
up and down/all around/
here and there/everywhere!
My Pets by Ellen Allard
The purple monkey said, “So what d’ya say?
We really like to come here every day!”
The orange monkey said, “we won’t jump around!”
And Miss Ora said, “Well…
just wait ‘til you’re at the playground!”
Yay!!! (chorus)
-2-
Hinei ha-kelev sheli (ruff ruff) (2x)
Kelev, kelev, hinei ha-kelev sheli!
Kelev=dog; Chatool=cat; Tzipor=bird; Dag=fish
Teasing Mr. Crocodile (video)
The Goldfish
by Laurie Berkner, (video)
Shabbat verse by Lisa Baydush
Five little monkeys swinging from a tree,
Teasing Mr. Crocodile, "You can't catch me!
You can't catch me!"
Along came Mr. Crocodile, quiet as can be...
and SNAPPED! that monkey right outta that tree!
Lots of little fish were sleeping on a rock
at the bottom of the ocean.
They lifted up their heads
and they shook out their tails,
and they said, “Let’s go swimming!”
4, 3, 2, 1…
No little monkeys swinging from a tree…and away swims Mr.
Crocodile, as happy as can be… heh heh heh!!! (evil laugh)
Listen to the Water
Chorus:
Let’s go swimming, let’s go swimming,
Yeah, let’s go swimming!
Let’s go swimming, let’s go swimming,
at the bottom of the ocean.
by Bob Schneider (audio)
Chorus:
Listen to the water, listen to the water,
Rolling down the river! (repeat)
Then the little fish got so very, very tired that they came
back to the rock. And they put down their heads and
they put down their tails and they took a little nap…
I saw a fish by the waterside,
making fishy faces by the waterside;
I saw a fish by the waterside,
down by the river! (chorus)
Slippery Fish
…And when they woke up, they decided to take a shower.
And they washed their hair/ears/tummies/beards,
And they washed their nose/toes, and then they said…
“Wait a minute! We’re FISH! We don’t take showers!”
(video)
…And when they woke up, they decided to brush their teeth.
So they got out their toothbrush and their toothpaste.
And they squeezed a little on, tried not to waste.
And they put it in their mouth, brushed North and South,
CH - CH - CH – CH, and then they said…
“Wait a minute! We’re FISH! We don’t brush our teeth!”
Slippery fish (2x) swimming in the water;
Slippery fish (2x)… gulp, gulp, gulp!
Oh no! The slippery fish has been eaten by an…
Octopus (2x) squiggling in the water;
Octopus (2x)… gulp, gulp, gulp!
…And when they woke up, they decided to ride their bicycles.
And they rode to the left/right/all day/all night.
They rode down the hill/faster still, and then they said…
“Wait a minute! We’re FISH! We don’t ride bicycles!
Oh no! The octopus has been eaten by a…
Tuna fish (2x) splashing in the water;
Tuna fish (2x)… gulp, gulp, gulp!
…And when they woke up, they decided to celebrate Shabbat!
Oh no! The tuna fish has been eaten by a…
They got out the challah, they got out the wine,
They baked the challah, it smelled so fine!
They took a bite, it was outta site! And then they said…
Great white shark (2x) lurking in the water;
Great white shark (2x)… gulp, gulp, gulp!
Oh no! The great white shark has been eaten by a…
“Wait a minute! We’re FISH! We don’t celebrate Shabbat!
Humungous whale (2x) spouting in the water;
Humungous whale (2x)… gulp, gulp, gulp!
Shubi Dubi by Gideon Koren, English verse by Lisa Baydush
Oh no! The humungous whale has been eaten…
Oh, oh, oh…
Shubi dubi dubi shubi dubi dubi (2x)
Shubi dubi dubi dubity a, Shubi dubi dubity a (repeat)
Groan! Excuse me!
There’s a Dinosaur Stomping on the Floor
I have a little teddy bear; He’s my best friend, Shubi!
He sleeps in my bed and wears pajamas;
He is such a cutie!
I take him with me everywhere; he is always with me!
And when I sing songs he sings along:
Shubi dubi dubi dubi do, (chorus)
by Linda Arnold, adapted by Nell Hirsch and Lisa Baydush
There’s a dinosaur stomping on the floor
Stomping one two three
There’s a dinosaur stomping on the floor
And he’s come to stomp around with me.
First we stomp to the left,
Then we stomp to the right,
We stomp all day and ROAR all night!
-3-
Going to the Zoo
Matilda the Gorilla by Mary Rice Hopkins (audio)
by Tom Paxton, adapted
Let’s go to the zoo tomorrow,
The zoo tomorrow, the zoo tomorrow;
Let’s go to the zoo tomorrow,
and we can stay all day!
I had a pet gorilla
And her name was Matilda
Matilda loved to sing songs every day
And this is what Matilda the gorilla would say
Chorus:
Chorus:
We're goin' to the zoo, zoo, zoo!
How about you, you, you?
You can come/came too, too, too.
We're goin' to the zoo, zoo, zoo!
She’d go:
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ah, ah, ah (3x)
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ah-ah, ah
So Matilda would go strolling through the park
The people would laugh and the dogs would bark
They never understood a word Matilda would sing
But Matilda she was doing her gorilla thing (chorus)
See the monkeys, a-jump-jump-jumpin’… (3x)
all day long! (chorus)
Little Green Frogs
(video)
One day the circus man came along
He said, "Matilda, I know where you belong
We'll put you in the zoo/circus to sing your songs
And you can monkey ‘round all day long" (chorus)
Mm Mm went the little green frogs one day!
Mm Mm went the little green frogs!
Mm Mm went the little green frogs one day!
And they all went Mm Mm Ahh!
Matilda was as happy as could be
She'd eat her bananas and swing from the trees
Now we’ll take you to the zoo so you can see
The singing Matilda family (chorus)
But we all know frogs go
(clap) La di da di da (3x)
We all know frogs go (clap) La di da di da,
They don't go Mm Mm Ahh!
Sunshine Bear Song
More Animal Songs:
Monkeys in the Trees (Movement)
Fly Like a Birdie (Movement)
When I Went Out (Just for Fun)
The Dinosaur Song (Colors)
Five Green and Speckled Frogs (Counting)
Five Little Ducks (Counting)
Five Little Fish (Counting)
Animal Alphabet (Songs That Teach)
by Ellen Allard,
adapted by Lisa Baydush
I have a little teddy bear;
He loves to go to school,
I bring him with me every day
So he can sing with you!
Chorus:
Oh, oh, oh, I love my teddy bear! (4x)
My teddy likes to sing, he knows
the words to every song,
and if you listen very carefully
you’ll hear him sing along! (chorus)
My teddy is a sunshine bear,
He likes to make you smile;
So if you’re sad or need a hug,
Just hold him for a while. (chorus)
-4-
Behavior Mod
Hands in Your Lap
to the tune of Skip to My Lou
Hands in your lap, now 1-2-3
Feet on the floor, now 1-2-3
Eyes to the front, now 1-2-3
Everybody look at me!
As Quiet Can Be by Ellen Allard
I wiggle my fingers, I wiggle my toes,
I wiggle my shoulders, I wiggle my nose
'Til no more wiggles are left in me
and I'm as quiet as quiet can be.
Put Your Finger in the Air
Put your finger in the air, in the air! (2x)
Put your finger in the air, now twirl it in your hair
Put your finger in the air, in the air!
On your cheek… and leave it there all week…
In your ear… and make sure you can hear…
On your mouth…and be quiet like a mouse…
-5-
Colors
Colors of the Rainbow by Ellen Allard (prop)
Keshet
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple
colors of the rainbow, colors so bright!
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple
colors of the rainbow, a colorful sight!
Red and orange and yellow and green
Blue and purple, a rainbow! (repeat)
Adom, Katom, Tzahov, Yarok,
Kachol, Sagol, ba-keshet (repeat)
Red is a ___; Orange is a ___; Yellow is a ___.
Green is a ___; Blue is a ___; Purple is a ___!
The Dinosaur Song
The Rainbow Song
by Rick Recht (video)
Chorus:
by Betsy King Brock
Bow, bow, bow, bow-bow-bow (2x)
What’s your / favorite / color / in the rainbow?
What’s your / favorite?
Amy has a dinosaur, her dinosaur is green (3x)
And when it walks it goes like this: (everyone stomp)
STOMP, STOMP, STOMP, STOMP, STOMP, STOMP!
Now roar! (everyone roars)
My favorite color is Kachol!
Kachol is my favorite color,
Kachol is the color of the sky,
Kachol is my favorite color,
My favorite color in the rain-bow-bow-bow…
We have lots of dinosaurs
in lots of different colors…
The Color Game by Lisa Baydush (audio)
We love every color in the Keshet!
We love every color in the Keshet,
The prettiest smile in the sky,
Keshet is how we say rainbow … (lift the band up)
We love every color in the rain-bow-bow-bow-bow…
I’m thinkin’ about the color Adom
Do you know what color I mean?
Adom is an apple and a firetruck,
Now shout it with me… Adom is red!
Adom is red (2x)! Adom (4x), Adom is red!
Painting a Beautiful World by Lisa Baydush
Kachol… the sky and a swimming pool…
Yarok… the grass and the leaves on a tree…
Sagol… a boo boo, a bunch of grapes, plum…
Tzahov… a banana and the shining sun…
Katom… a carrot and a basketball…
Lavan… a snowflake and a marshmallow…
Varod… a flamingo and cotton candy…
Shachor… a panther and the evening sky…
(audio) (prop)
I’m gonna paint a beautiful world,
Do you wanna paint with me?
I’m gonna paint a beautiful world,
C’mon and paint it with me!
Blue paint (2x),
gonna paint a blue, blue sky (repeat)
Rainbow Round Me by Ruth Pelham (prop)
White paint… lots of fluffy clouds…
Yellow paint… a shining sun…
Green paint… the green, green grass…
Orange paint… an orange orange…
Red paint… an apple tree…
As I look outside my window,
there’s a world of color I see (repeat)
Rainbow, rainbow, rainbow round me (2x)
We just painted a beautiful world for everybody to see;
We just painted a beautiful world, thanks for painting
with me!
There Is a Rainbow by Lisa Baydush (audio)
There is a rainbow, a lovely rainbow,
There is a rainbow in the sky; (repeat)
And it’s soaring way up high!
a lovely rainbow in the sky.
Under the Rainbow
by Ellen Allard
If you’re wearing yellow, jump up and down!
If you’re wearing yellow, dance all around!
If you’re wearing yellow, now please sit down!
Under, under the rainbow (2x)
It’s red (red) and orange (orange),
Yellow (yellow) and green (green);
Blue (blue) and purple (purple),
God’s gift to you and me!
-6-
Community
The More We Get Together
Dippity Doo Dah by Ellen Allard
The more we get together,
together, together
the happier we’ll be!
Dip, dippity doo dah!
Dip, dip, dippity doo dah!
Dip, dip, dip, dip, dip, dip, dippity doo dah!
‘Cause your friends are my friends
And my friends are your friends
the happier we’ll be!
Class:
Leader:
JCC Song
by Emily Aronoff
There’s always a place for me and my family
My favorite place to be is at the JCC!
Friends 1, 2, 3
I came in with a binky and I’ll go out with a book,
Every day we learn and grow, just take one quick look:
I learned to play and use my words
about what’s right and fair;
I learned the colors, how to count,
make friends and how to share…
Friends, friends, 1, 2, 3
All my friends are here with me. (repeat)
You’re my friend! (8x) (repeat first verse)
We’re All a Family at the JCC
to the tune of
Under One Sky by Ruth Pelham, adapted by Lisa Baydush
Hinei Mah Tov
We're all a family at the JCC,
A family at the JCC! (repeat)
by Judy and David Gershon, adapted
C’mon everybody, clap your hands ,
We’re here at school with all our friends!
C’mon everybody, sing along,
Let’s sing this friendship song!
Yeah! Let’s sing this friendship song!
We’re (class name) (echo)
We’re Chaverim (friends) (echo)
We’re Mispacha (family) (echo)
…at the JCC! (echo) (repeat)
…one community! (repeat) (chorus)
Tov, Tov, Tov
My name is Lisa and I like to go sailing
Her name is Lisa and she likes to go sailing
Ya la la (clap clap) Ya la la (clap clap) Ya la la la la la—
Ya la la (clap clap) Ya la la (clap clap) Ya la la la la la la la la!
Yeah! Ya la la la la la la la la!
Hinei mah tov uma naim,
shevet achim gam yachad (repeat)
Yeah! Shevet achim gam yachad! (ya la’s)
Tov, tov, tov – how good it is!
Tov, tov, tov – how good it is!
Tov, tov, tov, to be together! Yachad! (repeat)
Part of the Circle
How good it is to see you! (Hinei mah tov!)
Your smiles brighten my day! (Hinei mah tov!)
I’m so glad that you’re here
So we can all sing— la-la-la-la-la— together!
Hinei, hinei, hinei mah… (chorus)
by Craig Taubman, 2nd verse by Liz Kruger
We are a part of the circle,
A part of the circle going round and round. (repeat)
The world/year is a circle, a never-ending circle,
A never-ending circle going round and round;
1. The sun goes up, the moon goes down;
2. The days go by, the seasons fly;
And the world/year goes around & around & around
Skidamarink
Skidamarink a dink a dink
Skidamarink a doo
I love you! (repeat)
I love you in the morning
and in the afternoon
I love you in the evening
and underneath the moon
Oh... (chorus)
-7-
Counting
Number Talking by Ellen Allard
Ah-day-do-da-do-da-day
One, one, one, one,
One is the number I’m talking about!
One, one, one, one,
Gonna sing, sing, sing,
Gonna shout, shout, shout!
Number 1, just for fun, Ah-day-do-da-do-da-day!
Number 2, just for you, Ah-day-do-da-do-da-day!
Number 3, just for me, Ah-day-do-da-do-da-day!
Number 4, like before, Ah-day-do-da-do-da-day!
Number 5, come alive, Ah-day-do-da-do-da-day!
Number 6, disco mix, Ah-day-do-da-do-da-day-wikiwikiwiki!
Number 7, like in heaven, Ah-day-do-da-do-da-day!
Number 8, contemplate, Ah-day-do-da-do-da-day!
Number 9, feeling fine, Ah-day-do-da-do-da-day!
Number 10, sing it again, Ah-day-do-da-do-da-day!
Number 11, back to heaven, Ah-day-do-da-do-da-day!
Number 12, like an elf, Ah-day-do-da-do-da-day!
Number 13, like a queen, Ah-day-do-da-do-da-day!
Number 14, like a swim team, Ah-day-do-da-do-da-day!
Number 15, like Bruce Springstein, Ah-day-do-da-do-da-day!
Number 16, like a karate king, Ah-day-do-da-do-da-day!
Number 17, like a jumping bean, Ah-day-do-da-do-da-day!
Number 18, let me hear you sing, Ah-day-do-da-do-da-day!
I got one apple, that’s what I got;
I got one apple, and I like it a lot!
I got one apple, that’s what I got;
I got one, one, one!
Fingers on My Hand
by Craig Taubman
I have one finger, one finger on my hand
I have one finger, count them if you can…
1… finger on my hand! (repeat with 2)
Chorus:
Over the Deep Blue Sea
Oh, I can count to 10, and then begin again;
I think counting’s so much fun
For me, for you, for me and you and everyone!
When I was one, I had some fun when I went out to sea,
I jumped aboard a pirate ship and the Captain said to me:
He said, “Go this way, that way, forward, backward,
over the deep blue sea!” Yarrrgh! A pirate’s life for me!
Five Green and Speckled Frogs
Five green and speckled frogs
sat on a speckled log,
eating some most delicious bugs - yum, yum!
One jumped into the pool,
where it was nice and cool,
then there were four green speckled frogs
Glump, glump!
When I was two, I lost my shoe…
When I was three, I climbed a tree…
When I was four, I shut the door...
When I was five, I took a dive...
When I was six, I picked up sticks...
When I was seven, I went to Heaven...
When I was eight, I was shut the gate...
When I was nine, I walked the line....
When I was ten, I started again…
Five Little Ducks
Ten in a Bed
Five little ducks went out one day
Over the hills and far away
Mother duck said, “Quack, quack, quack, quack!”
But only four little ducks came back…
There were ten in a bed
and the little one said
"Roll over, roll over"/”Goodnight” (end)
So they all rolled over and one fell out
(bumpity, bumpity, bump… ow!)
9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1…
4…3…2…1...
Sad mother duck went out one day…
…and all of her five little ducks came back!
More Counting Songs:
Farmer Brown Had Five Green Apples (Planting & Growing)
The Counting Song (Songs That Teach)
Ten in a Bed (Just for Fun)
Five Little Fish by Judy Caplan Ginsburgh
One little fish swimmin’ in the sea,
Splishin’ and a-splashin’, rockin’ to the beat
Here comes another one, say hello
Two little fish swimming in a row!
Two, three, four, five…
(One waved goodbye, it’s time to go…)
(… no one to play with, it’s time to go…)
-8-
Creation & Noah
Six Days to Make the World
Noah Built the Ark
by Lisa Baydush (audio) (prop)
by Ellen Allard
1-2-3, 4-5-6, it took six days to make the world (2x)
Rat–a-tat tat! Noah built the ark, oh (3x)
And he built it just like that.
In the beginning, light and dark (light and dark)
In the beginning, day and night (day and night)
Noah used a hammer, hammer, hammer,
Noah used a hammer to build the ark. (repeat)
Then came the land, the sky and sea… (echo)
Then came the flowers and the trees… (echo)
Who Built the Ark/Teva?
Next came the sun, the moon and stars… (echo)
Next came the animals, birds and fish… (echo)
Chorus:
adapted by Helene and Michael Kates
Who built the ark/teva? Noah, Noah!
Who built the ark/teva? Noah did! (repeat)
Last came the people, Adam and Eve… (echo)
Last came the people, you and me… (echo)
Noah built the ark big & tall, big & tall, big & tall
Noah built the ark big & tall,
Plenty of room for the large and small! Oh… (chorus)
On the seventh day, God took a rest… (echo)
That’s why Shabbat is our day of rest… (echo)
Animals came on 2x2…
Elephants and kangaroos! Oh… (chorus)
Seven Days by Ellen Allard (Lisa’s prop)
The ark kept everyone warm & dry…
‘til the rain stopped fallin’ from the sky! Oh… (chorus)
God, God, God, God…
First day, day and night… and it was good!
When the rain stopped falling and the land was dry…
A beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky! Oh… (chorus)
(Zip in each additional verse)
Second day, heaven and earth…
Third day, plants and trees…
Fourth day, sun and moon and stars…
Fifth day, fins and wings…
Sixth day, beasts and humankind…
Seventh day, Sabbath rest…
That’s the end of our story, the end for now…
We can all thank Noah for the lions & the cows! Oh…
Rise and Shine,
capo 2
Rise and shine and give God your glory glory (2x)
God, God, God, God…
Rise and shine and give God your glory glory, Children of
the Lord
Good Ol’ Noah Built an Ark
(Lisa’s prop)
by Lisa Baydush TTTO Old MacDonald Had a Farm
The Lord said to Noah, there’s gonna be a floody
floody…Get your children out of the muddy-muddy…
Good ol’ Noah built an ark
’cause God said it would rain,
And on that ark he took two cows,
who moo and moo’ed all day.
So Noah, he built him, he built him an arky-arky…
Made it out of hickory barky-barky…
The animals, they came on by 2’sies-2’sies…
Elephants and kangaroosies-roosies…
They moo-moo’ed here,
and they moo-moo’ed there
Here a moo, there a moo,
everywhere a moo-moo!
It rained and poured for 40 daysies-daysies…
Drove the animals nearly crazy-crazy…
End song:
And then one day the sun came out, and the water went away…
So Noah opened the door of the ark…
The sun came out and dried up the landy-landy…
Everything was fine and dandy-dandy…
Good ol’ Noah waved goodbye, Shalom, shalom, shalom!
This is the end of, the end of the story-story…
Everything was hunky dory-dory…
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Hello & Goodbye
Boker Tov
Boker Tov, Laila Tov
Boker tov, good morning, my friends!
I’m so glad to see you—
and you and you and…
Boker tov, good morning, my friends!
I’m so glad to see you! (end: 3x)
Boker Tov, good morning,
It’s a bright and sunny day!
When we wake up each morning,
Boker Tov is what we say.
Clap your hands (clap 3x) if you’re ready to sing,
Wave your hands way up high,
Now wiggle your fingers band tickle your toes,
And open your mouth real wide,
and sing with me now… (chorus)
(first verse)
Boker tov! (3x) Good morning, boker tov!
And when it’s time to go to bed
At the end of a busy day,
We give a kiss, we give a hug,
Laila tov is what we say.
Tap your knees (3x) if you’re ready to sing,
Now stretch from side to side,
Take a deep breath in and blow it out,
And open your mouth real wide,
and sing with me now… (chorus)
Boker Tov, Boker Or
Laila tov! (3x) Good night, laila tov!
Boker Tov, good morning,
Laila Tov Good night (repeat)
It’s Time to Say Shalom by Lisa Baydush (audio)
by Ellen Allard
Well, it’s time for me to say I had fun with you today,
So I’m kinda sad to say, “Shalom!”
Shalom, my friends, shalom; Shalom, chaverim, shalom;
It’s time for us to say, “Shalom!”
When I say, “Boker tov,”
Everybody say, “Boker or!” (Boker or!) (repeat)
Everybody ready? (C’mon, c’mon!)
Everybody ready? (Oh yeah, oh yeah!)
Everybody ready? (Uh huh, uh huh!)
Boker tov, boker or! (repeat)
Hello There, Hello There
Shalom Shalom by Lisa Baydush (audio)
Shalom Shalom! Shalom, goodbye my friends!
Shalom Shalom! Shalom, I’ll see you soon!
Shalom Shalom! Shalom, goodbye my friends!
It was fun to sing with you, my friends from (class name)!
It was fun to sing with you! (repeat)
by Ellen Allard
Hello there, hello there!
It’s very nice to meet /see you!
Hello there, hello there!
Let’s all be friends! (repeat)
Shalom Chaverim
Shalom chaverim, Shalom chaverim, Shalom, Shalom!
L’hitraot, l’hitraot, Shalom, Shalom!
Shalom, ___, Shalom, ___ (6x)
It’s nice to make new/see my friends!
Hello Hello
Shalom, Goodbye
by Janice Buckner (video)
by Ditza Zakay
Shalom, goodbye, it’s time to say goodbye,
Shalom, goodbye, I leave you with a smile;
1.Clap your hands (xx), stomp your feet (xx)
2.Nod your head (xx), tap your knees (xx),
Raise your hands up to the sky (woo, woo)
1.Touch your nose, wiggle your toes,
2.Click your tongue (xx), now we’re done (xx),
‘Cause it’s time to say goodbye.
Hello, hello! (3x)
Say hello and make a friend (2x)
Spanish – hola; French – bon jour; Hebrew – shalom;
Japanese – konichiwa; Swahili – jambo; Italian – salud
Porteguese – Oy; Hindi – Namaste
Make friends around the world,
Make friends everywhere,
When you say hello, people know you care!
End with: Shalom, my friends, shalom, goodbye!
Rap: Everybody clap your hands (xxxxxxx)
Clap your hands and stomp your feet,
Now everybody move to this rockin’ beat!
Now nod your head and click your tongue,
C’mon, yeladim, ‘cause we’re almost done! (first verse)
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Just for Fun
Song in my Tummy
Sing After Me by Tony Geiss and Sam Pottle (video)
I've got a song in my tummy
and it wants to come out,
I've got a song in my tummy… ra ra ra!
I've got a song in my tummy… ra ra ra!
and when it does I'm gonna
sing and shout… La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la—
I've got a song in my tummy!
Sing what I sing, sing after me
Be my echo if you can be
Sing Tra la la / Mi mi mi /
Ha ha ha / Hee hee hee /
Pick a peck of peppers /
Fiddle diddle dee— /
Be my echo / Sing what I sing /
Follow the leader and sing after me /
Sing Di di di / Do do do /
Hi hi hi / Lo lo lo / (Pick a peck…)
(Head, nose, hands, fingers, tongue, heart…)
Razzama Tazzama
Sing Hinei ma tov / uma naim /
Shevet achim / gam ya-chad /
Bim bom bim bom bim bom /
Yai dai dai dai dai— / (Be my echo…)
by Ellen Allard
Bim bam bim bam (pat legs 4x)
Razzamatazzama (clap 4x)
Tish tosh tish tosh (tap shoulders)
Wally woo woo (head side to side) (repeat)
Tongo! by Billy Jonas (video)
Tongo! (echo) Jim diddy ma-ee ma-ee-ay (echo)
Tongo (echo) Oop diddy oop diddy kumbaya (echo)
Oooo-ah-na-a-ay (echo) Ma-li-po ma-loo-way (echo)
Put your hands in the air/lap (2x)
Get your hands ready, and clap, clap, clap…
(repeat)
Put your elbows in front/out back (2x)
If you were a duck, you would quack, quack, quack…
What on earth does it mean? (echo)
It could mean anything! (echo)
Everybody’s in the band, (echo)
Stomp your feet and clap your hands! (echo)
Put your finger on your chin/nose (2x)
Wiggle your fingers and tickle your toes…
Put your hands on your shoulders/tummy (2x)
You’d better not laugh, this song’s not funny…
Tongo verse…
Now that’s all there is to say (echo)
We’ve got other songs to play (echo)
Ma-li-po ma-loo-way (echo)
What a Day by Craig Taubman, adapted
Oh—what a day!
Oh, what a day I’m going to have today! (repeat)
Boom Chicka Boom
I said a boom chicka boom (echo) (2x)
I said a boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom (echo)
Oh yeah (echo), uh huh (echo), one more time (echo)
Today at the JCC,
We’re havin’ such a great day!
We painted pictures and built a tall tower,
It’s totally an awesome day! (Everybody now…)
I am Here and You are Here
(video)
baby style-googoo/gaga; cowboy style(ropa)-yahoo/yeehaw;
Motorcycle style (vroom); Janitor style (broom pusha broom/moppa);
Disco style; Underwater style
by Ellen Allard
Sing a Silly Song by Lisa Baydush (audio)
Chorus:
I am here and you are here and we are all together!
I am here and you are here and we’re gonna
have some fun!
I’m gonna clap my hands! (chorus)
(each time, add a new movement: clap my hands,
stomp my feet, nod my head, wiggle my fingers…)
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Sing, sing a song, sing a song, sing a silly song,
Sing, sing a song with me! (repeat)
La, Cow, Sheep, Rooster, Baby, Laugh
What's The Name Of That Song?
When I Went Out
La-de-da-de-dum
La-de-da-de-dum
What's the name of that song? (repeat)
When I went out one sunny day
I met some friends along the way
We hugged and kissed
When I went out one sunny day
We said hi, but then we had to say bye bye
(video)
by David Axlerod and Sam Pottle from Sesame Street
It goes la-de-da-de-dum
La-de-da-de-dum
…Something something birds (repeat)
…I wish I remembered the words
by Jackie Cytrynbaum (prop)
I met a cat, a kitty cat,
that wore a flower on its hat,
I met a cat (meow), that wore a hat,
La-de-da-de-dum
La-de-da-de-dum
…What's the name of that song? (repeat)
…I'd like to sing right along!
I met a goat, a billy goat,
that like to nibble motor boats
I met a goat eating motor boats
I've heard it said
With words and music
A fellow can't go wrong
So la-de-da-de-dum
La-de-da-de-dum
What's the name of that song?
I met a bear, a polar bear
that liked to wear big underwear
I met a bear in underwear
La-de-da-de-dum
La-de-da-de-dum
…We need the name of that song!
I met a pig, a chubby pig
that wore bows on its curly wig
I met a pig that wore a wig
It goes la-de-da-de-dum
La-de-da-de-dum
…Something, something nice (repeat)
…I think it repeats itself twice!
I met a cow, a big brown cow
that liked to dance and take a bow
I met a cow that took a bow
La-de-da-de-dum
La-de-da-de-dum
…I know the name of that song!
I met a fish, a little fish
that played in mud and went squish squish
I met a fish that went squish squish
It's called -- now wait
I think I got it!
Oh, no -- I must be wrong
So la-de-da-de-dum
La-de-da-de-dum
What's the name of that song?
I met a mouse, a squeaky mouse
that played with dolls in a candy house
I met a mouse in a candy house
If You’re Happy and You Know It
(video)
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands!
If you’re happy and you know it,
and you really want to show it,
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Movement
The Body Rock
Clap Your Yadayim
by Greg Scelsa, adapted by Lisa Baydush
C’mon and get that rock ‘n roll in your ROSH (3x)
C’mon and get that rock ‘n roll in your ROSH (head)
We're doin' the body rock!
Clap your yadayim! (3x) Clap, clap, clap! (repeat)
Blink your aynayim (eyes)
March your raglayim (legs)
Wiggle your oznayim (ears)
Sh! Your s’fatayim (lips)
Bend your berkayim (knees)
Tickle your betten (tummy)
Shrug your k’tafayim (shoulders)
…in your BERKAYIM (knees)
Chorus:
Well you can move your BERKAYIM
from side to side, dancin’ with the beat!
And when you feel that rock ‘n roll up in
your ROSH, the feelins’ are so neat! (Sweet!)
A Tooty Ta (video)
Chorus:
… in your YADAYIM (arms/hands)
… in your RAGLAYIM (feet/legs)
A tooty ta, a tooty ta, a tooty ta, ta! (echo)
Thumbs Up! (echo) (chorus)
Elbows back! (echo) Thumbs up! (echo) (chorus)
… in your ETZBAOT (fingers)
…all over your GUF (body) (chorus)
Feet apart! Bottoms up! Tongue out!
Eyes closed! Turn Around!
I Went to School One Morning
adapted from British folk song by Rachel Buchman
The Stretchy Band Song
by Lisa Baydush
to the tune of If You’re Happy and You Know It
Oh, I went to school one morning and
I walked like this (3x)
Oh— I went to school one morning and
I walked like this, on my way to school!
Put the band in the air, in the air (2x)
Put the band in the air, and shake it way up there
Put the band in the air, in the air
…Skipped, ran, rode on a train, rode in a cab, rode on a horse,
walked very slow, waved like this, jumped like this…
Put the band way down low…touch your toe!
Put the band in the middle… and make it wiggle!
Put the band on your knees… and everybody sneeze!
Put the band way up high…and stretch up to the sky!
Put the band on the ground… no one make a sound!
Stretch the band over here… now stretch it over there!
Put the band on your knees… and everybody freeze!
Etzbaot by Ellen Allard
Etzbaot, Etzbaot, I have ten etzbaot! (2x)
I can clap, clap, clap (echo)…
with my etz-ba-ot—!
My Energy
by Laurie Berkner
Chorus:
Tommy Thumb
This is me, this is me,
This is me and my energy (repeat)
Tommy Thumb is up and Tommy Thumb is down
Tommy Thumb is dancing all around the town
Dance him on your shoulders,
Dance him on your head
Dance him on your knees and tuck him into bed
I’m gonna wiggle my legs,
I’m gonna click my heels,
I’m gonna stomp my feet,
Because I have energy, oh (chorus)
Polly Pointer…Terry Tall…Ruby Ring…Peter Pinky…
Monkeys in the Trees
by Lisa Baydush
I’m gonna wave my arms, I’m gonna shake my hips
I’m gonna jump to the sky because I have energy, oh… (chorus)
by Angelo Dunlap
I’m gonna clap my hands, I’m gonna shake my head
I’m gonna yell out loud, because I have energy, oh… (chorus)
Monkeys in the trees are dancing around (4x)
Round, round, round, round… freeze!
Boom Snap Clap
Clapping their hands…
Jumping up and down…
Fast asleep, shhh!...
Boom snap clap; Ba-boom snap clap snap;
Boom snap clap; Ba-boom snap shhhh….
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Fly Like a Birdie by Sally Heckelman
Following the Leader
from Peter Pan; (video)
Music and Lyrics by Oliver Wallace, Ted Sears and Winston Hibler
Fly, fly, fly like a birdie (3x)
Fly like a birdie and stop!
Following the leader, the leader, the leader
We're following the leader wherever s/he may go
Tee dum, tee dee, a teedle ee do tee day
…Tee dum, tee dee, it's part of the game we play
Tee dum, tee dee, the words are easy to say
Just a teedle ee dum a teedle ee do tee day
Swim like a fish, Crawl like a baby, Jump like a frog…
Bodies 1-2-3
by Ellen Allard
Fingers— wiggling—
fingers wiggling, wiggling 1-2-3!
Fingers— wiggling—
wiggling till they stop!
(repeat first three lines)
…We march along, and these are the words we say
Tee dum, tee dee a teedle ee do tee day
Oh, a teedle dee dum a teedle ee do tee day (2x)
Knees bending, Arms swaying, Eyes blinking,
Legs marching, Shoulders shrugging, Bodies moving
Go Bananas
Ants in My Pants by Ellen Allard
Got the nudgie udgie wudgies,
Got ants in my pants,
I can’t sit still, all I wanna do is dance.
My head bob bobbing, see it bobbing around
All the live-long, live-long, live-long day,
That is what I—, that is what I say!
(video)
Form bananas, form, form bananas (echo)
Now… peel bananas, peel, peel bananas (echo)
Now… go bananas, go, go bananas (echo)
Form/peel/squeeze the orange…
Form/slice/eat the apple…
Form/shuck/pop the corn…
Form/peel/mash a potato…
Ugga Bugga Boo
by Rachel Rambach (video)
Ugga! Ugga bugga!
Ugga bugga boo boo boo!
Ugga! Ugga bugga!
Ugga bugga me and you! End: And we’re through!
Ants in Your Pants Silly Song
by Charlene Gubitz
Do you have ants in your pants,
Ants in your pants today?
Well if you have ants in your pants,
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle away!
Get into the beat and clap your hands,
…oh yeah, oh yeah (repeat)
…oh yeah… WOO!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle; wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
…We’re wiggling all day long! (repeat)
…In this ants in your pants silly song!
Stomp your feet…
Click your tongue…
Wave your arms all around all around…
Jump jump jump up and down, up and down…
Dance dance dance all around, all around…
Bees in your knees, Bear in your hair, Snail on your tail
Shake My Sillies Out
I’m gonna shake, shake, shake my sillies out (3x)
And wiggle my waggles away
Clap my crazies out…Jump my jiggles out…
Yawn my sleepies out…Stretch my stretchies out…
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Percussion
Let’s Make Some Music by Sally Heckelman
Tap Tap Your Rhythm Sticks
by Rachel Rambach
to the tune of Brown Girl in the Ring
Tap tap your rhythm sticks with me, softly! (2x)
We’ll tap and tap so softly now,
Show me that you all know how!
So tap tap your rhythm sticks with me, softly!
Let’s make some music, tra la la la la
Let’s make some music, tra— la la la la la
Let’s make some music, tra la la la la
La la la la la, la la!
Loudly, Slowly, Quickly, on the floor, in the air, behind your back…
Shake Your Shaker Up
by Lynn Kleiner
to the tune of Tommy Thumb is Up
Tap Your Rhythm Sticks Today
by Susan Sacks
to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Shake your shaker up and shake your shaker down
Shake it in a circle, going round and round!
Shake it by your shoulder, shake it by your knees,
Shake it way up high, now everybody freeze!
Tap your rhythm sticks today,
Rhythm sticks are fun to play!
Tap them up or tap them down;
Tap them, tap them all around!
Tap your rhythm sticks today,
Rhythm sticks are fun to play!
Now You Play
Now you play and you play and you play,
Now you stop! (repeat 4x)
Gonna Build Myself a Tree House
by Charity Kahn (video)
Playing in the Band
tap sticks together on ‘chop, chop, chop’:
to the tune of Skip to My Lou
I’ve got an ax, gonna chop chop chop (3x)
Gonna build myself a tree house!
I play an instrument, you do too! (3x)
Playing in the band!
tap sticks on floor and then over head for ‘tree house’
Listen to the bells, ring, ring, ring…
Listen to the wood blocks, tap, tap, tap…
Listen to the shakers, shake, shake, shake…
Saw – cut, cut, cut
Hammer – tap, tap, tap
Paintbrush – swish, swish, swish
Ladder – climb, climb, climb, Gonna climb up to my tree house!
The Earth is Our Mother
I Like to Play My Instrument
(video)
by Lisa Ashery
I like to play my instrument; I like to play for you,
And when I play my instrument, this is what I do.
Chorus: sticks beat alternately on ground
He-ey ya-na; Ho-o ya-na; He-ey ya-na ho (4x)
hit sticks on ground, then rub sticks together in air
Lai lai, lai lai, lai lai, lai lai lai
Lai lai, lai lai, lai lai lai lai lai lai (repeat)
The sk-y is so beautiful,
We must take care of it! (repeat 4x) (chorus)
I like to play my instrument, I’ll play it once again,
And when I play my instrument, play along, my friends!
put one stick on ground; roll it back and forth with other stick
The rivers are so beautiful,
We must take care of them! (repeat 4x) (chorus)
March Along With Me by Lisa Baydush (audio)
hit sticks on ground, then tap three times in air
Come march (x4) with your instruments,
March (x3) along with me!
Come march (x4) with your instruments,
Everybody, come march with me!
The trees are so beautiful,
We must take care of them! (repeat 4x) (chorus)
I am a Fine Musician
1-2, 3-4, let's play some more
4-3, 2-1, making music is such fun! (chorus)
I am a fine musician, I practice every day
And people come from miles around
just to hear me play… the Pi-A-NO!
Pia-pia-piano, piano, piano!
Pia-pia-piano, pia piano!
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Planting & Growing
Plant a Seed by Les Julian
Five Green Apples
Dig, dig, dig a hole, and plant, plant, plant a seed,
and watch, watch, watch it grow some food
for you and you and you and you and me!
Farmer Brown had five green apples hanging on a tree
Farmer Brown had five green apples hanging on a tree
Then he plucked one apple and he ate it hungrily,
Leaving four green apples a-hangin’ on a tree.
One Seed by Laurie Berkner (video)
Dirt Made My Lunch
My grandfather had a garden,
and showed my father how to make it grow;
Then my father, he had me,
Now it’s my turn to plant a seed.
Chorus:
Dirt made my lunch, dirt made my lunch!
Thank you dirt, thanks a bunch,
For all the food I love to munch,
‘Cause dirt, you made my lunch!
Dirt, you made my lunch!
Chorus (hand motions):
One seed (echo), Two
hands (echo),
Dig a hole (echo), Start to plant (echo),
Watch it grow (echo), Pass it down (echo),
One earth (echo), Spins around (echo).
It grows grass for the cows who make my milk
Every fruit so you can eat your fill
Wheat for bread, and crackers too
And vegetables for me and you (chorus)
Garden Song by Dave Mallet (video)
Dirt is a word we often use
When we’re talking about the earth beneath our shoes
It’s a place where plants can sink their toes
And in a little while, a garden grows (chorus)
Inch by inch, row by row,
gonna make this garden grow,
All it takes is a rake and a hoe,
and a piece of fertile ground.
Inch by inch, row by row,
someone bless these seeds I sow
Someone warm them from below,
‘til the rain comes tumbling down.
In Our Garden
Flowers Growing Song
to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus (video)
This is the way we grow our roots,
Grow our root, grow our roots,
This is the way we grow our roots,
When springtime is here.
by Ellen Allard
We’re digging a hole in our garden,
yeah, we’re digging (repeat)
We’re digging a hole in our garden, yeah,
Taking care of the land, working hand in hand,
We’re digging a hole in our garden, yeah,
we’re digging.
Pop through the dirt…
Stretch and grow…
Bend in the breeze…
Open our leaves…
Smile at the sun…
The Garden Song
We’re planting seeds…yeah, we’re planting…
We’re watering dirt…yeah, we’re watering…
We’re growing plants… yeah, we’re growing…
We’re pulling weeds… yeah, we’re pulling…
We’re eating food… yeah, we’re eating…
Next year we’ll have another garden, yeah,
next year…
Apple Seed
by Steve Van Zandt (audio)
by Cathy Shelley
To the garden I will go
And I’ll watch my garden grow
Hope that you will come with me
Tell me now, what do you see?
Susan sees flowers! (chorus)
Julie sees worms!
And Susan sees flowers! (chorus)
to the tune of The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Once a little apple seed was planted in the ground
Down came the raindrops falling all around
Out came the sun, as bright as it could be,
And the little apple seed grew up
to be an apple tree.
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To the garden we have been
Hope that we can go again
Next time won’t you come with me
And sing about the things we’ll see!
Seasons
The Leaves on the Trees
The Snowkey Pokey
to the tune of The Hokey Pokey
to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus
You put your mitten in, you take your mitten out,
you put your mitten in and you shake it all about;
You do the snow-key pokey and you shiver and you
shout: That’s what it’s all about – SNOW!
The leaves on the trees are falling down,
falling down, falling down
The leaves on the trees are falling down
all over town!
Spring is Here to the tune of Shabbat is Here
…The wind blows the trees from side to side…
…The leaves on the ground go crunch…
…The mommies and the daddies rake the leaves…
…The boys and the girls jump into the leaves…
…The children throw the leaves up in the air…
Spring is here, spring is here,
I’m so glad that spring is here
Flowers blooming bright, such a pretty sight!
I’m so glad that spring is here!
Autumn Leaves
When it’s spring, it’s warm outside,
When it’s spring, we can play outside,
When it’s spring, the trees turn green
I’m so glad that it’s spring!
Autumn leaves (3x) are falling,
Blowing in the wind, dancing in the sky,
Autumn’s come again, wish that I could fly,
Autumn leaves (3x) are falling.
Spring is in the Air
Five Little Snowmen
Winter’s gone away, Spring is in the air! (3x)
Winter’s gone, let’s go outside, Spring is here!
Five little snowmen, fat! (fat!)
Each wore a funny hat! (hat!)
Out came the sun and melted one,
What a sad thing was that!
Down, down, down went the snowman…
We had 5 snowmen and one melted… that
leaves 4!
Flowers start to grow, Spring is in the air! (3x)
Flowers grow, no more snow, Spring is here!
Warm and sunny days, Spring is in the air! (3x)
Warm days, sun’s rays, Spring is here!
Pitter Patter
Down, down, down came some new snow…
What should we make with all that new snow?
More… (jump up and exclaim…) SNOWMEN!
Pitter patter, pitter patter, Rain drops, rain drops (2x)
Splitter splatter…Splishing splashing…Thunder lightning…
Splishing splashing…Splitter splatter…Pitter patter…
I’m a Little Snowman to the tune of I’m a Little Tea Pot
Mr. Sun by Raffi (video)
I’m a little snowman, round and fat;
Here are my buttons, here is my hat;
When the sun comes out and stays all day,
Slowly I just melt away…
Boots
to the tune of This Little Light of Mine
O Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun,
Please shine down on me!
hiding behind a tree,
The Dubim class is asking you
to please come out so they can play with you
Please shine down on me!
B-O-O-T-S, Boots! B-O-O-T-S, SNOW Boots!
In my snow boots, in my snow boots
I stomp around in my snow boots!
In my boots (stomp, stomp), in my boots (stomp, stomp),
I stomp around in my boots.
Blue Boots… stomp around
Frog Boots… jump up and down
Dancing Boots… dance around
Rain Boots… splash around
Snow Boots… stomp around
Boots, Boots, B-O-O-T-S! (3x) Boots!
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Songs That Teach
Animal Alphabet
The Counting Song
by Alan Mills (video)
A is for ant that’s plain to see
B is for bear and bumble bee
C is for cat and chicken and cow (moo)
D is for dog that barks bow wow (bow wow wow)
Achat, achat, achat is one
Achat is one like the shining sun
Achat is one like the shining sun
Achat, achat is one.
(Can you count to two?)
E is for elephant big and strong
F for the fishes in the pond (blub blub)
G for the goose and gander of course
H is for hen and hog and horse (neigh)
Sh’tayim is two like a pair of shoes…
Shalosh is three birds in a tree…
Ar-bah is four friends at the door…
Hameish is five bees in a hive…
Sheish is six crunchy pretzel sticks…
Shevah is seven angels straight from heaven…
Sh’moneh is eight spiders on a gate…
Taysha is nine ducks in line…
Eser is ten fingers on your hands… (Now let’s count again!)
I is for ibis, a lovely fowl
J for the jackal who likes to howl (wahaha)
K for the kicking kangaroo
L is for lamb and lion too. (roar)
M is for monkey you will note
N for the nibbling nanny goat (nibble x3)
O for the owl who hoots at night (whoo whoo)
P for the peacock proud and bright
Opposites by Debbie Cavalier (video)
Do do, do do, do do, do do (2x)
Q is for quail and R for rat
S for the skunk, phew!, enough of that
T for the tadpole, toad and tiger
U for the unicorn, V for viper (ssssss!)
Chorus:
Opposites, let’s play a game called Opposites
Opposites, c’mon let’s play it now! (3x to end song)
If I say high, you’ll say low
If I say yes, you’ll say no
If I say day, you’ll say night
If I say left, you’ll say right (chorus)
W is for walrus and for whale
X is a cross and Y has a tail
Z is for zebra, now wave so long
cause that is the end of our alphabet song!
I Can’t Spell Hippopotamus
by Lisa Baydush (audio) (prop)
If I say fast, you’ll say slow
If I say stop, you’ll say go
If I stand up day, you’ll sit down
If I say freeze—, you’ll
dance, dance dance (3x) all around! (chorus)
by Fred Coots
I can spell cat… C A T
I can spell mat… M A T
I can spell hat… H A T
But I can’t spell hippopotamus!
S’licha, Todah, B’vakashah
by Judy Caplan Ginsburgh
I can spell top… T O P
I can spell mop… M O P
I can spell hop… H O P
S’li-cha, to-dah, b’va-ka-shah
are words that you should know.
S’li-cha, to-dah, b’va-ka-shah
you’ll use them as you grow.
H I P P O I know, and then comes P O T
But that’s as far as I can go
And that’s what troubles me… GEE!
Chorus:
I can spell dog… D O G
I can spell fog… F O G
I can spell log… L O G
No I can’t spell hippopotamus!
S’li-cha means “I’m sorry;”
it’s a word that you should know.
S’li-cha means “I’m sorry;”
you’ll use it as you grow… (chorus)
S’li-cha, to-dah, b’va-ka-shah!
S’li-cha, to-dah, b’va-ka-shah!
To-dah means “thank you…”
B’va-ka-shah means “please…”
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These are the Days of the Week
We Say Shalom
by Ellen Allard
Chorus:
When I say, “Hello,” you say, “Shalom!” (3x)
Hello, in Hebrew, is Shalom.
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday! (repeat)
When I say, “Goodbye,” you say, “Shalom!” (3x)
Goodbye, in Hebrew, is Shalom.
What day comes after Sunday? MONDAY!
What day comes after Monday? TUESDAY!
What day comes after Tuesday? WEDNESDAY!
These are the days of the week.
When I say, “Peace,” you say, “Shalom!” (3x)
Peace, in Hebrew, is Shalom.
What day comes after Wednesday? THURSDAY!
What day comes after Thursday? FRIDAY!
What day comes after Friday? SATURDAY!
Saturday is Shabbat! Oh! (chorus)
ABC’s/Alef Bet Song
When I say, “Hello,” you say, “Shalom!”
When I say, “Goodbye,” you say, “Shalom!”
When I say, “Peace,” you say, “Shalom!”
When we want to say, “Hello, Goodbye and
Peace,” we say, “Shalom!”
by Debbie Friedman
Shalom!
A-B-C-D-E-F-G
H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P
Q-R-S, T-U-V, W-X Y&Z
Now you know your ABC’s
This time try it Hebraically…
More Songs That Teach:
The Body Rock (Movement)
My Body is Part of Me (All About Me)
Chorus:
Alef bet vet / gimel dalet hei /
Vav za-yin chet tet / yud kaf chaf /
Lamed mem nun / samech ayin pei fei
Tza-di kuf reish / shin sin tav /
Let’s learn the alef bet, simple as it can be.
You’ll learn the alef bet
if you sing the letters after me
Each letter has a name
and a sound that it always makes.
Now let’s sing this special chorus,
we’ll have fun It will not bore us,
it’s the alef bet. (chorus)
ABC Cheese by Doda Mollie (video)
FUNNIEST VIDEO EVER!!!
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Tikkun Olam
Tzedakah, Tzedakah
It’s Called Tikkun Olam by Lisa Baydush (audio)
Chorus:
I might be small and in preschool
But there’s lots of helpin’ that I can do!
When I do my part to help the world
It’s called tikkun olam…
Tzedakah, tzedakah, give tzedakah!
Give tzedakah, lend a hand!
Tzedakah, tzedakah, give tzedakah!
Give tzedakah, be a friend!
Give a little, Give a lot,
Give what you can every Shabbat
Tikkun olam (I can do it/you can do it)(8x)
(repeat) (chorus)
Tikkun Olam
Give from your pocket, give from your heart,
Give ‘cause it’s a mitzvah to do your part
Tikkun, tikkun, tikkun olam (3x)
We’re gonna fix this world!
(repeat) (chorus)
by Sue Epstein
We love our world, oh yes we do!
It’s up to me and it’s up to you
To take good care of all the plants and trees,
The creatures on the land, & in the skies & seas.
The Tzedakah Clink-Clank Song by Lisa Baydush
(audio)
This is my tzedakah box, it’s shiny, bright and new;
This is my tzedakah box, do you have one too?
Shake, Shake, Shake by Ellen Allard
Put nickels and dimes and quarters in,
Then shake it up and down;
Listen to the sound it makes,
I love that tzedakah sound!
Shake, shake, shake da da da da da da (3x)
the tzedakah box! Yeah! (repeat)
You put the money in (3x) the tzedakah box! Yeah!
Clink-clank, clink-clank,
Clink-clank, clink-clank, clatter-clatter, clink-clank!
Clink-clank, clink-clank,
Clink-clank, clatter, clatter, clink-clank! (repeat)
Helping those in need (3x)…
Every penny counts (3x)…
Do a mitzvah when you can (3x)…
This is my tzedakah box, it’s shiny, bright and new;
This is my tzedakah box, and here’s what I’m
gonna do:
Building A Better World
by Ellen Allard
We're building a better world (3x)
one person at a time.
When my tzedakah box is full
I’ll take the money out
I’ll give it to someone in need
That’s what tzedakah’s all about! (clink clank)
And the world goes round and round,
the world goes round and round and round (repeat)
We're building a world with love/peace/friends…
Pick Up All the Garbage
Together We Can Change the World, adapted
to the tune of Pick a Bale of Cotton
music by Rita Gold, lyrics by Susan Shane-Linder & Stephanie Shore
Gonna jump down, turn around,
pick up all the garbage
Gonna jump down, turn around,
throw it all away (repeat)
Chorus:
Together we can change the world,
change the world, change the world;
Together we can change the world,
Together we can do Tikkun Olam!
Oh-oh-oh, pick up all the garbage,
Oh-oh-oh, throw it all away! (repeat)
Together we work, together we play;
We can make a difference every day! (repeat) (chorus)
Make Peace in this World by Emily Aronoff (video)
1-2: I can help you; 3-4: recycle more
5-6: flip the switch; 7-8: do the tzedakah shake
We’re gonna make peace in this world
9-10: sing the chorus again (chorus, this verse)
Make peace in this world, make peace in this world! (repeat)
9-10: good job, the end!
Oseh shalom, bimromav; hu ya-aseh shalom, aleinu
(repeat)
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The Green Team
to the tune of The Ants Go Marching
from Dr. Jean’s Going Green, adapted by Lisa Baydush
We are on the Green Team, hurrah, hurrah!
We help to keep our planet clean, hurrah, hurrah!
We recycle every day, we try to help in every way
To keep the earth clean
We are proud to be the Green Team!
We pick up all the trash we see, it’s up to you, it’s up to me...
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Transportation
Great Machine by Ellen Allard (video)
Going on a Train by Lisa Baydush (audio)
There is a great machine, a most impressive rig,
It's loud and slow and mighty strong,
But most of all, it's BIG!
A-chug-a-chug-a-chug-a-chug-a…
We’re goin’ on a train (3x) to the circus!
We All Go Traveling By Barefoot Books (video)
Backhoe digs the ground... (chorus)
I spy with my little eye,
You can hear with your little ear,
A yellow school bus goes beep, beep, beep!
And we all go travelling by, by, by,
And we all go traveling by!
Front end loader, fill 'er up...
Dump truck, dump it out...
Bulldozer, push the dirt...
Grader grades, grader grades...
Steamroller press...
Cement mixer churning round...
Workers wearing hard hats...
A yellow school bus goes beep beep beep…
A bright red truck goes rumble, rumble, rumble…
A long blue train goes chuffa, chuffa, chuffa…
A shiny pink bike goes ring-a, ring-a, ring-a...
A little green boat goes chuga-luga-luga…
A big white plane goes neeeee-oww…
A fast orange car goes vroom, vroom, vroom…
Two purple shoes go tap, tap, tap…
The Wheels on the Bus
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
Round and round, round and round;
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
All through the town!
Hinei Rakevet
The horn goes beep, beep, beep…
The doors go open and shut…
The wipers go swish…
The driver says, “Move on back!”…
The people bounce up and down…
The babies go wah…
The mommies go shh…
The daddies say, it’s okay…
The monkeys jump up and down…
The driver says, “Please sit down!”…
The monkeys jump up and down…
The people laugh ha, ha ha!...
The driver says, “Everybody OFF!”…
The people and the monkeys jump up and down…
Chug, chug, chug, chug…
Ding-a-ling toot toot!...
Hi-nei ra-ke-vet she-mis-to-ve-vet
Al gal-ga-lim, al gal-ga-lim, al gal-ga-lim, Toot! Toot!
Little Red Caboose by Laurie Berkner
Come get on the train (2x)
Little red caboose (chug, chug, chug) (2x)
Riding behind that train (train, train, train)
Smokestack on its back (back, back, back)
Coming down the track (track, track, track)
Little red caboose behind the train
Driving in My Car by Ellen Allard
I’m driving in my car, driving far, I’m a movie-star!
Driving in my car, vroom, vroom, vroom!
Here comes the…
Little red caboose (3x) behind the train
Smoke stack on its back, coming down the track,
Here comes the little red caboose.
I’ve got my sunglasses on…
I’ve got my scarf ‘round my neck…
I’ve got my hat on my head…
I’ve got my puppy dog next to me…
I’ve got the radio turned on… ZOOM!
Zoom Zoom Zoom by Ellen Allard (prop) (audio)
Drive My Car by Laurie Berkner (audio) (video)
Chorus:
Zoom zoom zoom (clap clap) (4x) (chorus)
I’m a-gonna drive my car,
Yeah, I’m a-gonna drive my car,
And the wheels turn fast (brrrr!)…
Fire trucks can be big and red (4x) (chorus)
Rushing by going very fast…
Flashing lights going round and round…
Hear the siren sound: wooo wooo wooo!...
Yellow jackets and yellow pants…
On their feet they wear big black boots…
Firefighters so very brave…
(repeat all, adding one new thing each time)
And the world goes past (zchoop!)…
And the lights go flash (tch tch!)…
And I step on the gas (vroom vroom!) (2x)…
And the engine blasts (boom boom!) (2x)…
Look out! Don’t crash! (squealing brakes sound—)
I’m a-gonna park my car.
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A New WEEK & A New MONTH
Havdalah & Rosh Chodesh
Havdalah is When We Say Goodbye
to Shabbat by Lisa Baydush (audio)
Moon, Moon, Moon
Moon, moon, moon, shining bright,
Moon, moon, moon, my night-light,
Moon, moon, moon, I can see
Moon, moon, moon, you're taking care of me!
Chorus:
Shalom Shabbat, Shalo-o-om Shabbat,
Shalom Shabbat, Shalo-o-om Shabbat.
Havdalah is when we say goodbye to Shabbat,
Havdalah is when we say goodbye to Shabbat.
Havdalah is when we see the braided candle glow…
Havdalah is when we smell the spices oh so sweet…
Havdalah is when we see three stars in the sky…
Havdalah is when we dip the candle in the wine…
Birkot Havdalah
Look up, it's the moon! Look up, it's the moon!
Look up it's the moon up in the sky;
It's big and round and I have found
that it looks just like a pizza pie!
A New Moon
Chorus:
A new moon, a new moon, there is a new moon,
There is a new moon in the sky! (repeat)
by Debbie Friedman
Yai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai, Lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai
Yai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai, Lai lai lai lai lai (repeat)
What does it mean? (4x)
It means a new month has arrived. (chorus)
Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu,
Melech ha’olam,
Borei p’ri hagafen
We bless the Sabbath wine (yai lais…)
What month is it? (4x)
Rosh Chodesh Adar. (chorus)
Tishrei, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat,
Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul
Melech ha’olam,
Borei minei v’samim
We smell the spices so sweet (yai lais…)
Chodesh tov! (4x)
A good month to you!
Shehecheyanu
Melech ha’olam,
Borei m’orei ha’eish
We reach towards the candle’s light (chorus)
by Tzvika Pik
Baruch Atah Adonai eloheinu melech ha-olam
Shehecheyanu v’kiyimanu v’higianu lazman hazeh
(repeat)
A—a-a-a—, A—a-a-a-a—,
A—a-a-a—, A-a-me—n (repeat)
Melech ha’olam,
Hamavdil bein ko-desh l’chol
We now say goodbye to Shabbat…
Sabbath Wishes (Havdalah)
by Ellen Allard, adapted by Lisa Baydush
As Shabbat comes to an end,
we wish good things for all our friends…
Chorus:
Shavua tov, Shavua tov,
Shavua tov tov tov! (repeat)
I wish for you a happy/peaceful week (2x)
A happy week, a peaceful week,
Shavua tov tov tov! (chorus)
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Shabbat Sings
Hal’l’l’l’l’l’luyah
Around the Shabbas Table
Ha-li-le ha-li ha-li-le-lu-yah,
Ha-li-le ha-li ha-li-le-lu-yah!
Ha-li-le ha-li ha-li-le-lu-yah,
Ha-li-le ha-li-le-e-e, ha-le-lu-yah!
Yai nai nai nai nai nai; Yai nai nai nai nai nai
Yai nai nai nai nai nai nai; Yai nai nai nai nai
by Eliana Light
(repeat)
Chorus:
Around the Shabbas table with friends and family
Around the Shabbas table, come celebrate with me
Shake the hand of someone next to you…
Wave to a friend and share a big smile…
Blow a kiss to someone very special…
Let’s dance around ‘cause Shabbat makes us happy…
First we bless the candles to welcome Shabbas light
There’s one for every one of us
to last throughout the night (yai nai’s and chorus)
Hello Everyone by Joanie Leeds
Next we say the Kiddush, we lift our glasses up
To make these hours holy
With sweetness in our cup (yai nai’s and chorus)
Hello everyone, how are you?
It looks like you've got some dancing to do!
Can you dance, dance, dance?!
Now everyone freeze!
Lastly we uncover the two challot of gold
Reminds us of the manna
And temple days of old (yai nai’s and chorus)
end with: and now let’s sit down!
Can you clap, clap, clap,
clap your hands way up high?
Now wave your hands,
wave them up to the sky—! (chorus)
Neirot, Kiddush and Motzi, our special blessings three
And now that we have done them
Sing this niggun with me! (yai nai’s and chorus)
Can you stomp, stomp, stomp,
stomp your feet on the ground?
Now twirl your arms,
twirl your arms all around! (chorus)
Shabbat Boogie by Lisa Baydush (audio)
Shabbat is comin’, so let’s boogie on down
To the synagogue to hear the happy sound
Of people prayin’ and singin’ songs
So c’mon everybody and sing along!
Can you jump-jump-jump,
jump-jump-jump up and down?
Now turn-turn-turn,
turn-turn-turn all around. (chorus)
It’s Shabbat! Do do do do do! (3x)
I’m so glad that it’s Shabbat!
Can you shake your head side to side
with a swoosh? Whoosh!
Now wiggle-wiggle-wiggle,
wiggle-wiggle wiggle your tush! (chorus)
It’s Shabbat! Boogie down! Do do do! (3x)…
Clap, Jump, High five…
I’m so glad that it’s Shabbat!
Oh yeah/You know it!
Shabbat is Here
Bim Bom by Nachum Frankel
Shabbat is here, Shabbat is here,
I’m so glad that Shabbat is here!
Candles burning bright, it’s Friday night,
I’m so glad that Shabbat is here!
Bim— bom— bim, bim, bim, bom
Bim bim bim bim bim bom (chiri biri biri) (repeat)
Shabbat Shalom (clap) (2x)
Shabbat Shabbat Shabbat, Shabbat shalom (repeat)
Shabbat Shalom to ____________! (3x)
Shabbat, Shabbat Shalom!
Shabbat (4x) shalom (2x)
I’ve Got That Shabbat Feeling
Sha-ba-ba-ba-ba Shabbat Shalom
by Sally Heckelman
I’ve got that Shabbat feeling
in my hands, in my hands, in my hands;
I’ve got that Shabbat feeling in my hands
all Shabbat long!
Sha-ba-ba-ba-ba Shabbat Shalom (3x);
Shabbat, Shabbat Shalom
Shabbat Shalom to ____ (3x); Shabbat, Shabbat Shalom!
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Shir Hama’alot by Craig Taubman
As I Was Walking Down the Street
Sha-a-a-a-bbat, Sha-a-a-a-lom,
Sha-a-a-a-bbat, Sha-a-lom (repeat)
As I was walking down the street,
not so far from home,
I met up with a cow who said, “Shabbat Shalom”
Mah Yafeh Hayom by Issachar Miron
Moo, moo, moo! He said “Shabbat Shalom!” (2x)
Mah ya-feh ha-yom, Shabbat Shalom (2x)
Shabbat Hop
Shabbat, Shabbat Shalom (3x) Shabbat Shalom!
When Shabbat comes to my family
I’m as busy busy busy busy as a bee
There’s no time to wait
There’s no time to stop, it’s time to the Shabbat hop!
What Do We Do on Shabbat? by Karen Daniel
What do we do on Shabbat, on Shabbat?
What do we do on Shabbat?
Hop to it, hop to it, that’s the way you do it!
Hop to it, hop to it, time to do the Shabbat hop!
STOP!… (repeat from beginning)
Well, we always light the candles
on Shabbat, on Shabbat!
We always light the candles on Shabbat!
Oh, la la la la la… (chorus)
...no time to nap, it’s time to the Shabbat clap!
Clap to it…; Hop to it…
Drink the grape juice… Eat the challah… Sing songs…
I’m So Glad That Shabbas is Here
…quibble; it’s time to the Shabbat wiggle.
…put on your pants; it’s time to do the Shabbat dance!
…eat a pickle; it’s time for some Shabbat tickles!
…no time to see if your watch is tickin’;
It’s time to dance the Shabbat chicken!
by Ellen Allard
Shabbas is here, Shabbas is here!
I'm so glad that Shabbas is here! (repeat)
(Baack baack baack/sounds of a chicken!)
I'm gonna clap my hands,
I'm gonna stomp my feet,
I'm gonna wiggle my tooshy,
‘Cause I’m so glad that Shabbas is here! (repeat)
…no time to win; it’s time for a Shabbat spin!
A Zip-a-dee-doo-dah Birthday Song
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay
My, oh, my, what a wonderful day!
It’s Sarah’s 3rd birthday and we’d like to say,
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Happy Birthday!
There’s a Dinosaur by Linda Arnold (adapted)
Knock knock knock! I’ll get it! Shalom! Wow! It’s a dinosaur!
There's a dinosaur knockin' at my door,
Knockin' 1 - 2 - 3! Knock! Knock! Knock!
Oh, there's a dinosaur, knockin' at my door,
and he’s come to have Shabbat with me!
When I say happy, you say birthday…
Happy/Birthday! (3x)
Yom huledet sameach (4x)
I opened up the door and I said, "Come in!"
He wagged his tail and gave me a grin.
He squeezed and he squeezed
‘til he came right thru,
with the door, the window
and the front wall too! OY! (chorus)
Wonderful Shabbos Sound
by Ellen Allard
Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday
night when the sun goes down (repeat)
Such a wonderful Shabbos sound
with the singing goin’ round and round
on Friday, Friday night when the sun goes down.
He rubbed his tummy and he said, "Let's eat!"
We sat down at the table
for a homemade Shabbas treat.
He reached for the challah
as my mom walked in the room.
“No,” she said, “that’s not what well-raised
Jewish dinos do!” OOPS!
Say the blessings, gonna say the (3x)
Light the candles… Drink the wine… Eat the challah… Give Tzedakah
for the Sha-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba—bat! Woo! (chorus)
Great Shabbat
Have a great, great, great Shabbat! (3x)
Have a really, really, really, really GREAT Shabbat!
First we light the candles,
then we’ll drink the wine,
then we’ll eat the challah,
and then it’s dinnertime! AAH! (chorus)
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Rosh Hashanah
Shofar Blast
Birthday of the World
by Ellen Allard (audio)
I like to hear the shofar blast,
Sometimes slow and sometimes fast!
I like to hear the shofar blast,
Happy, happy, happy new year!
It’s the birthday, it’s the birthday,
It’s the birthday of the world today! (repeat)
We think about when the world was made
and all the things we’re gonna do today
to make tomorrow a brighter day
as we celebrate the birthday of the world!
1. T’kiah———-- (echo)
2. Sh’varim———- (echo)
3. T’ru-ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha—- (echo)
4. T’kiah g’dolah———-- (echo)
Toot Toot
Shanananah Tovah
by Chris Vaughn, adapted
Chorus:
Sha-na-na na-na-na-na na-na-nah, Shanah tovah! (4x)
Toot toot toot toot, hear the shofar blow!
Toot toot toot, play it fast then play it slow!
Toot toot toot toot, Rosh Hashanah’s here,
Toot toot toot, have a happy, sweet new year!
The old year is/has ending/ed, the new one’s just begun;
RH: We blow the shofar and say, Shanah Tovah!
YK: We celebrate together and say, Shanah Tovah!
SK: We build a sukkah and say, Shanah Tovah!
Play it fast! Play it slow… (2x)
We reflect on the old year, and look forward to the new!
RH: We dip apples in honey and say, Shanah Tovah!
YK: We hug family and friends and say, Shanah Tovah!
Toot toot toot, play it high then play it low!
We celebrate together with friends and family;
RH: We wish everyone a good year & say, Shanah Tovah!
SK: We wave the lulav and say, Shanah Tovah!
Play it high! Play it low… (2x)
Tongo-RH! adapted by Lisa Baydush
Toot toot toot, to the synagogue we go!
to the tune of Tongo by Billy Jonas (audio)
Shana tovah! (echo)
Chag sameach, chaverim (echo) Shana tovah (echo)
Sha-na-na-na-na-na Tovah! Shana Tova-a-ah!
Chag sameach, chaverim (echo)
Chag Sameach
Chag sameach, chag sameach
Lai— lai lai lai— lai lai lai— (repeat)
Rosh Hashanah’s coming soon! (echo)
Do you know just what to do? (echo)
Dip your apples in honey,
Celebrate with family! And go!… (instrumental) (chorus)
Shiru shiru shiru shiru chag sameach
Lai— lai lai lai— lai lai lai— (repeat)
Chag Sameach
Rosh Hashanah’s here today! (echo)
Do you know just what to say? (echo)
Shana tovah, a good new year! (echo)
Sing it out, loud and clear! (echo) (chorus)
by Lisa Baydush (prop) (audio)
Chorus:
Chag Sameach, Chag Sameach,
Happy Holiday! (repeat)
Yom Kippur is on the way (echo)
Time to fast, time to pray (echo)
Think about the year that's gone (echo)
Make amends, everyone! (echo)
Can you name the holidays?
I’ll give you some clues!
Let’s start with apples dipped in honey…
Rosh Hashanah, good for you!
Rosh Hashanah Macarena
Apples, apples in the honey,
Yummy, yummy in my tummy!
Apples, apples in the honey,
Yay! It’s Rosh Hashanah! Woo!
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Tapuchim Ud’vash
Dip apples in the honey for a sweet new year (2x)
A good new year, a sweet new year (2x)
Dip apples in the honey for a sweet new year
Tapuchim ud’vash l’Rosh Hashanah (2x)
Shana to-ova, shana u’metuka (2x)
Tapuchim ud’vash l’Rosh Hashanah
For a Sunny and a Sweet New Year
by B. Walters
I want to dip my apple/challah in some honey,
In some honey on Rosh Hashanah!
Dip my apple/challah in some honey
For a sunny and a sweet new year!
It’s Rosh Hashanah
It’s Rosh Hashanah and I’d like to say
Shanah Tova, happy holiday!
Rosh Hashanah starts a brand new year,
Hear the shofar sound, give a great big cheer!
Shanah Tovah! (clap, clap) (7x)
Little Honey-Bee
to the tune of Little Piece of Tin
I’m a little honey-bee,
I hope that you’re not scared of me!
I make honey that tastes so sweet
So you can have a Rosh Hashanah treat!
Bzzz Bzzz, Buzz Buzz (2x)
Hello little Honey-Bee, thanks for making our honey!
It tastes so sweet, it tastes so fine,
We could eat it all the time! (Bzzz…)
More songs for Rosh Hashanah:
Painting a Beautiful World (Creation & Noah)
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Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur Finger-Play
Avinu Malkeinu
adapted by Nell Hirsch
English adaptation by Lisa Ashery
Here’s a child and here’s a child, (index fingers up in air)
They’ve argued with each other; (fists up and down)
At Yom Kippur they say, “I’m sorry,” (talking hands)
And make up with one another. (clasp hands)
I’m Really, Really Sorry
Oh God, please hear my prayer!
I want You to know that I care!
I’ll try to be caring, more loving and sharing,
I’ll try to do better this year!
I’ll try, I’ll try to be, the best that I can be,
I’ll try, I’ll try with all of my might,
To do what I know is right.
Chorus:
I’m sorry, I’m sorry; I’m really, really sorry!
I didn’t mean to do that,
and I won’t do that again! (repeat)
No, I won’t do that again!
I Cast My Sins into the Sea
to the tune of The Ants Go Marching
If we make a mistake
or say something hurtful
We do what we can to make amends;
We make amends by saying I’m sorry,
We say I’m sorry and we hug our friends! (chorus)
I cast my sins into the sea, hurrah, hurrah! (2x)
I cast my sins into the sea, a better person I will be
And we’ll start the year off right, so bright,
Happy new year!
On Yom Kippur, we look at the past year,
We look at the past year
and we make amends;
On Yom Kippur, we think about the new year,
We think about the new year
and we hug our friends! (chorus)
The crumbs begin to float away… I’m glad I took the time to pray…
On Yom Kippur
When you’ve made somebody mad, you can turn around!
Apologize, and take their hand, you can turn around!
I throw the crumbs in one by one…a better daughter, a better son…
Tchoo-Tchoo-T’shuvah by David Lefkovitch
Chorus:
T’shuvah! T’shuvah!
You can turn around! (repeat)
On Yom Kippur, I say to you,
“I’m so sorry,” and you do too. (say: I’m sorry)
On Yom Kippur, I say to you,
“Please forgive me,” And you do. (give hug)
On Yom Kippur, we make amends,
we make a promise to be good friends. (shake hands)
Shana Tovah!
G’mar Chatimah Tovah
by Julie Auerbach
If you’ve made somebody sad, you can turn around!
Give a hug and make them glad, you can turn around!
It only takes a step or two, you can turn around!
To help someone who’s needing you, you can turn around!
The Sorry Day Song
by Angelo Dunlap
Chorus:
Yom Kippur is a sorry day (echo)
To all friends and family we say (echo)
I’m sorry for what I’ve done (echo)
Inside and out (echo)
Open the book and write my name (3x)
G’mar cha-ti-mah to-vah.
I’ll be a friend to everyone (3x)
I’ll try to be nicer (echo)
I’ll try to be wiser (echo)
I’ll try to do better (echo)
Today and every day (echo) (chorus)
I promise to try to do my best (3x)
More songs for Yom Kippur:
TONGO-YK (Rosh Hashanah)
Building a Better World (Tikkun Olam)
Shanananah Tovah (Rosh Hashanah)
Friends 1, 2, 3 (Community)
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Sukkot
Gonna Build Myself a Sukkah by Charity Kahn
Build It Up by Ellen Allard
I’ve got an ax, gonna chop chop chop! (3x)
Gonna build myself a sukkah!
Build it up. Build—it—up.
Build it up. Build—it—up. (repeat)
Saw, cut cut cut…
Hammer, tap tap tap…
Ladder, climb climb climb… Gonna decorate my sukkah!
Gonna build a sukkah build it up so high,
See the stars— up in the sky.
Shake the lulav, shake it here and there,
Shake it to show God is everywhere!
Our Sukkah by Carol Boyd Leon
Party in the Sukkah by Lisa Baydush (audio)
Now we decorate our lovely sukkah
Now we decorate it for Sukkot (repeat)
Now we hang some oranges, hang some oranges,
Now we hang some oranges on our sukkah for Sukkot.
Gonna party in the sukkah (3x)
Gonna party in the sukkah all week long!
Chorus:
Dance, dance, dance, dance ‘n dance (3x)…
Now we have a very lovely sukkah!
Now we have a lovely sukkah for Sukkot! (repeat)
Invite friends to the sukkah…
Eat out in the sukkah…
Sleep out in the sukkah… yawn/snore…
I Go to the Sukkah by Lisa Doob
We’ll be Goin’ to the Sukkah on Sukkot
I go to the sukkah with things in my hands,
I go to the sukkah outside where it stands,
I go the sukkah see the sky above,
I go to the sukkah and wave the lulav!
We’ll be going to the sukkah on Sukkot (2x)
We’ll be going to the sukkah (3x) on Sukkot!
We’ll bring fruit; Shake the lulav; Smell the etrog;
Eat our meals in the sukkah on Sukkot…
And I wave it… (sing fast!)
to the front and to the front and
to the right and to the right and
to the back and to the back and
to the left and to the left and
to the sky and to the sky and
to the ground and to the ground and
up and down and all around and stop!
Thank You
by Rachel Rambach, adapted
Chorus:
Thank you, thank you, are the easiest words to say;
Thank you, thank you, we should say them every day!
For the harvest that gives us food to eat
That tastes so good and yummy and sweet,
And the rain and earth that help our food to grow,
Thank you! (chorus)
The Lulav Shake
by Steve Dropkin
Sukkot is a harvest holiday,
The celebration lasts for seven days;
We build our sukkah, then we decorate,
A special booth in which we congregate
Chag Sukkot
by Josh Pizer
Chorus:
Do the lulav shake (shake, shake, shake)! (3x)
Do the lulav shake!
Chag Sukkot, Chag Sukkot,
Chag, chag, chag, chag, Chag Sukkot!
Chag Sukkot, Chag Sukkot,
Happy, happy, happy holiday! (end… to you!)
The symbols of Sukkot are quite unique,
They show God’s presence the entire week;
The etrog’s smell, it gets into the air;
We wave the lulav everywhere! (chorus)
Shake the lulav all around,
Left and right and up and down;
Smell the etrog, it’s so sweet!
Celebrate with friends all week! (chorus)
Chorus:
More songs for Sukkot:
Shanananah Tovah (Sukkot)
Thank You (Thanksgiving)
Preschool Parodies for Sukkot
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Simchat Torah
On Simchat Torah by Sarah Dekelbaum
Torah Torah
On Sim-chat To-rah, I’ll be so proud
to march in the synagogue and sing out loud
Sim-chat To-rah, Sim-chat To-rah,
chag sa-me-ach to every one!
To-rah, To-rah, To-rah, To-rah, To-rah, To-rah
To-rah tzi-va la-nu Mo-she (repeat)
To-rah, To-rah, To-rah, To-rah,
… wave my flag …dance with the Torah
To-rah tzi-va la-nu Mo-she
Round and Round on Simchat Torah
by Ellen Allard
Roll it Back
Round and round and round on Simchat Torah!
We go round and round and round
and round and round,
with the Torah we go round. (repeat)
by Marc Rossio
Roll it back, roll it back, roll the Torah back.
We made it to the end.
Let’s start it all again.
We made it to the end.
Let’s start it all again.
We celebrate our love for Torah (ahhh!)
We sing & dance & make a joyful noise (lalala!)
We march around for seven hakafot,
All the grownups, all the girls and boys, and…
This holiday’s Simchat Torah
For our most important scroll
So grab the Torah by the handles
As we start to roll, roll, roll… (chorus)
Hakafa by Ellen Allard
Chorus:
Ha-ka-fa--- we go around and around
and around and around and
Ha-ka-fa--- we go around and around
and around. (repeat)
Tree of Life by Richard Silverman
Shalom, shalom (clap 4x) (4x)
We’re marching with the Torah
we love, love, love, love, love.
We’re marching with the Torah
given by God above,
Yes God is up and down and
in and out and all around… (chorus)
It is a tree of life to them that hold fast to it,
and all its supporters are happy (repeat)
Alef Bet Song
by Debbie Friedman, capo 3
Alef bet vet / gimel dalet hei /
Vav za-yin chet tet / yud kaf chaf /
lamed mem nun / samech ayin pei fei
Tza-di kuf reish / shin sin tav /
March Along With Me (on Simchat Torah)
by Lisa Baydush
Come march, march, march, march
with the Torah,
March, march, march along with me!
Come march, march, march, march
with the Torah,
…Wave your flags and march with me! (repeat)
…Wave your flags, now echo me!
Let’s try it once again, practice the alef bet.
Each time we sing our song,
then the easier the letters get.
Each letter has a name
and a sound that it always makes.
I will hear you getting better,
as you sing each Hebrew letter,
it’s the alef bet. (chorus)
1-2 (echo), 3-4 (echo),
Let’s march (echo) some more (echo);
4-3 (echo), 2-1 (echo),
Simchat Torah is fun! (chorus) (Shabbat or this holiday)
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Thanksgiving
The Turkey is a Silly Bird
I Went to Grandma’s House
to the tune of “Pop Goes the Weasel”
to the tune of I Went to School One Morning
The turkey is a silly bird,
His head goes wobble, wobble,
The turkey only says one word:
Gobble, gobble, gobble!
Oh, I went to Grandma’s house on Thanksgiving Day,
on Thanksgiving Day, on Thanksgiving Day (repeat)
Gobble, gobble, gobble! (2x)
The turkey only says one word:
Gobble, gobble, gobble!
If you’re happy it’s Thanksgiving, shout hooray!
It’s a family holiday, we cook and eat and play,
If You’re Happy It’s Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day
If you’re thankful on Thanksgiving, give a hug!
We give thanks for moms & dads, & everything we have…
With a wobble, wobble, wobble
and a gobble, gobble, gobble,
All the turkeys spread their feathers
on Thanksgiving Day.
When they see the farmer coming
All the turkeys start a-running
And they say: “You cannot catch us
on Thanksgiving Day!”
If you’re hungry on Thanksgiving, rub your tummy!
There’s lots & lots to eat, get a plate & take a seat…
If you’re tired on Thanksgiving, take a nap!
After lots and lots of eatin’, it’s nice to do some sleepin’…
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! HURRAY! HURRAY! HURRAY!
I love to celebrate this happy holiday! Hey!
Happy Thanksgiving! HURRAY! HURRAY! HURRAY!
I love to celebrate when it’s Thanksgiving day!
Where Oh Where is Old Tom Turkey?
to the tune of Ten Little Indians
Where, oh where is Old Tom Turkey? (3x)
Way down yonder in the farmer’s yard.
Pumpkin pie and stuffing, there’s lots of food to eat
Sweet potatoes, applesauce, a very special treat!
Don’t forget to give thanks; that’s how it all began.
C’mon friends, join me in the chorus if you can. Hey!
Looking for a turkey, gobble, gobble, gobble…
Run little turkey, wobble, wobble, wobble…
Catch that turkey, and give him a big hug…
All About Thanks
Five Little Turkeys
adapted by Laurie Mackay TTTO “All About Me”
to the tune of Six Little Ducks (prop) (video)
This song is all about thanks;
We’re singing all about thanks
Thanksgiving's all about thanks
That's what we say
Five little turkeys standing by a door,
One waddled off, and then there were four!
Four little turkeys under a tree…
Three little turkeys with nothing to do…
Two little turkeys in the noon-day sun…
Thanks for my _______ (4x)
Sailing Over the Ocean
One little turkey better run away,
For soon will come Thanksgiving day!
We Say Todah
by Debbie Friedman, adapted
to It’s Love That Makes the World Go ‘Round
Chorus:
Sailing over the ocean (clap),
Sailing over the sea (clap)
Sailing over the ocean (clap)
in the deep blue sea (repeat)
On Thanksgiving, we give thanks,
We give thanks to God;
On Thanksgiving, we give thanks,
in Hebrew, we say ‘todah!’
The pilgrims, the pilgrims, sailed across the sea,
The pilgrims, the pilgrims, wanted to be free,
The pilgrims, the pilgrims, came to a new country,
And because of them we celebrate
Thanksgiving! (chorus)
For our families, todah! For our food, todah!
For our friends, todah! For our homes, todah!
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Thanksgiving Treats
Thank You
by Lisa Baydush
I [F]love my [C]favorite [G]Thanks[G7]giving [C]treats!
by Rachel Rambach, adapted
Chorus:
Thank you, thank you, are the easiest words to say;
Thank you, thank you, we should say them every day!
[C]Pumpkin pie, [Am]pumpkin pie
[Dm]I love [G7]pumpkin pie (repeat)
[F]Pumpkin [G7]pie [C]is a yummy [F]treat,
One I [F]love, I love, I [G7]love, I love to [C]eat!
To the people/God who love us through and through,
who keep us safe and healthy too,
the one(s) who teach us what we should know,
Thank you! (chorus)
Mashed potatoes…
Applesauce…
Stuffing…
Cranberries…
Sweet potatoes with marshmallows…
For the harvest that gives us food to eat
That tastes so good and yummy and sweet,
And the rain and earth that help our food to grow,
Thank you! (chorus)
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Chanukah
Chanukah’s Here by Lisa Baydush (audio)
Eight Little Candles by Lisa Baydush
Chanukah’s here, it’s time to celebrate (3x) now!
… let’s spin the dreidel ‘round (3x) now…
… let’s light the candles (right3rd) now (3x)…
… let’s eat the latkes (right3rd) now (3x)…
… let’s open presents (right3rd) now (3x)…
… let’s spend time with family (right 3rd now) (3x)…
Happy Chanukah!
Chorus:
1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8; 1-2, 3-4, 5-6-7-8! (2x)
8 nights of Chanukah are coming, coming,
8 nights of Chanukah are coming soon;
8 nights of Chanukah are coming, coming,
I can’t wait to celebrate with you! (chorus)
8 little candles, shining, shining;
8 little candles shining bright!
8 little candles, shining, shining;
Shining brightly for eight nights! (chorus)
Chanukah, O Chanukah
O Chanukah, O Chanukah,
Come light the menorah;
Let’s have a party, we’ll all dance the hora!
Gather ‘round the table, we’ll give you a treat:
S’vivon to play with and latkes to eat!
And while we are playing,
the candles are burning low,
One for each night, they shed a sweet light
to remind us of days ago (repeat)
8 little latkes, sizzling, sizzling;
8 little latkes, good to eat!
8 little latkes, sizzling, sizzling;
Sizzling latkes, such a treat! (chorus)
8 little Maccabees, marching, marching;
8 little Maccabees, brave and strong!
8 little Maccabees, marching, marching;
Marching as they sing this song! (chorus)
A Great Miracle Happened There
8 little dreidels, spinning, spinning;
8 little dreidels, spinning ‘round!
8 little dreidels, spinning, spinning;
Spinning dreidels, don’t fall down! (chorus)
by Ellen Allard
A great miracle happened there (3x)
in Yerushalayim!
The Jewish people defended themselves…
Judah Maccabee led the fight…
They fought to worship just one God…
They were brave and they were strong…
They cleaned the temple, scrub a dub dub…
They found a tiny, little bit of oil…
The oil lasted for eight whole days…
Nes gadol haya sham…
In the Window by Judith K. Eisenstein
Twinkle, Twinkle, Chanukah Lights
by Helene and Michael Kates
In the window where you can see the glow
from my menorah on newly fallen snow
I will set you one little candle(s)
on this the first night of Chanukah
We Light the Chanukah Lights
Chorus:
Twinkle, twinkle, Chanukah lights,
Shining brightly for eight nights!
The shamas stands up straight and tall,
to light others one and all.
Twinkle, twinkle, Chanukah lights,
Shining brightly for eight nights!
We light the Chanukah lights
We light the Chanukah lights (yes, we light them!) (repeat)
1-2-3-4, each night we add one more
5-6-7-8 my chanukiah looks so great (chorus)
Round and round the dreidels spin, watch them go, I hope I win!
Chocolate gelt, a special treat, and lots of latkes for us to eat!
How Many Candles?
Squishy, sticky soufiganiyot, whoops, got jelly on my coat!
My tummy’s full when I am done; wow, I’m havin’ so much fun!
by Jackie Cytrynbaum
How many candles? How many candles?
How many candles do we light?
On our Chanukiah, on our Chanukiah,
On the first Chanukah night?
One! One! One-one-one!
One candle burning, One candle burning
On the first Chanukah night!
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Eight Little Chanukah Lights
Take a Potato
This little light of mine,
I’m gonna let it shine (3x)
Let it shine (3x)
Take a potato, pat, pat, pat;
Roll it and make it flat, flat, flat;
Fry it in oil, splat, splat, splat,
Chanukah latkes just like that!
Gonna shine my light for all to see…
Gonna light another candle every night…
Won’t let anyone (blow) it out…
Eight little Chanukah lights…
My Dreidel is Amazing
by Bernard Walters
My dreidel is amazing, watch it spin, spin, spin.
Won’t you join me in a game of dreidel?
Let’s begin!
The Maccabees by B. Deutsch and S. Levy
Chorus:
Who gave us Chanukah? Tell me please!
I know, I know, the Maccabees!
Spin-spin-spin, spin-spin-spin
It reminds me of the Maccabees
who win- win-win.
Who fought Antiochus?...
Who fought for freedom? …
Who saved the Temple?...
Who found the oil?...
And who ate all the latkes?...
I know, I know, you and me!
The Marching Maccabees
by Ruth Etkin
My dreidel is amazing watch it spin, spin, spin.
Will it stop on nun or gimel, hay or shin? (chorus)
I Have a Little Dreidel
I have a little dreidel, I made it out of clay, and
when it’s dry and ready, then dreidel I shall play!
by Jackie Cytrynbaum
The Maccabees, the Maccabees,
We are here, we are here, we are here today.
Oh, dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay,
& when it’s dry and ready, then dreidel I shall play!
(repeat)
To the Temple, yes we say!
Fighting for our right to pray!
We will win and say hooray!
The Maccabees, we are here to today!
We are here today! (chorus)
S’-vi-von
S’-vi-von sov sov sov, Chanukah hu chag tov,
Chanukah hu chag tov, s’-vi-von sov sov sov!
Chag simcha hu la-am, nes gadol ha-ya sham,
Nes gadol ha-ya sham, chag simcha hu la-am!
Stand Up Like a Proud Maccabee
by Judy and David Gershon
S’vivon, turn and turn, while the lovely candles burn,
What a wondrous holiday, watch us sing and
dance and play!
Stand up like a proud Maccabee
Then like a dreidel, spin round,
Then like a menorah, shine your light
‘til the candles all burn down! (repeat faster)
Tell a story full of cheer,
a great miracle happened there;
It’s a holiday of lights for eight days and eight nights!
Everyone Can Be a Maccabee
Lots of Latkes
I want to be a Maccabee,
So brave, so strong, so bold!
But how can I be a Maccabee?
I’m only 4 years old!
by Cantor Allen Lieder
Lots of latkes, lots of latkes,
lots of latkes, Lots – let’s all eat ‘em up! (repeat)
S’vivon sov sov, s’vivon sov sov,
s’vivon sov sov, s’vivon sov sov (repeat)
1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4,
Get your drum and march along with me!
1-2-3-4, 1-2-3— Everyone can be a Maccabee!
Maccabees, mac, mac, mac Maccabees,
mac, mac, mac Maccabees, mac, mac, mac,
…mac, mac, mac, mac, mac, mac, mac, mac (repeat)
…mac, mac, mac!
Brave and strong, we march along,
there’s much to do before the day is done,
Chanukah time is here once again,
Happy Chanukah to everyone!
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Yodlelay-Do Potato
Soufganiyot
by Ellen Allard (video)
I like to eat potato latkes, I like to eat them all day.
And when I eat potato latkes, this is what I say:
Soufganiyot, gonna, gonna make some!
Soufganiyot, so yummy in the middle!
Soufganiyot, gonna, gonna make some!
Souf-gani-gani-yot
Yodlelay-do potato Yodlelay-do potato
Yodlelay-do potato latkes for me!
Yodlelay-do potato Yodlelay-do potato
Yodlelay-yodlelay potato!
Five Little Latkes
What’s in the middle?
“Strawberry!”
Leader:
All whisper: Soufganiyot
Leader:
All :
“Strawberry!”
All:
What’s in the middle of your soufganiyot?!
Leader:
Student:
by Jackie Cytrynbaum (prop)
Five little latkes sizzling in the pan
One jumped out and said, “Catch me if you can!”
And he ran and he ran all around the kitchen floor
And when I turned around, he ran right out the door!
The Menorah Hora
by Ellen Allard
by Gilbert Brodsky
First you jump out and then you jump in
You make like a dreidel and spin, spin, spin!
Stand like the Shammas so tall and thin
Doin’ the Menorah Hora.
Ya la la la la la; La la la
Doin’ the Menorah Hora!
Put the first candle out on the right
Add one more candle for ev’ry night
Shine all you candles, oh shine so bright
Doin’ the Menorah Hora! Ya la la la …
Hooray for Chanukah
from Drew’s Famous Kids Happy Hanukah album
Chorus:
Hip hip hooray (hooray!) for Chanukah! (3x)
Hey hey, what do you say, hooray for Chanukah!
I like Passover, yes I do,
And I really like Purim too,
But the holiday I like best,
Is Chanukah, yes, yes, yes! (chorus)
I like Sukkot, yes I do,
And I really like Thanksgiving too,
But the holiday I like best,
Is Chanukah, yes, yes, yes! (chorus)
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Tu B’shvat
We’re Happy It’s Tu B’shvat
My Roots Go Down by Sarah Pirtle
My roots go down, down to the earth (3x)
My roots go down. (repeat)
Tu Tu Tu B’shvat, Tu Tu Tu B’shvat
Tu Tu Tu B’shvat, the birthday of the trees! (repeat)
I am a willow swaying in the breeze…
I am a pine tree standing on a hill…
We celebrate so happily,
We dig a hole and plant a tree,
We eat the fruit, it tastes yummy!
We’re happy it’s Tu B’shvat!
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo! (Tu Tu…)
Israel Blooms All Around adapted by Lisa Baydush
to the tune of The Green Grass Grows All Around
There is a land (echo) called Yisrael (echo)
the greenest land (echo) that you ever did see (echo),
and Israel blooms all around, all around (2x)
Let's Plant a Tree in Eretz Yisrael
to the tune of Achsav
And in that land… the tallest tree…
And on that tree… the longest branch…
And on that branch… the skinniest twig…
And on that twig… the littlest nest…
And in that nest… the whitest egg…
And in that egg… the sweetest bird…
And on that bird… the softest feather…
And on that feather… the tiniest seed…
And then that seed, fell to the ground
and one day grew into a brand new tree…
Let's plant a tree in Eretz Yisrael! (2x)
Hey! Etz, etz, etz, b'Eretz Yisrael (2x)
Then rain will fall… The sun will shine… Our tree will grow…
A Tree Gave Me by Debbie Waldman
A tree gave me on Tu B’shvat
a special treat that I liked a lot.
Was it a fruit or was it a nut?
The tree gave me a(n) _________!
Grow, Little Seed
Tu B’Shvat by Dean Friedman
Tu B’Shvat / (2x) It’s a holiday / I like a lot /
And the reason / it’s the season /
We celebrate trees (2x) on Tu B’Shvat!
by Lisa Doob
Grow, little seed, and be a plant (2x)
Tu B’Shvat is coming soon!
Grow, little seed, and be a plant!
We celebrate ____ trees (6x)
We celebrate trees (2x) on Tu B’Shvat! (chorus)
Shaky Fruit to the tune of Oogiot by Marc Rossio,
Grow, little plant, and be a tree…
Grow, little tree, and bear some fruit…
Fall, little fruit, and spread some seeds (2x);
Tu B’Shvat has come and gone.
Fall, little fruit, and spread some seeds!
adapted by Nell Hirsch and Lisa Baydush
Shaky, shaky, shaky, shaky, shaky, shaky fruit! (2x)
It’s delicious, and so nutritious!
Shaky, shaky, shaky, shaky fruit!
Tree Song by Josh Miller
We grow, we grow, we grow (2x)
Tu-tu-tu-tu (5x) tu, Tu B’shvat! (2x)
Tree (5x) Tu B’shvat! (2x)
Apples, cherries, peaches, plums, any fruit will do!
My favorite part of Tu B’shvat
is shaking fruit shakers with you…
and you and you and you and you and you!
Well I’ve got a friend / who comforts me /
I’m a kid / and he’s a tree / (chorus)
Come with Me to Plant a Tree
to the tune of London Bridge
On my birthday / we eat a lot/
On his birthday / it’s Tu B’shvat / (chorus)
Come with me to plant a tree,
Plant a tree, plant a tree,
Come with me to plant a tree
on Tu B’shvat.
Tu B’Shvat Knees and Toes
Leaves, branches, trunk and roots… (2x)
Trees give us: nuts and shade and fruit!
Dig a hole and plant a seed…
Cover it up and water it well…
Watch the seed begin to grow…
Celebrate your brand new tree…
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Big Tall Tree
Holiday of Trees
by Eliana Light
by Marty and Carmi Kobren
I start as a seed (2x) be small like a seed in a ball
Food and water is what I need
Lots of sunlight to help me grow
Lots of shade from the rain and snow
Today is Tu B’shvat, the holiday of trees;
I’m gonna grow an orange tree from a seed!
I know it’ll take time, I hope it won’t take long,
But while we wait, let’s sing this song…
Chorus:
Chorus:
And someday I’m gonna be,
Oh yes I’m gonna be,
Someday I’m gonna be a big tall tree! (repeat)
La— la-la-la—, today’s the holiday of trees!
La— la-la-la—, come plant a tree with me!
La— la-la-la—, la-la-la—, la-la-la-la (2x)
I pop out my head (2x)
make a leaf
I’m not a seed, I’m a sprout instead!
Now that my growing has begun,
I’ll get my energy from the sun (chorus)
Into the ground (2x) get roots into ground
I can spread my roots around;
Growing deep down into the dirt,
Drinking up the water, slurp, slurp, slurp! (chorus)
I stretch up tall (2x)
stretch up trunk
My trunk is heavy so I won’t fall
Spread my branches and grow more leaves
So I can take in everything I need (chorus)
Now my head’s in the sky (2x) up on tiptoes
I wave to the birds as they pass by
I might grow fruit, an apple or a pear
Give you shelter or give you air
And now just look at me,
oh yeah just look at me
--Look at me, I’m a big tall tree! (repeat)
The Tree Song
by Lorraine Lee Hammond
This is my trunk, I’m a tall, tall tree,
In the springtime, the flowers bloom on me.
They open, they open!
In the summer, the breezes blow through me.
I bend, I bend!
In the autumn, the apples grow on me.
They drop, they drop!
In the winter, the snowflakes fall on me.
Brrrrrrr!
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Purim
Chag Purim
My Hat It Has Three Corners
Chag Purim, Chag Purim,
Chag ga-dol hu la-ya-hu-dim!
Ma-se-chot ra’a-sha-nim
Z’mi-rot v’ri-ku-dim
Havah narishah, rash! rash! rash! (3x)
Bara'asha-nim.
My hat it has three corners, three corners has my hat;
And had it not three corners, it would not be my hat!
Lakova Sheli
La-ko-va she-li sha-losh pi-not,
sha-losh pi-not la-ko-va she-li;
v’-im lo ha-yu lo sha-losh pi-not,
lo ha-ya ze ha-ko-va she-li!
Purim day, Purim Day, what a happy holiday!
Wear your mask, wear your crown, dancing all around…
Ani Purim adapted by Lisa Baydush
Megillah, Megillah adapted by Lisa Baydush
to the tune of Mi Zeh Bah
Ani Purim, Ani Purim,
A day of masquerading!
Wear a costume, wear a crown,
‘cause soon we’ll be parading!
Tra la la la la la (3x) la la la!
Megillah Megillah,
Who’s coming out of the Megillah? (repeat)
End: Megillah, Megillah, WE know who’s in the Megillah!
There’s King Ahashverosh (bless you!)
He/they like(s) to come and join the fun,
and sing along with us! Oh… (chorus)
A day for merry-making!
Lots of fun for everyone
and hamantaschen baking! Tra la…
There’s Esther the Jewish queen (Go Esther, Go Esther)…
There’s Brave Mordechai (Mordy, Mordy, he’s our guy!)…
There’s wicked, wicked Haman (BOO!)…
There’s bold Queen Vashti (Yay, Vashti!)…
A day of hamentaschen!
A cookie shaped like Haman’s hat
Which soon we will be noshin’! Tra la…
The Whole Megillah by Ellen Allard (audio)
When you hear the whole Megillah,
You will get a Purim thrillah!
And you won’t have to sit stil-lah,
When you hear the whole Megillah!
Bum-bum-bum-bum-BUM— bum-bum-bum-bum!
Nosh Nosh A Hamantash by Shirley R. Cohen
Nosh, nosh a hamantash,
Nosh, nosh a hamantash now! (repeat)
Mix, mix, mix the dough with me,
Mix it up and you will see
Haman’s hat was just like that,
Let’s nosh a hamantash now (chorus)
It is a story of bravery!
It is a story of deception and defeat!
It is a story of victory!
It happened on the fourteenth of Adar… WHEN?
It happened on the fourteenth of Adar! (chorus)
Roll roll roll the dough with me, roll it flat…
Cut cut cut the dough with me, cut it straight…
Fill fill fill the dough with me, fill it full…
Fold fold fold the dough with me, fold it tight…
Bake bake bake the dough with me, bake it brown…
Eat eat eat it quick with me, eat it up…
Listen to the tale of
Vashti and Esther/Cousin Mordechai/King Ahashverosh!...
Hear the name of Haman
stomp your feet/spin your groggers round/ blot it out...
Celebrate Purim
to the tune of Apples and Bananas
Each and every one
take a stand/remember what was done/plays a part...
I like to eat, eat, eat chocolate hamantaschen! (3x)
to celebrate Purim!
Purim Song
I like to dress, dress, dress, dress-up in a costume…
I like to shake, shake, shake, shake ‘n shake my grogger…
I like to march, march, march, march in a parade…
adapted by Nell Hirsch
to the tune of Take A Potato
Bake hamantashen, eat, eat, eat.
Hear Haman’s name and stomp your feet.
Wear a mask that’s really neat
Purim time is oh so sweet!
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Purim Time by Eric Komar
Purim, Purim
Purim Time (2x), oh, how I love ya, Purim time!
Celebrating with the ____ (woo!)
when it’s Purim time! (chorus)
Purim (snap), Purim (stamp 2x),
Purim (slap legs 4x), Purim (clap 2x)! (repeat)
In (snap), this tale (stamp 2x), this crazy mixed up tale,
there was a nice Jewish girl named Esther
who became Persia’s queen! (twirl and curtsy) (chorus)
Making noise with the groggers... (Shake-a shake-a shake-a)
Noshin’ Hamentaschen! (Munch-a, munch-a, munch-a)
Marching in the big parade! (March-a, march-a, march-a)
Dressing up in costumes! (Smile it’s Adar!)
…a foolish king, Ahashverosh,
…a banished wife named Vashti,
…a wicked advisor, Haman,
…a proud Jewish guy named Mordechai,
…plots and intrigues all around
…we learn that speaking up for what is right is a very good thing to do!
We’ll be Celebrating Purim When it Comes
to the tune of She’ll Be Comin’ Around The Mountain
We’ll be celebrating Purim when it comes (2x)
We’ll be celebrating Purim (3x) when it comes.
Spin Your Grogger
We’ll be dressing up in costumes, baking hamentaschen…
We will shake, shake, shake our groggers…
P is for Purim
by Ellen Allard, adapted
Chorus:
Spin your grogger, make a ratchety sound!
Spin your grogger, round and round!
Spin your grogger, make a ratchety sound!
Round and round and round!
to the tune of C is for Cookie
P is for Purim, a happy holiday (3x),
oh, Purim is a happy holiday
Let’s celebrate Purim – hip hip hooray (3x)…
Let’s make lots of noise when we hear Haman’s name (boo!)…
Let’s give a great big cheer when we hear Esther’s name(yay!)…
I’d like a Hamentaschen by Doda Mollie Wine
We’ll march around the school in our costumes
for a holiday parade,
When Haman’s name is mentioned,
shake your groggers in a noisy way!
(round and round and round and round and round!)
We’ll listen to the story of Queen Esther
and her uncle Mordechai,
When Haman’s name is mentioned,
shake your groggers for that real bad guy!
to the tune of Peanut Butter by Linda Arnold (video)
I’d like a hamentaschen, cookie for lunch,
I’d like a hamentaschen, cookie to munch,
I’d like a hamentaschen, cookie with tea,
Hamentaschen, there’s no other cookie for me!
(round and round and round and round and round!)
There’s a Dinosaur (Purim) adapted by Lisa Baydush
Chorus:
I’ve got hamentaschen stuck to my nose,
And hamentaschen all over my clothes,
I’ve got hamentaschen stuck to my hair,
I’ve got sticky hamentaschen everywhere!
There’s a dinosaur knocking at my door
Knockin’ 1-2-3
There’s a dinosaur knocking at my door
and he’s come to celebrate Purim!
I’d like a hamentaschen, cookie with jelly,
I’d like a hamentaschen, right here in my belly,
I’d like a hamentaschen, it tastes so yummy!
Hamentaschen, there’s no other cookie for me!
He likes to wear a costume,
Eat hamentashen too,
And shake, shake, shake his grogger,
Like all Jewish dinos do! (woo!)
He cheers for brave queen Esther
and cheers for Mordechai,
He stomps and boos for Haman
‘cause he’s a real bad guy! (boo!)
Purim Parade by Ellen Allard, adapted
A Purim parade, a Purim parade,
we’ll march along together in a Purim parade.
A Purim parade, a Purim parade,
we’ll march along in merry masquerade.
Rash Ra'ashan
Rash, ra’ashan (shake your shakers!!!) (2x)
B'chag Purim, b'chag Purim (repeat)
We’ll march around as brave Queen Esther (yay!)
We’ll march around as Mordechai (yay!)
We’ll march around as King Aha-ha-ha-hahashverosh, and make some noise
when we say Haman,
He’s an evil man… boooo!
Purim (3x) hayom, chag Purim hayom (repeat 4x)
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Pesach
Building Cities
One Morning by Shirley Cohen
by Shirley Cohen
Bang (3x), hold your hammer low,
Bang (3x), give a heavy blow!
For it’s work (3x), every day and every night,
For it’s work (3x), when it’s dark and when it’s light.
One morning when Pharaoh woke up in his bed,
There were frogs in his bed and frogs on his head,
Frogs on his nose and frogs on his toes;
Frogs here, frogs there, frogs were jumping
everywhere!
Dig (3x), get your shovel deep; there’s no time to sleep…
Lift (3x), lift that boulder high; ‘til you touch the sky…
Ten Plagues in Egypt Land by Ellen Allard (prop)
Where is Baby Moses? by Jackie Silberg
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8, 9-10 plagues in Egypt land! (2x)
Where is baby Moses, Moses, Moses?
Where is baby Moses? He’s in/along the River
Nile.
Blood in the water made the river run red - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
Pharaoh shoulda listened to what God said - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
Frogs were jumping in Pharaoh’s hair - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
Pharaoh didn’t like it but the frogs didn’t care - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
He’s floating in a basket (3x)…
The princess she is swimming (3x)…
She finds the baby Moses (3x)…
She takes him to the palace (3x)…
And there our Moses grows up (3x)…
Creepy, crawly, itchy lice - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
Mess with the Holy One, better think twice - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
Filthy flies so dirty and vile - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
Not exactly Pharaoh’s style - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
Moses, Moses, Take Off Your Shoes
The cattle and the horses and the oxen died - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
I won’t give up old Pharaoh cried - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
by Emily Friedman
Moses was a shepherd tending his sheep (3x)
when he heard a voice that said:
“Moses, Moses, take off your shoes, (3x)
for this is holy ground.”
Boils and blisters on his skin - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
Give it up Pharaoh you’re never gonna win - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
The hail rained down from the heavens on high - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
Hurt so much made Pharaoh cry - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
A bush was burning, but it was not consumed (3x)
and he heard a voice that said:
“Moses, Moses, You must go back! (3x)
and set your people free.”
Swarms of locusts ate the crops - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
Hard-hearted Pharaoh just wouldn’t stop - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
Dark descended in the light of day - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
Pharaoh was lost, couldn’t find his way - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
Oh, Listen by Shirley Cohen
First-born, the final blow - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
Finally Pharaoh let the people go - 10 plagues in Egypt land.
Oh listen (3x) King Pharaoh;
Oh listen, oh listen, please let my people go!
They want to go away; they work too hard all day!
King Pharaoh, King Pharaoh, what do you say?
No, no, no, I will not let them go (2x)
No, No, No, No, No!
Out of Egypt
by Leah Abrams, adapted by Lisa Baydush
Chorus:
Let’s go! Let’s go! Quickly now, let’s go! (2x)
by Ellen Allard
Pharaoh, Pharaoh, whatta ya doin’, whatta ya doin’?!
...Pharaoh, Pharaoh, you gotta let my people go!(rpt)
...Pharaoh, Pharaoh, no, no, no, no, no!
No more working in the hot sun, no more slavery!
No more working in the hot sun, no, no, no, no, no!
No more heavy, heavy burdens…
No more hungry, hungry bellies…
No more screaming and yelling…
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No time to linger, get out of bed!
Put on your sandals, cover your head!
Roll up the blanket, tie up the sack!
This on your shoulder, that one on your back! (chorus)
No time to bake now, just take the dough.
Water, take water! Keep your voices low.
Pick up the baby, hold sister’s hand,
Come, follow Moses to the Promised Land! (chorus)
Hurry Up by Jackie Cytrnbaum
Dayeinu
Hurry up, hurry up, we’re going away!
We’re going to the Promised Land today!
Hurry up, hurry up, take what you can!
Hurry up, hurry up, there’s no time to plan!
Ilu hotzi, hotzi’anu,
Hotzi’anu mi-mitzrayim (2x), Dayeinu!
Dai-dayeinu (3x) Dayeinu, Dayeinu… dayeinu (repeat)
Ilu natan, natan lanu,
Natan lanu, et ha-Shabbat/Torah (2x), Dayeinu!
We’re Marching Across the Sea by Ellen Allard
We’re marching, we’re marching across the sea
Mah Nishtana by Ephraim Abileah
(xx) (2x)
We are free—! We are free—!
We are safe from Pharaoh’s army!
Mah nishtana, halilah hazeh,
mi-kol hal-le-lot, mi-kol hal-le-lot
Standing at the Sea by Ellen Allard
She-be-chol hal-le-lot, a-nu o-chlin
ha-metz u-matzah, ha-metz u-matzah;
Ha-li-lah ha-zeh, ha-li-lah ha-zeh, kulo matzah (2x)
Standing at the sea, mi chamocha (3x)
Freedom's on our way!
She-ar yir-a-kot, She-ar yir-a-kot
Ha-li-lah ha-zeh, ha-li-lah ha-zeh, maror, maror (2x)
They're coming up behind…Bound no more…
Chorus:
Freedom, freedom (3x) Freedom's on our way.
She-be-chol hal-le-lot, ain a-nu mat-bi-lin,
afi-lu pa-am echat, afi-lu pa-am echat
Ha-li-lah ha-zeh, ha-li-lah ha-zeh, shetay fe-amim (2x)
The sea she parts…Walking through the water…
On the other side…One God…Singing and dancing…
Great, Mighty and Awesome
by Ellen Allard
bein yoshvin u-vein mis-u-bin (2x)
Ha-li-lah ha-zeh, ha-li-lah ha-zeh, kula-nu mis-u-bin (2x)
Great, mighty and awesome, YEAH! (3x)
God Supreme! (repeat)
Lotsa, Lotsa Matzah by Ellen Allard
We sing love/praise/joy (3x) all our days!
On Pesach we eat matza, lotsa, lotsa matzah!
It’s yummy in the tummy, lotsa, lotsa matza!
Doot doot doot doot doot doot… (end: Yay PESACH!)
Sing, Dance, Jump and Shout by Lisa Baydush
Chorus:
Sing, dance, jump and shout,
Play your tambourine;
Sing, dance, jump and shout,
Be glad we’re free!
…finger lickin’ chicken (pretend to lick fingers)
…smelly in the belly gefilte fish (hold nose)
…rolla, rolla, rolla matzah balls (making rolling motion with hands)
…hot, hot, hot, hot horseradish (fan mouth with hand, eyes wide)
…chop chop charoset (chop into palm up as if a cutting board))
Miriam led the way joyously,
Follow Miriam, be glad we’re free! (chorus)
Afikomen Mambo by Rabbi Joe Black
Every year at Pesach time,
we eat the matza and we drink the wine;
We ask four questions, one by one
but before the seder’s done...
Mi chamocha ba-eylim Adonai,
Sing a song of praise, ev’ry girl and boy! (chorus)
Do You Know the Matzah Man?
to the tune of Do You Know the Muffin Man
Chorus:
I’m gonna find it (clap, clap) (2x)
I’m gonna find it, I’m a-gonna find,
Gonna find the afikomen!
Do you know the matzah man,
the matzah man, the matzah man?
Do you know the matzah man, his name is
Afikomen!
Where’s he hiding? Do you know?... We need him for our seder!
Can you find him? Yes, I can… And look, here he is!
We eat charoset and we dip karpas, we tell the story of the Exodus;
The bitter herbs they make my eyes go cross, but when I find the
afikomen I’m the boss...
Everyone knows the Seder’s not done until we taste the afikomen;
And when I find it, I’ll articulate the terms on which we shall
negotiate.
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What Goes On the Seder Plate?
Chorus:
What goes on the seder plate,
the seder plate, the seder plate?
What goes on the seder plate?
I know! There’s an egg!
An egg, an egg,
Can you find an egg?
An egg, an egg!
Now put it on your plate!
Oh… (chorus)
Zip in: parsley, charosets, maror, shankbone…
End by listing ALL items, then say ‘and now, we’re done!’
Flat Like a Matzah
by Eliana Light
Chorus:
We’re gonna get
flat, flat, flat like a matzah (3x)
‘cause matzah cannot rise (repeat)
Wiggle like a snake (3x)
And get flat, flat, flat like a matzah
‘cause matzah cannot rise (repeat)
Say no like Pharaoh…
Hop like a froggy…
Stand like Moses…
Dance like Miriam…
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Yom Ha-atzmaut
Yom Ha-atzmaut
Am Yisrael Chai by Seymour Rockoff
to the tune of Skip to my Lou
Chorus:
Am Yisraeil chai! Am Yisraeil chai!
Am Yisraeil— chai! (repeat 4x)
Yom Ha-atzmaut (3x)
Israel’s Independence Day (repeat)
Od avinu, od avinu, od avinu chai! (3x)
Od avinu chai!
Wave your flag and shout hooray (3x)
for Israel’s Independence Day! (chorus)
David Melech Yisrael by Nachum Frankel
Israel is 67! (3x)
It’s Israel’s Independence Day! (chorus)
David Melech Yisraeil chai chai v’kayam (3x)
Rooty Toot Toot, Yom Ha-atz’maut
Achshav
by Ellen Allard
folk; English lyrics by Sarah Dekelbaum
Boom boom, zoom zoom, ding-a-ling
rooty-toot-toot, Yom Ha-atzmaut! (repeat)
Achshav, achshav b’eretz Yisrael (2x)
Hey! Tumbah (3x) b’eretz Yisrael (2x)
Clap hands…, hip hip hooray
on Israel’s Independence Day!
Clap hands…, hip hip hooray
for this special day! (chorus)
I love, I love, the Land of Yisrael (2x)
Let’s sing and dance in Eretz Yisrael (2x)
clap hands, stomp your feet, nod your head,
do a dance, jump up and down, turn around…
Zum Gali Gali (adapted verse)
Travellin' to Israel by Ellen Allard
Zum gali gali gali, zum gali gali
Zum gali gali gali, zum— (repeat)
Chorus:
We’re travellin’ along (3x) to/in Israel.
We’re travellin’ along (2x)
We’re travellin’ to/in Eretz Yisrael.
Yom huledet sameach (4x) woooo!…
My Flag by Joanie Calem
Gonna float in the Dead Sea, ahhh! (3x)
We’re travellin’ in Eretz Yisrael! (chorus)
My flag is blue, my flag is white.
It flies by day, it flies by night.
Blue for the sky, and white for the sand
These are the colors of my land.
Gonna climb Masada, oy, it’s hot! (3x)…
Gonna ride a camel, bumpity bump! (3x)…
Gonna pray at the Wall, Baruch Atah! (3x)…
We’re gonna shop at the shuk, how many shekels?...
Gonna eat falafel, yum yum yum…
Gonna dance at the disco…. Woo!
Gonna fly back home, l’hitraot (3x)…
Kachol is blue, Lavan is white
The colors dance, they are so bright.
Blue for the sky, and white for the sand
These are the colors of my land.
Israel Lives In Every Jewish Heart
by Carol Boyd Leon
Kachol v’Lavan
All over the world, am Yisrael chai (2x)
All over the world is where we live
and Israel lives in every Jewish heart! (repeat)
by I. Reshel
Kachol v’lavan (kachol v’lavan)
These colors I know (these colors I know)
Wherever I go, wherever I go
To honor and love all the days of my life!
From North and South and East and West,
to you we say Shalom;
Yet always we know Israel is
our home away from home! (chorus)
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Shavuot
Moses Climbed Mount Sinai
God Gave Us the Ten Commandments
to the tune of The Bear Went Over
the Mountain
to the tune of Going to the Zoo by Tom Paxton
Chorus:
Moses climbed Mount Sinai (3x),
and what do you think he got? (3x)
When Moses climbed Mt. Sinai,
what do you think he got?
God gave us the 10 Commandments,
the 10 Commandments, the 10 Commandments.
God gave us the 10 Commandments,
and this is what they say...
He got the 10 Commandments (3x)
and also the Torah (3x).
He got the 10 Commandments,
and also the Torah!
Listen to what your mommy and daddy say;
Take a good rest on the Sabbath day;
Don't take anyone's toys away;
It's all in the 10 Commandments! (chorus)
He came down Mount Sinai (3x)
and gave the Torah to us! (3x)
He came down Mount Sinai
and gave the Torah to us!
Adonai is our one and only God;
Be a good friend to everyone;
Try not to hurt anyone;
It's all in the 10 Commandments! (chorus)
Ten Good Rules
by Lisa Baydush
There are ten, ten, ten good rules in the Torah;
There are ten, ten, ten good rules for our lives;
There are ten, ten, ten good rules in the Torah;
Ten good rules in the Torah for our lives!
Rules like:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Be kind to others,
Help your family;
Be honest,
Respectful,
Say thank you
and please;
Be grateful and happy
for all that you have;
8. Remember the Sabbath,
9. Love your moms and dads…
10. And believe in our one God
whose love never ends
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by Lisa Baydush Early Childhood Music Specialist © 2014

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