Developing fine motor movements while singing.
Same tune as “Frere Jacques,” and “Are You Sleeping.”
Description
- Grade: Kindergarten
- Origin: England/France – Traditional
- Key: F Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ti ti ta/a |
| ta ta ta ta | - Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do, So\Mi, Do/So, Do\So, So/Do
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; repeated melodic rhythm patterns
- Key Words: world geography: England, France; thumb, ring, tall, pinky, parts of the hand, fingers, ma’am (lady)
1. | Where is thumbkin? Where is thumbkin? Here I am, here I am! How are you today sir/ma’am? Very well, I thank you! Run away, run away! |
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Where is pointer? Where is pointer? Here I am, here I am! How are you today sir/ma’am? Very well, I thank you! Run away, run away! |
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Where is tall man/girl? Where is tall man/girl? Here I am, here I am! How are you today sir/ma’am? Very well, I thank you! Run away, run away! |
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4. | Where is ring man/girl? Where is ring man/girl? Here I am, here I am! How are you today sir/ma’am? Very well, I thank you! Run away, run away! |
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5. | Where is pinky? Where is pinky? Here I am, here I am! How are you today sir/ma’am? Very well, I thank you! Run away, run away! |
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