Rev. 11/2010

BOW EXERCISE(sing to twinkle theme while doing bow motions)

Up like a rocket,Down like the rain,Back and forth like a choo-choo (or locomotive) train! (arm goes forward and back)Round and round like a great big sun (arm goes around face)Land on your hand, round pinky, bent thumb (bounce pinky and thumb in rhythm)

Up like a rocket,Down like the rain,Back and forth like a choo-choo train!

Sing the middle part (filling) again to:Round and round like a carousel (arm goes around in front like stirring)Check your pinky and thumb as well (bounce pinky and thumb in rhythm)Up like a rocket,Down like the rainBack and forth like a choo-choo train!

THE VIOLIN SONG (sung to the tune of LIGHTLY ROW)

This is my violin, (statue of Liberty)This is where I put my chin. (land violin on shoulder)

EADG are the four strings (point to the four strings)And the sound holes let it ring. (point to the sound holes)

Here’s the front (hold violin straight in front and point to the front)and here’s the back, (hold violin straight in front and point to the back)If I drop it, it will crack! (hold securely with two hands in front, ready to put in rest position)

So I hold it close beside me (put under right arm)Rest position you will see! (feet together, bow)

AEA (also DAD and GDG_

AEA stampAEA stampAAEEAEA circle stamp land

EEAAEEEE circle stamp land

AAEEAEA stamp

ANTS (play only the Capitalized words- open strings)

Each,Each Each, each and every (violas and cellos wait for A)Ant, Ant, Ant . Digging in theDirt, Dirt, Dirt Digging underGround, Ground Ground All the way toChina, China, China, China (strum across 4 strings) violas and cellos play C

SEE-SAW

See-saw, see sawI like to play on my see-saw.

See-saw, see sawI like to play on my see-saw.

“THE SEASONS” SONG aka “See the Pretty Flowers”

Spring See the pretty flowers Blooming in the garden

Blooming in the gardenRed and pink and purple.

SummerSee the pretty blue lakeShining in the hot sunShining in the hot sunLet’s all splash and cool off!

FallSee the pretty red leavesRaked into a big pileRaked into a big pileLet’s jump in and have fun!

WinterSee the pretty snowflakesFalling from the grey skyFalling from the grey skyLanding on my pink tongue.

End of WinterGoodbye pretty snowflakesFalling from the grey skyFalling from the grey skyTime to let the sun shine.

Early Spring See the pretty rain drops

Falling from the grey skyFalling from the grey sky

Make the flowers grow please!

The Monkey Song:

(Up the scale) on one string violins E or A violas and cellos A or DDown the scale:I’m a little monkey,Climbing down the ladder,Climbing way down low, toEat my pink bananas. (Bounce thumb to eat bananas)

The Super Monkey Song (A or D major scale)

Up the scale: Start on A or D and continue all the way up to the 3rd finger on E or AI’m a SUPER monkeyClimbing up the ladder,Climbing way up high to pick some pink (or green, or red, or blue, etc.) bananas.

(bounce 4th finger to pick bananas) keep going to the higher string

I’m a SUPER monkeyClimbing even higher,Climbing SUPER high to pick more pink (or green, or red, or blue, etc.) bananas.

(bounce 4th finger to pick bananas)

Down the scale:I’m a SUPER monkeyClimbing down the ladder,Climbing way down low to eat my pink (or green, or red, or blue, etc.) bananas.

(bounce 4th finger to eat ½ of the bananas) keep going to the lower string

I’m a SUPER monkeyClimbing even lower,Climbing SUPER low to eat my pink (or green, or red, or blue, etc.) bananas.

(bounce 4th finger to eat the other half of the bananas)

TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR

Twinkle, twinkle little star,How I wonder what you are.

Up above the world so high,Like a diamond in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle little star,How I wonder what you are.

Another version:A-B-C-D-E-F-G, that’s the alphabet for me.

G-F-E-D-C-B-A,Backwards, forwards, either way

A-B-C-D-E-F-G, that’s the alphabet for me.

Twinkle “Sandwich”

Bread: AA EE F# E----- DD C# BB A------

Filling EE DD C# B----- EE DD C# B-----

Bread: AA EE F# E----- DD C# BB A------

HOT CROSS BUNS (Major)

Hot cross buns, hot cross buns, One a penny, two a penny Hot cross buns. (bow circle)

I like eating lots of Yummy hot cross buns. (bow circle)

One a penny, two a penny, Hot cross buns.

BURNT CROSS BUNS (Minor) ( played after learning Go Tell Aunt Rhody)

Burnt cross buns, burnt cross bunsBlack and crusty, very nastyBurnt cross buns.

I don’t like to eat themBurnt and black and hardI wish that I had some yummyHot cross buns

FRENCH FOLK SONG

Merrily, merrily, merrily play,Happily, happily, all of the day.

I like to play on my new violin,And if I practice then I will begin,Sounding like Perlman on my viiolin! (or- Making sweet music on my violin)

LIGHTLY ROW (AKA the Violin Song)

Lightly Row, quick and slowUp the river we will go.

Smoothly rowing, smoothly going,On our little sailing boat.

Let the wind and waters be,Smooth and calm and clear to see.

Smoothly rowing, smoothly going,On our little sailing boat.

Another version-LIGHTLY SNOW

Lightly snow, quick and slow,O’er the fluffy hills we go.

Lightly snowing, lightly blowing,On my little sled we go.

Listen to the children play,Laughing, sledding through the day.

Lightly snowing, lightly blowingOn my little sled we go!

JUMP ROPE RHYME (Preview for Song of the Wind) Keep 1st finger down on E string and jump the 3rd finger back and forth from A string to E string keeping the rhythm steady.

Teddy bear, Teddy bear turn around Teddy bear, Teddy bear touch the groundTeddy bear, Teddy bear go upstairsTeddy bear, Teddy bear say your prayersTeddy bear, Teddy bear turn out the lightTeddy bear, Teddy bear say goodnight.

ALL MY LITTLE DUCKLINGS

All my little ducklings,Swimming in the sea, (bow circle)Swimming in the sea. (bow circle)

Heads are in the water, Tails are in the air. (repeat, bow circle)

SONG OF THE WIND

Listen, how the wind is blowing, Swirling through the trees (whoosh) (bow circle)Swirling through the trees (whoosh) (bow circle)

Leaves are falling, Leaves are falling,Falling tumbling round and round (woosh) (bow circle)

Leaves are falling, Leaves are falling,Falling to the ground.

GO TELL AUNT RHODY AUNT RHODY IN EGYPT (Savanna’s words) (Major) (minor) (later on)Go tell Aunt Rhody, Go Tell Aunt RhodyTell her right away, Tell her right awayLet’s go to town and Let’s go to Egypt Hear the music play Let’s see it today

Cellos, violas Pharohs and sphinxsBass and violins, Sand dunes, elephantsAll joined together, It’s very hot thereWhat a sound! Every day!

Go tell Aunt Rhody, Repeat first partTell her right away,Lets go to town and ,Hear the music play!

O COME, LITTLE CHILDREN

O come, little children,O come one and all.

All join hands together,Both big ones and small.

For peace and respectWe will offer this plea.

For peoples together,For you and for me.

MAY SONG

Birds are singing, winter is gone,Fish are in the river.

Up above the clouds sail right by;Like big banks of snow in the sky.

Birds are singing, winter is gone,Fish are in the river.

Another version of MAY SONG

On a mountain, under a tree,Sleeps a dragon baby.

Tail so short and ears so small,He does not have teeth at all!

On a mountain, under a tree,Sleeps a dragon baby.

LONG, LONG AGO

Tell me the tales that to me were so dearLong, long ago, long long ago.

Sing me the songs I delighted to hear,Long, long ago, long ago.

Now that you’re here I am happy again,Let me forget that I missed you back then.

Sing me the songs I delighted to hear,Long, long ago, long ago.

ALLEGRO Sad (minor) Allegro

Wake up! Shake up! Don’t get up, it’sTake off your pajamas, really dark and rainyEat your breakfast It’s too wet to Time to go to school. go and play outside. Wake up! Shake up! RepeatTake off your pajamas,Eat your breakfastTime to go to school.

I’m so tired! I’m so tired! I wish that it wasn’t rainingLet me sleep five minutes more. I wish that the sun would shine

Wake up! Shake up! Repeat first partTake off your pajamas,Eat your breakfastTime to go to school.

PERPETUAL MOTION

Have you seen an alligator, riding up an escalator?I have seen an alligator, riding in the elevator.

Have you seen a ballerina, on the way to Pasadena?I have seen a ballerina, playing on her concertina.

Do you think an armadillo, falls asleep upon a pillow?Have you seen an armadillo, fast asleep upon a pillow?

Have you seen an alligator, riding up an escalator?I have seen an alligator, riding in the elevator.

ALLEGRETTO

In a place far away on a hot summer dayThe three bears' cottage stood on the edge of a wood. In a place far away on a hot summer dayThe three bears went away for a walk. First the big Papa Bear,Then the kind Mama Bear,Far away with his chaircame the small Baby Bear. In a place far away on a hot summer dayThe three bears went away for a walk.

ANDANTINO Little pig, little pig, let me come in! (wolf)Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin. (pig #1)

Little pig, little pig, let me come in! (wolf)Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin. (pig #2)

You can’t blow my little house down,Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! (all 3 pigs)

Little pig, little pig, let me come in! (wolf)Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin. (pig #3)

ETUDE Try to catch me, try to catch me,As I run away, and then I'llTry to catch you, try to catch you,As you run away, but then you'llTry to catch me, try to catch me,As I run away, and then I'llTry to catch you, try to catch you,As you run away, but first we'llRun right down the sloping mountain sideWe love to run right down the sloping mountainside.But you must try to catch me, try to catch me,As I run away and leave you panting far behind.

Minuet I v v v vI like to eat apple pie right from the oven.It’s very tasty, it’s very yummy, I’d like some pie, please! (circle-- repeat

1st x to frog 2nd x to middle)

I like hot apple pie with ice cream melting on the top.It’s very tasty, it’s very yummy. Let’s have some now! (Tiny circle to near the tip)

Hot apple pied is very nice.I love it so.

It’s very tasty, it’s very yummy. I’d like some pie please! (Circle to middle– repeat section)