Happy Holidays from the Groovy Garfoose!
Ellen is sharing some of her favorite holiday piggyback songs to add variety to group or individual sessions!
Goal: Motor movement
Directions: Fill in blanks with motor movements appropriate for your group or individual client (i.e., marching, waving, twisting, playing).
Here we come a __________-ing among the leaves so green
Here we come a __________-ing so fair to be seen
Love & joy come to, and with you I’ll ________, too.
While we’re _______-ing we wish you a Happy New Year
Yes we wish you a Happy New Year
(to the tune of “Here Comes the Sun”)
Goal: Speech
Directions: Have individual or group sing or say “snow” when appropriate in the lyrics
Here comes the snow (doo doo doo doo)
Here comes the snow, and I say
It’s all right
Little Reindeer, it’s been a long hot lonely summer
Little Reindeer, it feels like years, since it’s been here.
Here comes the snow
Here comes the snow, and I say
It’s all right
Snow Snow Snow, here it comes
Snow Snow Snow, here it comes
Snow Snow Snow, here it comes
Snow Snow Snow, here it comes
Snow Snow Snow, here it comes
Little Reindeer, I feel that ice is slowly freezing
Little reindeer, it seems like years since holiday cheer
Here comes the snow (doo doo doo doo)
Here comes the snow, and I say
It’s all right
Goal: Follow directions
Directions: Fill in the blanks with different ways to play the drum (loud, soft, fast, slow, etc.)
Play the drum play the drum play the drum rock
I want to hear you play it _________
Keeping the beat to this holiday song
While we play a long
What a bright time, it’s the right time
To ______-ly play your drum
Play the drum now, you can show how
You like to play your drum today
Play the drum play the drum keeping the beat
Play so ____ tonight
That was great, now this verse is complete
That’s just how we rock.