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.