Preschoolers and Kindergarteners have learned a new echo song called Bill Grogan's Goat. Echo songs help children to practice singing in tune with the correct vocal tone. Students only need to remember a short piece of the song at a time to perform an echo song.
After hearing this song for the first time, students were asked many questions about the song to help them understand new vocabulary and think about how the characters in the story were feeling. We talked about how the naughty goat ate the man's clothes and wondered how that would make the man feel. Even though the man was feeling mad, he was not very nice either. When the goat got tied to the railroad track, we decided he was very scared. Don't worry though, the goat was fine in the end!
Ask your child to sing this song for you. Maybe they can sing and you can echo them! Here are the lyrics:
There was a man (There was a man)
Now please take note (Now please take note)
There was a man (There was a man)
Who had a goat (Who had a goat)
He loved that goat (He loved that goat)
Indeed he did (Indeed he did)
He loved that goat (He loved that goat)
Just like a kid! (Just like a kid!)
One day that goat (One day that goat)
Felt frisk and fine (Felt frisk and fine)
Ate three red shirts (Ate three red shirts)
Right off the line (Right off the line)
The man he grabbed (The man he grabbed)
Him by the back (Him by the back)
And tied him to (And tied him to)
The railroad track (The railroad track)
Now when that train (Now when that train)
Came into sight (Came into sight)
That goat grew pale (That goat grew pale)
And green with fright (And green with fright)
He heaved a sigh (He heaved a sigh)
As if in pain (As if in pain)
Coughed up those shirts (Coughed up those shirts)
And flagged the train! (And flagged the train!)
Hear Mrs. Barlow's kindergarten class sing this song in the following video.
