Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Aiken Drum

Kindergarteners came back from winter break and began working on the song "Aiken Drum."  The preschoolers had so much fun with this one before Christmas that I was excited to do it again.

Aiken Drum is a very strange man.  He lives in the moon and his entire body is made of food!  To make it even stranger, his body is made of different kinds of food every time we see him.

 
    

Sometimes, our friend Aiken Drum is made entirely out of fruits and vegetables...

  

And sometimes he's made entirely out of candy!

  

This song is a great way to help children practice keeping the steady beat.  As we sing, we tap the beat on the part of our body we are singing about.  Have your child create their own Aiken Drum for you!

There was a man lived in the moon, 
lived in the moon, lived in the moon.
There was a man lived in the moon, 
and his name was Aiken Drum.

And his head was made of pizza, 
of pizza, of pizza,
And his head was made of pizza, 
and his name was Aiken Drum.

And is __________ was made of _________, 
of __________, of ___________.
And his ____________ was made of ___________, 
and his name was Aiken Drum.