Aiken Drum

Kindergartners' new favorite beat keeping activity is called "Aiken Drum."  Aiken Drum is a strange man.  He lives on the moon.  But to make him even stranger, his whole body is made of food!  As if that weren't enough, Aiken Drum changes every time we see him.  One week, his head is made of pizza, and the next it's made of cookies!  One week his hair is made of spaghetti, and the next it's made of lollipops!

You can sing this song with your child using the words below:

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.

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

His _______ was made of _________,
Of ________, of __________.
His _______ was made of _________,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

While we sang this song, students tapped the beat on different parts of their bodies to go along with the song.  We had so much fun choosing the foods and seeing what Aiken would look like.  Check out some of the Aiken Drums that were created by our students:

Here is a great recording of this song: