Preschoolers have been singing the song "Aiken Drum" to practice keeping the steady beat. The song goes like this:
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 his ____ was made of ____,
Of ____, of ____,
And his ____ was made of ____,
And his name was Aiken Drum.
Students substituted all of his body parts for different kinds of food. As we sang about each body part, we tapped the steady beat on that part of our body. We also drew Aiken Drum on the board. He looked pretty crazy!
Listen to the song here:
