First graders have been singing an action song about a cousin who likes to visit their house and teases them while he's there. "Cousin Peter" pretends to be a bear and scoops the child up into the air before he leaves.
Actions songs teach us how to show the lyrics of the song with our bodies. This particular action song also helped us practice keeping the beat. Each one of the motions we did followed the beat of the song.
The words are:
Last evening Cousin Peter came,
Last evening Cousin Peter came,
Last evening Cousin Peter came,
Just to say that he was here. (walk in place)
He wiped his feet upon the mat… (alternately wipe feet)
He hung his hat upon the peg… (alternately touch head and reach hand out in front)
He picked me up into the air… (alternately reach low and lift both hands up into the air)
He played he was a great big bear… (with both arms up, rock back and forth)
He took a bow and said, “Good-bye.”... (alternately bow and wave good-bye)
This has been a fun song for us to sing and students have really enjoyed the silly things that Cousin Peter does.
Hear Miss Gagnon's class sing the song by clicking the link below:
Cousin Peter
Hear Miss Gagnon's class sing the song by clicking the link below:
Cousin Peter
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