First graders learned a new echo song called "Tongo." This Polynesian canoe song is a song that is sung to help the people paddling a canoe all row to the steady beat. To practice this, students sat in imaginary canoes and all rowed at the same time. They echoed the song while they did this. The words to the song are:
Tongo, (Tongo,)
Chimney bye bye oh,
(Chimney bye bye oh,)
Tongo, (Tongo,)
Oom ba de kim bye oh,
(Oom ba de kim bye oh,)
Ooh alay, (Ooh alay,)
Mahle kaah lo way. (Mahle kaah lo way.)
We also enjoyed keeping the steady beat on the gathering drum while we rowed. Can you echo your child singing this song?
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