Sing the song, keeping a steady beat with the actions:

Line 1 – tap knees to the beat, there are 8 beats in total. (x2)
Line 2 – Clap hands to the beat. 4 claps in an upward motion followed by 4 claps in a downward motion to reflect the rise and fall of the melody. (x2)

Shake, shake, shake
Shake up, shake, shake, shake, shakity shake
Shake down, shake, shake, shake, shakity shake (x2)
To the front and the back, and the side, side, side (x2)
And around(x2)

Using call and response (chant a line and they chant it back) teach the song to the children.
Add in movements; hands shaking up high, hands shaking down low, clap to the front, clap to the back, hands to the side and finally, hands making a horizontal circle motion.

Sing/chant individually and/or as part of a group

Shakers (optional)

Engine Engine
Engine, engine, number nine. Going down the Glasgow line.
If the train goes off the track. Will I get my money back?
Yes, no, maybe so!

1. Stand in a circle and chant the rhyme together.
Ask the children to step to the beat and the teacher can play the beat on the claves to help.
Once the children know the words they can form a train in the circle by putting their hands on the person’s shoulders in front, then chant the rhyme as they walk in a circle to the beat (try this at a fast and slow tempo).
2. Explain that now we are going to clap the words.
This is the rhythm – it is important that they understand this is different to the beat.
Ask the children to copy you in groups or as individuals as you clap short phrases from the rhyme. E.g. En/gine, en/gine, num/ber nine.
3. The children could then use a set of claves each to tap the rhythm as they say the rhyme.

Keep the beat with actions

Sing/chant individually and/or as part of a group

Tap back a simple rhythm

Play the rhythm of a known song/rhyme (ta, te-te, ta rest)

Claves

Doggie Doggie:
All sing: Doggie doggie where’s your bone
Someone stole it from my home
Who stole your bone?
Cat sings: I stole your bone.

The children sit in a circle with one child in the middle (the doggie) holding a dog toy and their eyes closed.
As everyone sings the first 3 lines of the song together, the teacher chooses someone to be the ‘cat’ by giving them a cat toy.
The child who is the ‘cat’ sings the final line solo.
When all the children have their hands behind their back the doggie ‘wakes up’ and has to guess whose voice they heard.

Sing with some understanding of pitch (higher and lower)

Sing/chant individually and/or as part of a group

Clave (pretend bone)

Ask children to come up with actions for ‘pick, peel, slice, mash, eat and go bannanas’ which they can perform to a steady beat.
Teach the song line by line with the actions – try starting the song quietly, gradually getting louder towards the end.
Perform the song all the way through along to the recorded track if you can.

Keep the beat with actions

Sing with some understanding of pitch (higher and lower)

Sing/chant individually and/or as part of a group

Backing track

Repeat with same actions used for ‘Hello Everyone’.