Shimmy, Shimmy, Shake! Book & CD

More great dances and movement songs by Australians, Susie&Phil, for K-5. They'll also be singing, playing instruments, creating sound effects and improvising in a variety of styles. Includes perf/acc CD.

Songs and dances include Welcome to Music (a great opening action song for your music classes), Let There Be Music (a canon that is sung and danced in unison or in two parts), Moving Down the Street (a fun and easy movement song to explore fast, medium and slow), Partner Dance (a cute song to sing and dance with a partner), Rockin' Rhythm (improvise on instruments or body percussion), Lo Yisa Goy (a beautiful dance sung in Hebrew and English.) Add scarves or ribbons to the dance for a really beautiful effect. An Orff arrangement of the song is included. (Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow...), Copycat (create movement and play a simple Orff arrangement), Move It! (create movement or improvise on instruments), Marmalade and Vegemite (a game song that your students will love while they sing about Australian breakfast foods), Funkey Monkey Story and Song (Orchestrate and dramatize the story using sound effects on unpitched instruments. Then dance the conga line to the Funkey Monkey song!), and Ocean Song (a beautiful song, dance and instrumental piece).

1. Welcome to Music - A great opening action song for your music classes.
2. Let There Be Music is a canon that is sung and danced in unison or in two parts. An Orff arrangement and a piano accompaniment are included for this song.
3. Moving Down the Street gives the children an opportunity to explore fast, medium and slow movement.
4. Partner Dance is a cute song to sing and dance with a partner.
5. Rockin' Rhythm has places in the song for students to improvise on instruments or body percussion.
6. Lo Yisa Goy is a beautiful song and dance sung in Hebrew and English. Add scarves or ribbons to the dance for a really beautiful effect. An Orff arrangement of the song is included. Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow....
7. Copycat is a song that encourages the students to create movement. A simple Orff arrangement is included.
8. Move It! is a song that encourages the students to create movement or improvise on instruments.
9. Marmalade and Vegemite is a game song that your students will love while they sing about Australian breakfast foods.
10. Funkey Monkey Story and Song Orchestrate and dramatize the story using sound effects on unpitched instruments. Then dance the conga line to the Funkey Monkey song!
11. Ocean Song is a beautiful song, dance and instrumental piece. An Orff arrangement is given for the song with many opportunities for improvisation.