Artsy Babies: Musical Instruments Day!

Clipart by Krista Wallden of Creative Clips. Graphic designed on PicMonkey.

This was our third program in our Artsy Babies series.  Week 2 was Art and week 1 was Music and Movement.
This is a new series that we are piloting this spring and so far it has been fairly popular.  

Today was musical instrument day for Artsy Babies!  We played with bells, rattles, and egg shakers.  There was singing, shaking, and ringing!

THE PLAN

Welcome Song: Wake Up Feet

Wake up feet, wake up feet (touch baby’s feet)
Wake up feet and wiggle, wiggle, wiggle (touch & wiggle baby’s feet)
Wake up feet, wake up feet (touch baby’s feet)
Wake up and wiggle in the morning. (wiggle baby’s feet)

Wake up hands, wake up hands (touch baby’s hands)
Wake up hands and wiggle, wiggle, wiggle (touch & wiggle baby’s hands)
Wake up hands, wake up hands (touch baby’s hands)
Wake up and wiggle in the morning. (wiggle baby’s hands)

Wake up ears, wake up ears (touch baby’s ears)
Wake up ears and wiggle, wiggle, wiggle (touch & wiggle baby’s ears)
Wake up ears, wake up ears (touch baby’s ears)
Wake up and wiggle in the morning. (wiggle baby’s ears)

Book

 We had some of the instruments shown in this book on hand, so we demonstrated the sounds of those instruments as the story was read aloud.  We also gave caregivers and babies time to try out the different instruments at the end of the program.

Musical Instrument Activities

Bells

If You're Happy & You Know It

We took an old classic and adapted it.

If you’re happy and you know it
ring your bells.
If you’re happy and you know it
ring your bells.
If you’re happy and you know it
and you really want to show it
If you’re happy and you know it
ring your bells.

Shake Those Bells

"Shake Those Bells"

If you are interested in checking out this song, the album cover is a link to Amazon where you can listen to a sample and purchase it.

Shake Your Bell In the Air

Shake your bell in the air, in the air
Shake your bell in the air, in the air
Shake your bell in the air and hold it right there
Shake your bell in the air, in the air

Shake your bell on the side, on the side
Shake your bell on the side, on the side
Shake your bell on the side as you smile really ride
Shake your bell on the side, on the side

Shake your bell way down low, way down low
Shake your bell way down low, way down low
Shake your bell way down low, then smile and say “hello”
Shake your bell way down low, way down low

Rattles

Shake!

"Shake!"

If you are interested in checking out this song, the album cover is a link to Amazon where you can listen to a sample and purchase it.

We Shake & Shake & Stop

We shake and shake and stop
We shake and shake and stop
We shake and shake and shake and shake
and shake and shake and stop

Egg Shakers

Going to Kentucky

I was going to Kentucky
Going to the fair
to see the senorita with the flower in her hair
Oh shake it, shake it, shake it
Shake it if you can
Shake it like a milkshake
And do the best you can
Oh wobble to the bottom
and wobble to the top
And turn around and turn around
until you make a stop.

Shake Your Shakers

Shake your shakers in the air
Shake it here, shake it there
Shake your shakers in the air
Shake your shakers.

Shake it high and shake it low
Shake it yes, shake it no
Shake it high and shake it low
Shake your shakers

Shake it up and shake it down
Shake your shaker on the ground
Shake it up and shake it down
Shake your shakers

Shake it fast and shake it slow
Shake it stop, shake it go
Shake it fast and shake it slow
Shake your shaker

I Know A Chicken

"I Know a Chicken"

​If you are interested in checking out this song, the album cover is a link to Amazon where you can listen to a sample and purchase it.

Goodbye Song: We Wave Goodbye Like This

We wave goodbye like this
We wave goodbye like this
We clap our hands for all our friends
We wave goodbye like this.