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40-50 Second MP3
Sound Clips

1. It's Time to Clean
4.  Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
8. Where I Am
10. Double Trouble
11.  Animal Acts
15. Clap 1 Far Out
23. Make Up a Story About a Girl

 

Smart Songs 2             Lyrics for Music CD

1.  It’s Time To Clean  1:30
2. Everybody Has To Potty  1:03
3. Where They Go (Home)  1:18
4. Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner   1:18
5. I Brush My Teeth  :49

6.  I Go To The Library :57
7.  We’re Born   1:50
8. Where I Am :56 

9. Good Manners  :57
10. Double Trouble  1:16
11. Animal Acts  1:34
12. A Week Has 7 Days  1:41

13. I Spy (colors)  2:06

14. We Drive a Car   1:25
15. Clap One Far Out  1:15

16. Opposites  1:03
17. After A Comes B  1:50

18. AEIOU (short vowels)  1:19
19. I Know Spanish (animals)
  1:24
20. A Counting We Will Go (By 5 to 100)  :52
21. Counting We Will Go (By 10 to 100)  :37
22. Clap One Far Out (Spanish Version)  1:17
23. Make Up a Story (About a Girl)  3:00

Approximate running time: 31 minutes

© 2003 Russ InVision. All Rights Reserved
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1.  It’s Time To Clean
Don't forget to show the children how to clean up, that everything has its place, and where that place is. Try assigning children to different sections of the room or having section leaders who checks the cleaned area.  You can rotate the leaders each day or each week.

It’s time clean it up
It’s time to clean today
It’s time to tidy up
And put your things away
It’s time to stack the books
It’s time to clean the floor

It’s time to clear the way
From the wall to the door
It’s time to pack it neat
And put it all away
It’s time to clear the tables
Time to clean today

It’s time clean it up
It’s time to clean today
It’s time to tidy up
And put your things away
It’s time to stack the books

It’s time to clean the floor
It’s time to clear the way
From the wall to the door
It’s time to pack it neat
And put it all away
It’s time to clear the tables
Time to clean today  

2.  Everybody Has To Potty

Everybody has to Potty
Everybody has to go
When we do we
use the bathroom
find the toilet
and push out below.

Everybody has to Potty
Everybody has to go
When we’re done

we wash our hands with
soap and water
No more germs, no, no

That’s right cause…
Everybody has to Potty
Everybody has to go
When we do we
use the bathroom
Find the toilet
and push out below.

That’s right we
find the toilet and
push out below  

3. Where They Go (Home)
It's a great time to discuss where things go in the house and why.  That each room has a purpose, but that not everyone has a large home with a different room or place for everything.  Click here for more discussion topics.

Do you know
Do you know
Where the soap & toothpaste go
In the bathroom
In the bathroom

Yes, I know
Yes, I know

Do you know
Do you know
Where the nails & hammer go
In the tool box
In the tool box

Yes, I know
Yes, I know

Do you know
Do you know
Where the bed & dresser goes
In the bedroom
In the bedroom

Yes, I know
Yes, I know

Do you know
Do you know
Where the clothes & hangers go
In the closet
In the closet

Yes, I know
Yes, I know

Do you know
Do you know
Where the fridge & oven go
In the kitchen
In the kitchen

Yes, I know
Yes, I know

Do you know
Do you know
Where the cups & saucers
In the cabinet
In the cabinet

Yes, I know
Yes, I know

Do you know
Do you know
Where the desk & printer go
In the office
In the office

Yes, I know
Yes, I know

Do you know
Do you know
Where the plants & flowers grow
In the garden
In the garden

Yes, I know
Yes, I know

 Now make up your own…

Do you know
Do you know
Where the ________ go
In the ________
In the ________
Yes, I know
Yes, I know

4. Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Discussion of the daily cycle of the day and how the day cycles into night.  Then how the our bodies wind down and rest, only to start anew the next morning. You can introduce the concept of time, and give the children specific times for things that happen during their day; snack, play, study, lunch, study, play, go home.

ACTIVITY: Have children cut out pictures of food from magazines and tape or paste them on a blank sheet of paper to build their own food pyramid, or on a paper plate to make their own nutritional meal. 

Oh, when the sun
Starts up the day
I eat my breakfast
Right away

Morning breakfast
Lunch at noon
Dinner’s evening
Bedtime’s soon

Oh when it’s noon
I break for lunch
Eat something healthy
Munch & crunch  

Morning breakfast
Lunch at noon
Dinner’s evening
Bedtime’s soon

Oh when the sun
Sets for the night
I eat my dinner
I eat right

Morning breakfast
Lunch at noon
Dinner’s evening
Bedtime’s soon

5.  I Brush My Teeth
Children should know the importance of brushing their teeth, and the consequences of not doing so. Give them an assignment of asking a relative to open their mouth so the child can examine their teeth and ask questions.

ACTIVITY: Have the kids make a "tooth fairy" bag out of paper lunch bags, that are cut down to a smaller bag. They can decorate them with color and glitter that might attract a fairy.  - Discuss what foods are good for our teeth? What foods are bad? Why? Which foods stick to our teeth? How will that affect their mouths? Demonstrate basic brushing to children. Remember to slowly demonstrate brushing on the outside, the inside, and the chewing surfaces of the top and bottom teeth, using short vibrating strokes. Discuss a brushing schedule. Talk about experiences at the dentist.

I brush my teeth each morning
And floss them in between
Brush up and down and all around
Then rinse out in the sink

Now when they’re clean, they’re clean
And when they’re not, they’re not
Brush plaque away, both night and day
To fight you’re the tooth decay

I brush again at bedtime
Before I go to sleep
My teeth are white
And shining bright
No cavities for me

Now when they’re clean, they’re clean
And when they’re not, they’re not
Brush plaque away, both night and day
To fight you’re the tooth decay  

6. I Go To The Library
Discuss their experiences at the library. What can you do at the library: read, use computer, borrow books, return books, pay for lost books, rent videos and music, etc. Does the library have books on all subjects?  What does a librarian do? How do we find books at the library?  Can we just put books back anywhere once we've read them? Why not?

I go to the library
to check out books for free
To read and study lots of things
of interest to me

Shhhhhh...

Books about how things are made
cars, machines, and candy
books about our animals
from zebra to chimpanzee

I go to the library
to check out books for free
I take them back 
when I am told
or else I pay some money

Shhhhhh...

Books about our whole body
Our world, and art, and history
Anything you want to know
You’ll find it in the library  

Shhhhhh...

7. We're Born
Introduce the discussion of the natural order of things. This is  your opportunity to delicately introduce death.

We’re Born
We live
We laugh
We cry
We play
We grow
We die

Our spirits soar
Oh, way up high
Some day
We’ll say goodbye  

8. Where I Am
This song is a simple repetitive song about spatial awareness and sequential order.  You can use hand /body movements of your own, or those I use in my workshops. Click here for some suggestions.

ACTIVITY: Pick a subject and let the children come up with a sequential order for that subject. Example:  dirt, seed, plant, branch, tree, nest, bird, egg.

I’m a person
I’m a person

In a space
In a space

In a room
In a room

Of a place
Of a place

On a road
On a road 

Or a street
Or a street

In a town
In a town

Or a city
Or a city

Of a state
Of a state

In a country
In a country

That is great
That is great

On a continent
On a continent

That is part
That is part

Of the world
Of the world

On a planet
On a planet

That is Earth
That is Earth

In this huge
In this huge

Universe
Universe

That is where
That is where

I am
I am  

9.  Good Manners
Pretty self explanatory. Good time to discuss good manners, act out proper responses, and discuss what not to do.  Act out bad manners and have the children pick whether that response was good or bad.

When I give a greeting
"Hello" is what I say

If someone tells me nice things
"Thank you" is what I say

If I don’t want something
"No, Thank You" is what I say

When I ask for something
Then "Please" is what I say
 

When I’m interrupting
"Excuse me" is what I say

If I hurt some feelings
"I’m sorry" is what I say

If someone is sneezing
"Bless you" is what I say

If someone is leaving
"Goodbye" is what I say  

10. Double Trouble
Pretty self explanatory.  Good time to discuss classroom rules.

If I don’t listen
I get in trouble

On the double

If I’m too loud then
I get in trouble
On the double

If I won’t share things
I get in trouble
On the double

If I say bad words
I get in trouble
On the double

If I’m not nice then
I get in trouble
On the double

If I don’t clean up
I get in trouble
On the double

If I tell lies then  
I get in trouble
On the double

I get in trouble
On the double

I get in trouble
On the double
Double Trouble

11.  Animal Acts

  Cheetahs like to run so fast
  Run so fast, run so fast
  Cheetahs like to run so fast
  Take your feet and run in place

Sloths they like to move so slow
Move so slow, move so slow
Sloths they like to move so slow
Move your legs and walk so slow

Snakes they like to slither low
slither low, slither low
snakes they like to slither low
take your arms and slither low

Birds they like to fly so high
Fly so high, fly so high
birds they like to fly so high
Flap your arms way, way up high

Fish they like to swim around
Swim around, swim around
Fish they like to swim around
Take your arms and swim around

12. A Week Has 7 Days

A week has 7 days
Everybody knows them
Start with Monday
Sing the rest to me

Monday, Tuesday
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Saturday, Sunday  

Which day is today?  ___?___

Monday, Tuesday
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Saturday, Sunday

What was yesterday? ___?___

Can you name the
day that starts the school week?
Can you name it?
I will wait and see. ___?___

Can you name the
last day of the school week?
Can you name it?  
I will wait and see. ___?___

Can you name the
the day that starts the weekend?
Can you name it?  
I will wait and see. ___?___

Can you name the
the day that ends the weekend?
Can you name it?  
I will wait and see. ___?___

Monday, Tuesday
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Saturday, Sunday
7 days a week  

12. I Spy  (colors)
Introduce the various aspects of color as listed below. Click here for more tips and activities with color.

I see colors
with my keen eye
Can you find some colors

Come play I spy 

I spy fire engine red nearby
Do you spy red
Come play I spy
___?___

I spy the color black
like the night sky
Do you see black
Come play I spy
___?___

I spy the color green
somewhere nearby
Do you see green
Come play I spy
___?___

I spy a sky blue
somewhere nearby
Do you see blue
Come play I spy
___?___

I spy a snowy white
somewhere nearby
Do you see white
Come play I spy
___?___

I spy lemon yellow
somewhere nearby
Do you see yellow
Come play I spy
___?___

I spy an orange orange
somewhere nearby
Do you see orange
Come play I spy
___?___

We spied colors
with our keen eyes
we spied colors 
and played I spy

14.  We Drive in the Car
Discuss the topic of transportation and follow the motions as directed. Relate the action to the experiences o the children. What have they seen? What have they ridden on?

We drive in the car
And turn the wheel
Turn the wheel
Turn the wheel
We drive in the car
and turn the wheel
All through the town

The doors in the bus
Go open and shut
Open and shut
Open and shut
The doors in the bus
Open and shut
All through the town

Our motorcycle
Leans left and right
Left and right
Left and right
Our motorcycle
Leans left and right
All through the town

We fly in the plane
And soar on wings
soar on wings
soar on wings
we fly in the plane

All through the sky

We float in a boat
And row, row, row
Row, row, row
Row, row, row
We float in a boat
And row, row, row
all over the sea

We chug in the train
And toot, toot, toot
toot, toot, toot
toot, toot, toot
We chug in the train
And toot, toot, toot
Straight down the track 

15.  Clap 1 Far Out
A simple clapping game challenging the children to clap in a specific direction while changing the rhythm based on the number that is called out.  Review how increasing or decreasing the number of claps will change the speed/tempo/placement of the clapping beat.

Listen well
To play this game
you have to clap
where I tell you

Clap 1 far out  <Clap>                                   
3 up high <Clap Clap Clap>
1 close by <Clap>
2 down low <Clap Clap>   
4 in back <Clap Clap Clap Clap>
1 up top <Clap>
2 below <Clap Clap>

Once again
Now here we go.

Clap 1 far out
4 up top
2 down low
3 close by
1 in back
3 on the side
2 below

Once again
Now here we go.

Clap 4 far out
1 up top
3 in back
2 to the side
4 close by
1 far out
3 below

And the song ends
Just like so  

16. Opposites
Have the children come up with their own opposites, and make up their own verses.

This old man
He begins
He starts something
Then he ends
The opposite of begin is end
The opposite of begin is end

This old man
He will stop
When he’s ready
He will go
The opposite of stop is go
The opposite of stop is go

This old man
He is here
Once he moves
Then he is there
The opposite of here is there
The opposite of here is there

This old man
He is first
If he’s late
He could be last
The opposite of first is last
The opposite of first is last

This old man
He is low
He climbs up

Then he’s up high
The opposite of low is high
The opposite of low is high

This old man
He walks out
Turns around
And walks back in
The opposite of out is in
The opposite of out is in

17. After A Comes B
A reactive song that helps children learn the random placement of select letters within the alphabet. Children can call out random letters of their own, challenging their friends to say what comes next. To increase the level of difficulty, kids ask what comes before specific letters.

After A comes B
After B comes C
After C comes D
After D comes E
After F comes G
After O comes P
After S comes T
After U comes V
After Y comes Z

Now repeat
after me
After A comes B

After A comes __?__
After B comes __?__
After C comes __?__
After D comes __?__
After F comes __?__
After O comes __?__
After S comes __?__
After U comes __?__
After Y comes __?__

Now repeat
after me
After A comes B        (faster)

After A comes __?__
After B comes __?__
After C comes __?__
After D comes __?__
After F comes __?__
After O comes __?__
After S comes __?__
After U comes __?__
After Y comes __?__

That’s it
You see
After A comes B  

18. AEIOU (short)

This is the way we say short vowels
Short, short vowels
Short, short vowels
This is the way we say short vowels
AEIOU

A sounds like (ah) in CAT
SAT, RAT
Short, short (ah) in CAT
AEIOU

E sound like (eh) in GET
NET, WET
Short, short (eh) in GET
AEIOU

I sounds like (ih) in PIG
DIG, BIG
Short, short (ih) in PIG
AEIOU

O sounds like (oh) in FROG
JOG, LOG 
Short, short (oh) in FROG
AEIOU

U sounds like (uh) in FUN
RUN, SUN
Short, short (uh) in FUN
AEIOU  

19. I Know Spanish (animals)
This song is shouted like a cheer, and using the same melody, you can replace the animals with any group of words you would like to present.

I know Spanish
How about you?
I know animals
You can too
I say words
Here’s what you do
Copy me
So you’ll know too.

When I say one,
you say dog.
One, perro
one, ___?___

Spanish animals

Dog, perro
Cat, gato
Cow, vaca
Rat, rata
Goat, cabra
Pig, puerco
Chicken, pollo
Duck, pato
Bird, pa’jaro
Horse, caballo

20. A Counting We Will Go (by 5 to 100)

A counting we will go
just pick something you know
Hi, Ho, the merry O
A counting we will go

By 5 to 100                ___?___

21. A Counting We Will Go (by 10 to 100)

A counting we will go
just pick something you know
Hi, Ho, the merry O
A counting we will go

By 10 to 100            ___?___

22. Clap 1 Far Out  (Spanish)

Escucha bien
Y applaude donde te digo

 Aplaude una vez mas lejos
Tres mas alto
Una mas cerca
Dos abajo
cuatro detras
Una arriba
Dos abajo

Otra Vez
PuesVamonos

Aplaude una vez mas lejos
cuatro mas alto
Dos abajo
Tres mas cerca
Una detras
Tres al lado
Dos abajo

Otra Vez
Pues Vamonos

Aplaude cuatro vez mas lejos
Una arriba
Tres detras
Dos al lado
cuatro mas cerca
Uno mas lejos
Tres detras

Y la cancio’n
Termino

23. Make Up a Story (About a Girl)
Note: Have the children take turns filling in the blanks of this story. Answers
can be silly or serious, or both.

Once upon a time there was a little girl named __1__, who lived in a silver __2__ in the land of make believe.  She was always very __3__, and she looked just like a __4__.  The animals really loved her, especially the __5__ and the __6__, who would come and visit her and give her lots of __7__ everyday.  She would say thank you, and give them some __8__ in return.  This land of make believe was a beautiful place with a sky the color of __9__, grass that tasted like __10__, leaves that felt like __11__, and flowers that smelled like__12___.  In the summer the most beautiful __13___ would grow just on the other side of her __14__.  She liked to sit and watch it wind its way around the __15__, before it sprang out over the __16__.  In the winter, the days would become __17__, and the special __18__ would grow. She would bundle up in her __19__, slip on her __20__and skip down to the __21__ to skate over the __22__. All of the magic little __23__ would join her to celebrate the coming of the __24__, and the bloom of the great __25__. They would stay all day until it was time to paint the __26__, and build the special __27__ out of clay.  They would all bundle up because they wanted to cook __28__, and read books about__29__ until it was so dark that they couldn’t see the __30__ anymore.  That’s when she would look up to the __31__, wish on a __32__, and then get up and head back to her silver __33__.  Once home, she would write in her __34__, and then get read for __35__.   When she woke up in the morning, there was always a thoughtful__36__ there waiting for her to __37__.  The End

 

  

Credits:

Music Composition, Arrangement & Production: Bill Burchell

Original Lyrics & Original Songs: Angela Russ

Producer & Director: Angela Russ, Russ InVision

Recording Engineer: Master Groove Studies

CD Graphics: Moonlight Graphics

Special thanks to Robert Picardo
for his rendition of
Everybody Has to Potty"

Singers:

Angela Russ, Tim Russ, Robert Picardo, Jisel Soleil Ayon

 Dedicated to my loving family:
Jose, Jisel & Marcos Ayon

  

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