Boom chicka boom!Using songs & chants in the YL Classroom

Kylie MalinowskaIH Prague

Akcent Conference 2012

Boom Chicka Boom

Hello!What’s your

name?

Boom Chicka Boom

Hey ______!I think I hear my name.

Hey ______!I think I hear it again.

You’re wanted on the telephone.

Well if it isn’t ______ I’m not home!

Boom Chicka Boom

Enthusiasm

Fun

Confidence

Boom Chicka Boom

Me: I said a Boom Chicka Boom

You: I said a Boom Chicka Boom

Boom Chicka Boom

Me: I said a Boom Chicka Boom

You: I said a Boom Chicka Boom

Boom Chicka Boom

Me: I said a boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom!

You: I said a Boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom!

Boom Chicka Boom

Uh huhUh Huh

Oh yeahOh Yeah

One more time One more time

Boom Chicka Boom

______ style

Boom Chicka Boom

I said a Boom Chicka Boom

I said a Boom Chicka Boom

I said a Boom Chicka Rocka Chicka Rocka

Chicka Boom

Uh huh

Oh yeah

One more time ______ style.

Boom Chicka Boom

I like to eat apples and bananas.

I like to eat apples and bananas.

Boom Chicka Boom

I like to ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays.

I like to ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays

Boom Chicka Boom

I like to eat ee-ples and bee-nee-nees.

I like to eat ee-ples and bee-nee-nees.

Boom Chicka Boom

I like to ite i-ples and bi-ni-nis.

I like to ite i-ples and bi-ni-nis.

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Boom Chicka Boom

I like to ote oh-ples and bo-no-nos.

I like to ote oh-ples and bo-no-nos.

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Head shoulders knees and toes

I

Boom Chicka Boom

Boom Chicka Boom

Boom Chicka Boom2 3 1

2 3 12 3 1

2 3 2 32 3 1

Boom Chicka Boom

What is it?A B

What is it? It’s a _________.

A what? A ___________!

A ___________? Yes! A _________.

Oh, a ___________.

Boom Chicka Boom2 3 1

apple banana pear

I like applesShe likes bananasThey like pearsThey like pears

Boom Chicka Boom

Do you like apples?Yes, I do!

Do you like bananas?No, I don’t!

Do you like pears?Yes, I do. Yes, I do.

Frere JacquesAre you sleeping,Are you sleeping?

Brother John?Brother John?

Morning bells are ringing,Morning bells are ringing,

Ding ding dong,Ding ding dong.

Boom Chicka Boom

Frere JacquesLook and listen, Look and Listen (point to eyes then ears)

What is this? What is this? (hold out arms shrugging and point it flashcard)

Is it a.....(pause for a moment to scratch head and shrug) monkey?

Is it a monkey? (mime monkey)

Yes, yes, yes. Yes, yes, yes (nod and give the thumbs up)

Boom Chicka Boom

Frere JacquesI am hungry, I am hungry

(rub belly)

I want apples, I want apples (mime ieating apples)

Yummy Yummy yummy, Yummy yummy yummy. (rub belly and lick lips)

I like apples. I like apples.(nod head and mime eating an apple)

5, 4, 3, 2, 1 STOP

Boom Chicka Boom

Boom Chicka Boom

I went to school yesterday.I’ve been to school today.I’ll go to school tomorrow!I go to school every day!

Boom Chicka Boom

1. Choose the language you want to practise

2. Choose a tune you are familiar with3. Write your chant/ song and

remember .....some repetition and or actions will make it even more memorable!

Thanks for listening.Thanks for listening.

And for singing! And for singing!

And don’t forget the chanting, don’t forget the chanting.

Time to go.Time to go.

Boom Chicka Boom