Sing Outside
Young Song Leaders Workshops – Summer 2025
Warms Ups
🟢 Warm up (green) – Clap Your Hands
– (clap, stamp, hips, wave, tap knees, wave hands, point fingers pat ears, going down, sit and listen…….fold arms)
– Use ‘thinking voice’ for Beat 8, then 7 and 8, then 6, 7 and 8 etc.
– All sit on ‘going down’
– Sit and listen – keep absolutely still then fold arms on Beat 8 (telepathic communication!)
– Use in canon, to help develop part skills. Remember to keep the pulse really steady
🔵 Warm up (blue) – Bananas of the World Unite!
– First clap must be bang on the syllable ‘nite’ ( from ‘u-nite’)
– Order: pick, peel, chop, mash, blend, shake, drink, go.
– Make the most of the actions!
🔴 Warm up (additional) – 8, 4, 2, 1
8,4,2,1 (head, shoulders, thighs, clap)
– End with a big ‘Hey’ and hold it for the camera!
– Keep the pulse really steady otherwise it WILL get faster!
– Try in canon, first 8 beats apart, then 4, then 2. If that goes well try only 1 beat apart – really tricky
Playground Songs – Videos
🟢 Session 1 material (green)
I Have Lost My Little Partner (most suitable for EY / KS1)
Lemonade Song (most suitable for EY / KS1)
John Kanaka (most suitable for KS2)
Old Brass Wagon (most suitable for KS2)
🔵 Session 2 material (blue)
Doggy Doggy (most suitable EY / KS1)
Away We Go (Jump To and Fro) (most suitable for KS2)
Tony Chestnut (suitable for all)
Grandma (suitable for all)
Li’l Liza Jane (suitable for all)
🔴 Additional material – if time and at massed YSL sessions (red)
Going on a Picnic (most suitable for EY / KS1)
Essequibo River (nost suitable for KS2)
Dr. Knickerbocker (suitable for all)
