My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean (or other song with repeated sounds)
For any song with repeated sounds. Example: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
Start out with one sound, say /b/ (buh). Each time you hear a /b/ raise your hands over your head.
Sing the song and raise your hands over your head each time you hear the sounds /b/.
Then add another sound, say /m/ (mmmm). Each time you hear /m/, tap your knees.
Sing the song again doing the motions for both sounds.
Aside: Putting motions to sounds helps your children hear the sounds. This helps develop phonological awareness, the ability to hear the smaller sounds in words.
Words to song:
My bonnie lies over the ocean; my bonnie lies over the sea.
My bonnie lies over the ocean; so bring back my bonnie to me.
Bring back, oh bring back, oh bring back my bonnie to me, to me.
Bring back, bring back, oh bring back my bonnie to me.