Children’s songs to dance

Music is a great instrument for developing children’s artistic and motor skills. Through the rhythm and lyrics of the songs, children not only have fun listening to them, but also develop their senses, learn to coordinate hands and feet, and enhance their memory and reasoning . Thus, in an entertaining and didactic way, the smallest of the house are improving their skills without the need for effort.

There are many types of songs that are accompanied by easy and fun dances. They range from the simplest, for children one and two years old in development, to various variations of body movements for older ages in which children are prepared to give it their all on the makeshift dance floors in the middle of the room.

NURSERY RHYMES FOR CHILDREN UP TO TWO YEARS

These types of songs are widely used to teach the smallest of the house gestures as simple as greetings and applause and improve their psychomotor skills . They are very short songs with hardly any movements so that they are easy to follow. In addition, the lyrics are designed to enhance your memory through small rhythmic and repetitive stanzas.

Palmas palmitasPalms, palm hearts, figs and chestnuts,

sugar and nougat for my child are.

Palms, palms, daddy’s coming

palms palms that will come later

Palms, palms, daddy’s coming

palms palmitas that at home is already

I take out a handI take out a little hand and make her dance

I close it, open it and put it back

I take out another hand and make her dance

I close it, open it and put it back

I take out the two little hands and make them dance,

I close them, open them and put them back.

CHILDREN’S SONGS FOR CHILDREN FROM THREE YEARS

This type of song has a greater complexity, both at a rhythmic level and when it comes to dancing. They are usually much longer songs whose dances include jumps, turns on oneself and movements of feet and hands. These songs are designed for children who already have high motor skills and are often learned in kindergartens and schools.

They are a great tool to enhance children’s brain skills , hence their great variety. You can find songs about animals , about parts of the body, about numbers, about family … some well known and consecrated as classics of popular children’s culture in Spain and others more modern but just as catchy and fun.

At the back of the potatoHolding hands, forming a circle, the children go around while singing the song . In the stanza of ‘Achupé’ they begin to jump to finally be seated on the ground at the end of the song, just as the lyrics say.

At the back of the potato

we will eat salad

how the gentlemen eat

oranges and lemons

¡Achupé! ¡Achupé!

I sat down!

The sailor dancesFollowing the lyrics of this funky and catchy song, the children will move different parts of the body , finger, hand, elbow, shoulder, head, tail, knee and foot, to the rhythm set by the song , making a chain of movements that ends up being a dance very fun.

The sailor dance, dance, dance, dance

The sailor dances, dances with his finger

With your finger, finger, finger

This is how the sailor dances

The sailor dance, dance, dance, dance

The sailor dances, dances with his hand

With the hand, hand, hand

With your finger, finger, finger

This is how the sailor dances

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ChuchuwaLike the previous song, this one seeks to improve children’s motor skills and memory , creating chains of funny dance movements while following the rhythm of the song.

Chuchuwa, wa, wa

Company, arm outstretched

Chuchuwa, wa, wa

Company, outstretched arm, clenched fist

Chuchuwa, wa, wa

Company, outstretched arm, clenched fist, finger up

Chuchuwa, wa, wa

Company, outstretched arm, clenched fist, finger up, shoulders raised

Chuchuwa, wa, wa

Company, outstretched arm, clenched fist, finger up, shoulders up, head back

Chuchuwa, wa, wa

Company, outstretched arm, clenched fist, finger up, shoulders up, head back, butt back

Chuchuwa, wa, wa

Company, outstretched arm, clenched fist, finger up, shoulders up, head back, butt back, penguin feet

Chuchuwa, wa, wa

Company, outstretched arm, clenched fist, finger up, shoulders up, head back, butt back, penguin feet, tongue sticking out

Chuchuwa, wa, wa

The yard of my houseThis is another perfect song for dancing in a circle. The children, holding hands, dance in a circle following the melody and dancing as the song commands them : crouching, running, stretching their hands … Surely more than one father and mother are encouraged to dance this famous song with their sons!

The patio of my house is private,

when it rains it gets wet like the others.

Get down and get down again

that the crouching ones don’t know how to dance.

H, I, J, K,L, M, N, A

that if you don’t love me another girl will love me

H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O

that if you don’t love me, another girl will love me.

Chocolate, grinder,

runs, runs,

that I get you.

To stretch, to stretch, that the devil is going to happen.

Daddy’s carThis song is perfect for children to imagine that they are riding in their own car and imitate the movements they make when driving while having fun with the funny lyrics of the song.

Traveling is a pleasure

what usually happens to us

in daddy’s car

we will go for a walk

Let’s go for a ride, pi pi pi

In a brand new car, pi pi pi

but I don’t care, pi pi pi

because I have cake, pi pi pi

attention let’s go through a tunnel

you will go through the tunnel

the horn will you honk

the song of pi pi pi

the song of the pa pa pa

Let’s go for a ride, pi pi pi

In an ugly car, pi pi pi

but I don’t care, pi pi pi

because I have cake, pi pi pi

I am a cupThe parts of the body also serve to represent objects and an example of this is this famous song that has been making children and adults dance to the rhythm of the melody for years and years.

Cup, kettle, spoon, ladle

soup plate, dinner plate, knife, fork

salt shaker, sugar bowl, mixer, express pot

I am a cup, a kettle

a spoon and a ladle

a deep plate, a shallow plate

a knife and a fork

I’m a salt shaker, sugar shaker

the blender and a pressure cooker Chu chu!

The chick PioChildren’s songs also help to learn animals and the noises they make , such as the famous ‘Pollito pío’, which teaches farm animals in a very fun and catchy way. Who has not danced to this song? There’s even a tractor on the cheep chick farm!

There is a chick on the radio

There is a chick on the radio

And the chick chick, the chick chick,

The chick cheep, the chick cheep,

The chick cheep, the chick cheep.

There is a hen on the radio

There is a hen on the radio

And the hen coo, the chick peep

The chick cheep, the chick cheep,

The chick cheep, the chick cheep.

There is also a rooster on the radio,

There is also a rooster on the radio,

And the rooster cocoroco and the hen coo,

And the chick chick, the chick chick,

The chick cheep, the chick cheep.

There’s a turkey on the radio

There’s a turkey on the radio

And the turkey glu glu glu, and the rooster cocoroco,

And the hen coo, and the chick cheep,

The chick cheep, the chick cheep, the chick cheep.

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Which one do you like the most?