I went shopping

*from STONES HILL SONGS*

    I WENT SHOPPING WITH MY MOTHER,
    I LOVE SHOPPING WITH MY MUM.
    LOOK IN THE BAG AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE BOUGHT:
      WE HAVE BANANAS IN THE BAG.

🎶This song from the Stones Hill collection is a passing-game-cum-memory-game to fire up cognitive connections and imagination. It uses repetitive add-ons and visual cues to aid the memory. It is so simple in fact that there is no need to write the music score nor any more words as you will add them yourselves, making up as you go along. 

Sit the children in a circle, pass a shopping bag round and when it gets to the "look in the bag" bit, rumble a dramatic drum roll on the knees while the lucky one gets to decide what to put in the bag. This little bit, of course, they sing solo, sometimes hardly realizing it. 

Tip #1: Once a child has had a turn they have to learn to pass the bag quickly to those who still need one. In a large group, it's helpful if the remaining children sit with their hands up so that the bag can be passed timeously to them. They will ALL WANT A TURN! 

Tip #2: When remembering a long shopping list, it helps to point at the person who named the food, in order if possible. Memory is aided by face+item.

Tip #3: You could precede the song with a discussion about foodstuffs, and decide that you can only buy vegetables, or fruit, or no junk food. Or you could say, we are shopping for a party with all the sweets and cakes. Your call!

Tip #4: Have a reusable shopping bag, rather than a plastic one, and discuss the whole throwaway issue, pertinent to our consumer driven culture. Raise awareness.

Tip #5: Modulate up (as it does in the recorded song) to stretch and challenge the voice. Sing it in different styles - operatic, jazz, sotto voce soft, or use a tired exasperated mom-voice.

HAVE FUN!

Explore the collection of Stones Hill songs listed below  - share them with people whom you know will use and enjoy them. Please acknowledge source and composer if piece is used for public performance - copyright Liz Campbell, Stones Hill songs. Feedback would also be appreciated - how the song works for you, how you may have used it: liz.jessam@gmail.com

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