Jumping In The Waves

                           *from STONES HILL SONGS*

This simple action-echo song takes lots of energy, but once going follows its own natural flow, like the waves in the sea.

Combining the singing voice with rhythmical body movement is a natural but powerful sensory integrative activity. Some children may be more comfortable with the singing, others with the movement. Try singing it without the movement - challenging! We are designed to move. 

Also try doing the song in sequence without singing - this develops auditory memory as the lines ring in the head.

While having fun, you are helping develop:  bodymind literacy; spatial awareness; bilateral motor integration; motor planning; sequential memory and muscle tone. The movement feeds into the speech and language loop, and the singing feeds back into the movement. How marvellously we are designed! 

You will get fit teaching your classes this way; be quite comfortable with the moves yourself as the children are born to copy you. Practice on your own first so that you can demonstrate with confidence. Learn each line with its accompanying move, and look for a quality of flow in the moves, suggesting waves.

The moves are partly drawn from a type of dance known as NIA dance (Neuro-muscular Integrative Activity). 

End with a decrescendo (musical term meaning gradually softer), and simultaneously let the moves get smaller, fading away.


Follow the sequence, each time adding a new line and returning to the first. You can sing each line more than once - play with the practice of repetition!




I'm jumping in the waves  (always return to this one)
  Hold the nose and go under
  Take a tumble, take a tumble
  Balance up on a board
  Surf a wave into shore
  Watch the waves rolling in,  the waves rolling out    
  Ssshhh!   ( sound of waves to end, gradually softer)


Explore the collection of Stones Hill songs-and -dances for children 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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