From the recording Rainbows and Sunshine
This fun action song called "Are You Ready?" is perfect for 2 to 5 year old little songsters! They follow the cues and clap their hands, stamp their feet, twist their back, turn around. Then it's time to waggle and wriggle their arms, waving to the left and right, high and low! Can't forget the legs though! Bending left, right, fast and slow and all about. The little songsters will then have fun waggling their hips left right and side to side.
This is a fabulous song for learning to take cues and follow the verbal actions. It teaches concentration, listening and auditory skills, body awareness and sensory perception, and of course co-ordination. The song also encourages creative movement and artistic licence so children can fully express the actions! They are asked to be a kangaroo, an emu, a chicken and a monkey in the song..... this really encourages imagination.
The music is itself has interesting and fun syncopated rhythms - we love to give little songsters variety and some sophistication - it has great harmonies, and is easy to sing too!
Lyrics
A FUN, SYNCOPATED ACTION AND DANCE SONG!
ARE YOU READY?
Copyright Rainbows and Sunshine
My hands can shake and they can clap
Clap clap, clap clap.
My feet can step and they can stamp
Stamp stamp, stamp stamp.
My knees can bend my back can twist
And I can turn around like this.
Can you swing your arms?
Can you wriggle them about?
Wave them to the left.
Wave them to the right.
Wave your arms now really high.
Put your arms down low and touch your toes.
Wriggle your arms about.
Can you bend your legs?
Can you bend them all about?
Bend them to the left.
Bend them to the right.
Bend your legs down very low.
Bend them very fast and bend them slow.
Bend your legs about.
My hands can shake and they can clap
Clap clap, clap clap.
My feet can step and they can stamp
Stamp stamp, stamp stamp.
My knees can bend my back can twist
And I can turn around like this.
Can you waggle your hips?
Can you circle them about?
Waggle to the left, waggle to the right.
Put your hands down on your hips.
Waggle your hips from side to side.
Waggle your hips about.
Can you stamp your feet?
Can you stand on your toes?
Stamp them to the left, stamp them to the right.
Stamp your feet both fast and slow.
Stamp them soft and stamp them loud.
Stamp your feet about.
My hands can shake and they can clap
Clap clap, clap clap.
My feet can step and they can stamp
Stamp stamp, stamp stamp.
My knees can bend my back can twist
And I can turn around like this.
Turn around with a really big sound now. Whoooo!