Dream English Kids Songs 2: The Hokey Pokey!
This song is a great warm up. It is very simple and I use it with kids from 2 years olds and up. The Hokey Pokey is a traditional song from the USA written by Larry La Prise, but I changed the lyrics to make it a bit easier for small children in an ESL classroom. This song is a great review of body parts. Recently if I don't do this song in the lesson, my students are requesting it! See below for a video of how I teach the song and full lyrics.

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This is a video of how I teach the Hokey Pokey from a recent concert. It does not contain the whole song, but I hope it will give you some ideas!

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Hokey Pokey!
It’s time for the hokey pokey, here we go!
Put your head in, put your head out, put your head in and you wiggle, wiggle, wiggle.
You do the hokey pokey spin around , clap, clap, clap, clap.
You put your ears in, put your ears out, you put your ears in and wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
You do the hokey pokey spin around , clap, clap, clap, clap.
You do the hokey pokey, hands up, hands down
Do the hokey pokey, hands in front and hands behind
Jump in, jump out, jump in and wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
You do the hokey pokey spin around , clap, clap, clap, clap.
Put your hands in, put your hands out, put your hands in and wiggle….
You do the hokey pokey spin around , clap, clap, clap, clap.
You do the hokey pokey, hands up, hands down
Do the hokey pokey, hands in front and hands behind
You put your knees in, put your knees out, put your knees in and wiggle….
You do the hokey pokey spin around , clap, clap, clap, clap.
Ok, now sit down
Put your feet in, put your feet out, put your feet in and wiggle…
You do the hokey pokey spin around , clap, clap, clap, clap.
You do the hokey pokey, hands up, hands down
Do the hokey pokey, hands in front and hands behind
You do the hokey pokey, hands up, hands down
Do the hokey pokey, ‘cause that’s what its all about!

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