 Get your Raggedy Andy, pull out your
dress-up trunk, and get ready for the "Tea Party Shuffle," an exciting new
collection of songs from Elizabeth McMahon. Shake a leg at the "Snowman's
Cafe," have a parade with the "4th of July," and set up your own pizza parlor
while singing, "How I love that Pizza Pie!"
Produced by Tom Knight, who also produced Elizabeth's first album, Blue Sky
Sparklin' Day, this recording features outstanding performances by a wide
variety of musicians. You'll hear songs about family life, whimsical vignettes
of the natural world, and a few that put a classic folk tale to music.
Celebrating the joys in life, the songs range in style from Folk to Fox Trot,
Doo-Wop to Dulcimer, and Blues to Bluegrass.
Song Titles: Tea Party Shuffle, The Aquarium, Pizza Pie, Rise and Shine, The
Country Life/Red Haired Boy, Cherries, Curiosity, Sailin', Peanut Butter
Sandwich, Norman, 4th of July, The Gingerbread Boy, Snowman's Cafe, How Do You
Say, My Pussycat, Lullaby
 Tea Party Shuffle
The art of conversation and
manners can be practiced in the context of a Tea Party. At home or at school,
bring your favorite stuffed animal, serve animal crackers and juice ,and talk
about manners and conversation. Children will have fun nibbling cookies and
chatting. Then everyone can do the dance,
“Let your elbow be
the handle, your arm becomes the spout
Shuffle to the left
and pour the water out
Simmer for a
moment, turn yourself around
Shuffle back to the
table and sit right down.”
Aquarium
This song is about life beneath
the sea and the fish that swim about, a perfect song to accompany the study of
the ocean. Let children choose different sea creatures to study.
Make a large mural of a coral
reef with everyone drawing the fish and creatures they learned about.
Rise and Shine
 This
is a great echo song and a a good way to start the day.
Rise and shine ,
it’s morning time
Jump in your
clothes, lace up your toes
Hop downstairs, sit
down to eat
Good morning
everybody, did you have a nice sleep.
Out the door, with
a skip and a jump
It’s Saturday, and
we’re ready to play
Run down to the
creek run up the pond
Those frogs and
jumpin’, with their green suits on
Feel the sun warmin’
up the sky
Pick some berries
for strawberry pie
There are 4 blue
eggs in the robin’s nest
It’s the season,
the one I like best.
This
is the Spring/ Summer verse above; the Fall verse is on the CD, and the Winter
verse is available with just an
email to
Mrs. McPuppet.
Norman
 This is a funny song about a
pet rat but the last line of the chorus:
“
and I see you’ve been busy expanding your mind”
Could be used in a fun way to encourage learning and growing
Pizza Pie
The rhyme scheme of the verses
of this song are aabb.
Write new verses and
perform for family and friends.
When I perform for grades 3-5,
students perform the song with me and sing their verses. Ms. Sculley
at Homer-Brink School developed a rhyming lesson to create new verses for Pizza
Pie. Click here to view and print this sheet.
“Cut it in quarters, cut it in eights
I love the geometric shape it makes
Have
if for dinner have it for lunch
The
extra piece is fine for brunch.”
Snowman’s Café
During the winter season, this
is a song to dance to.
“Shake a leg here, shake a leg
there
Shiver like a snowflake in the
air
Turn yourself around with a
thank you and a please
Wiggle you toes, wobble your
knees.”
 Curiosity
Let’s stir the pot of
curiosity. Share your interests, what do you collect?
Have a curiosity corner or box
in the classroom – guess what this is?
It could be a milk weed pod or
a fossil or a turkey feather.
 4th of July
The chorus of this song is
perfect for marching. In contrast, the verses are quiet, everyone is still.
Make flags out of paper, cut , color, and tape onto
sticks and have a parade.
Gingerbread Man
When November arrives and the
holidays are ahead, the Gingerbread Man enters the scene.
This lively song tells the
story and everyone can join in to sing the chorus. Start with just using your
arms to suggest running, then stand and run slowly in place and finally full
speed ahead ( all in place)
Make puppets for the fox and
gingerbread man, click here for directions.
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