on Let the Wild Rumpus Start. I modified it slightly and made it
for the magnetic board instead of out of felt. My tree was a bit
big for my magnetic board but it still works.
Old St. Nicholas had a Tree is a version of Old MacDonald had a Farm.
The decorations and actions that I chose for each are…
stars – twinkle, twinkle
bells – ding dong
ball ornament – jazz hands
candy cane – lick, lick
ginger bread man – yum, yum
When using a familiar song and changing words can be a challenge. In the following video you will hear several parents sing Old MacDonald before correcting themselves. I managed to make it through that story time singing the correct words but the following day I slipped up. We just need to laugh and continue on.
Here are the words...
Old St. Nicholas had a tree
Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho
And on his tree he had a candy cane
Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho
With a lick, lick here and a lick, lick there
here a lick, there a lick,
everywhere a lick, lick.
Old St. Nicholas had a tree
Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho.
Enjoy!
