Parachute Songs and Rhymes

I’ve had a parachute at Binbrook for years and have many songs that I sing when the parachute comes out.

Here’s some we always sing –

Shake and Shake

Tune:  Tap and Stop on Tickles and Tunes by Kathy Reid Naiman

Let’s shake and shake and shake and shake and stop! 

(hold the stop for a few seconds for suspense)

Let’s shake and shake and shake and shake and stop! 

Let’s shake and shake and shake and shake and stop! 

Let’s shake and shake and shake and shake and stop! 

(gradually get faster and faster)

This one is great for shakers too!

When the Parachute Goes Up

Sung to: "If you‛re happy and you know it"

When the parachute goes up - Stomp your feet

When the parachute goes up - Stomp your feet

When the parachute is high

And floats up in the sky

When the parachute goes up - Stomp your feet

... bend your knees...wiggle your bottom...lift one leg...shout hooray...shake your head…etc.

POPcorn

(Start by crouching low and shaking the parachute slowly)

You put the oil in the pot and you let it get hot

You put the popcorn in and you start to grin

Sizzle, sizzle x5

POP!  (jump up on pop and lift the parachute into the air)

Sleeping bunnies ……… a great one to sing.  Have the parents hold the parachute and the kids lay under it.  When they hop up the parachute lifts into the air and parents shake it.

Zoom, Zoom We’re Going to the Moon……another good one.  Crouch low and jump up when the kids “blast off”.

Grand Old Duke of York……a favourite too. 

Submitted by Denise, BI