Kiddie Camp Songs/Games
 

hey!
do any of you GC'ers know any good songs to teach little girls at camp? like when u have time to kill? games and songs would be great! Since i am starting camp ( for GIrl SCouts) on monday, i need some songs to sing with these girls!!
thanks!!
love
ashley

I remember a song I learned in 5th grade camp. Basically you take any nursery rhyme, and then add "...and through her out the window/the window/the second story window/With a heave and a ho, and a mighty blow/they through her out the window." K, it sounds weird now... but the kids'll love it!

Ex: Lil Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider that sat down beside her... And through her out the window, the window, the second story window. With a heave and a ho, and a mighty blow, they through her out the window.

Good luck!
~Beth

funny song!
 

hehehe! that was a funny song!
any of you old girl scouts know any???
i have to follow their rules and such.. so i dont know if i can teach em a song about throwing some one outta window!
LOL
love
ashley:D

There are a few websites with GREAT lists of Girl Scout songs and lyrics for them -- I know this because I was recently trying to find the words for The Crawdad Song. Try these:
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedFo...8851/index.htm

http://www.worldkids.net/entertainme...ngs/lyrics.htm

http://www.girlscouts.gen.il.us/songs.htm

Have fun!

Boom Chicka Boom is always a good one :)

Baby Shark is good.

"Baby Shark Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo, Baby Shark...."
"Mama Shark...."

I don't know how to describe it, but it's fun and has hand motions.

thanks!
 

thanks so proud!
those are great links! i cant wait to start singing on monday.. hehe
really i cant wait for the check at the end of the week!
love
ashley:D

Johnny Apple Seed (has some religious references in it)

Little Rabbit Foo Foo (actions song)

That reminds me of a song I learned at the National Leadership Camp at Siena College in 1994. Or maybe I learned it when I was a Counselor in 1998. At any rate, we just took nursery rhymes and huh! Made them funky now!

Little miss muffet, sat on a tuffett,
Eating her curds and HUH!
Along came a spider and sat down beside her and
HUH! Ain't that funky now?

I can't remember the chorus we did in between rhymes. . .maybe it was ooochie wallie wallie. . .or Mo-ther goose, mo-mo-ther goose now. . .

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of HUH!
Jack fell down and broke his crown and-
HUH! Ain't that funky now?

etc, etc

All I remember is lady swim, swim-swim, swim swim
See the shark -ah-ah! ah ah

but i LOOOOOOVED that!

Baby Bumblebee
 

Before I share this song, I'd like to send a shout out to Jillian Requiza, a 1995 or 96 grad of Fayetteville-Manlius High School in upstate New York, who taught it to me, now I'm teaching it to y'all!

I'm playing with my baby bumblebee
Won't my Mama be so proud of me?
I'm playing with my baby bumblebee--
Ow! It stung me!

I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee
Won't my Mama be so proud of me?
I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee--
Ew! I made a mess!

I'm licking up my baby bumblebee
Won't my Mama be so proud of me?
I'm licking up my baby bumblebee--
Ew! I don't feel so good!

I'm throwing up my baby bumblebee
Won't my Mama be so proud of me?
I'm throwing up my baby bumblebee--
Ah! I feel better!

I'm flushing down my baby bumblebee
Won't my Mama be so proud of me?
I'm flushing down my baby bumblebee--
SWISSSSHHHHH!

Re: Baby Bumblebee
 

omg i TOTALLY remember that!!! :)

This isn't a song but . . . I seem to recall a game from Girl Scout camp that I used to play. The game involved claping in rhythm and counting backwards from 100. Every girl but one started with a partner. The partnerless girl goes in the middle. She then (as quickly as she can) takes someone elses partner and the girl without a partner has to go find someone new. I think we also had a rule that you had to run to the middle of the circle first. When the group gets to zero you can have them yell something like "count down" or "bam". The girl caught in the middle then loses and starts the next game in the middle. This was a favorite game and we played it EVERY morning while waiting for the colors to be raised. Hope this helps!

~Emily

I thought of another one! I don't know what age group you're working with but the kids at my day care love this one!

To the rhythm of 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed:

5 Little Monkeys Swinging from a Tree

5 little monkeys swinging from a tree
Teasing Mr. Crocodile, "can't catch me!" (put your thumbs near your ears and wiggle your fingers)
(whispering)Along comes Mr. Crocodile as quiet as can be (put your hands together and move them like a fish swimming through water)
(shouting, snap hands and arms together like crocodile jaws) SNAP, GOTCHA!

Also, to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Aligator long and grean,
You're the meanest thing I've seen.
Sitting on a hollow log,
Trying to catch a big fat frog.
Alligator long and green,
You're the meanest thing I've seen!

thanks for the songs
 

these songs are great! The aint that funky now! song i sang at a camp called Centrifuge.. which was the greatest place in the world. thanks for alll these awesome songs! Although, im super nervous about being a camp counselor!!
love
ashley
:D