Ideas For Boomwhackers®

Back-To-School Song: Whacky Birthday Adaptation

Submitted by Noreen Hofmann, Matthews, North Carolina

Idea posted 2002-11-01

I used the instrumental version (track 21) for Whacky Birthday (from Music K-8, Vol. 13, No. 1) and inserted these lyrics:

Section A:
Hey, hey, whadda you say?
Now you are in (eighth rest) _____ grade (repeat)
Section B:
Let's all have a good year,
Let's all have a good year! (repeat)
Section C:
Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do,
Whatcha gonna do to make it come true? (repeat)

The 3rd & 4th graders really enjoyed it. We sang the song a few times, then added the Boomwhacker® accompaniment, using the C, F, A & G tubes. I just wrote the ostinato out on a sentence strip and all were happily engaged.

Enjoy!