This silly action song is a great movement song for children. Children will follow the actions of each verse. They will enjoy dancing to the tunes and making funny and weird actions and faces.
Form, form, form the banana. Peel, peel, peel the banana. (Form the banana by holding your arms out straight to your side and then slowly bring them up until they are over your head. Peel it by bringing them back down to your side.)
Slice, slice, slice the banana. Go, go, go bananas. Go bananas! (Pretend you are slicing with a knife and go bananas with a crazy dance.)
Form, form, form the potato. Peel, peel, peel the potato. (Form the potato by holding your arms out to your side, elbows slightly bent and slowly bring them up until they meet over your head. Peel it by bringing them back down to your side.)
Slice, slice, slice the potato. Mash, mash, mash the potato. Now mash! (Pretend you are slicing with a knife and then mash by stomping your feet.)
Form, form, form the orange. Peel, peel, peel the orange. (Similar action to that of potato.)
Slice, slice, slice the orange. Squeeze, squeeze, squeeze the orange. (Pretend you are slicing with a knife. For squeeze you can either hug the person next to you or pretend you are squishing an orange between both of your hands.) Now squeeze!
Form, form, form the guitar. Play it like a rock star. (Pretend you are playing the guitar.)
Jump, jump like a rock star. Rock, rock, rock the guitar. Now rock! (Jump up and down and rock out with your pretend guitar)
Form, form, form the corn. Shuck, shuck, shuck the corn. (Similar action to that of banana.)
Cut, cut, cut the corn. Now, pop, pop, pop the corn. Now pop! (Pretend you are scraping the kernels off the corn and then jump around the room like popping popcorn.)
Form, form, form a big ball. Kick, kick, kick the big ball. (Action similar to a banana. Pretend to drop the ball and kick it.)
Throw, throw, throw the big ball. Bounce, bounce, bounce the big ball. (Using both hands pretend to throw a big ball and then jump up and down like a bouncing ball.) Now bounce!
Form, form, form the banana. Peel, peel, peel the banana.
Slice, slice, slice the banana. Go, go, go bananas. Go bananas!
Hints and Tips
- You can simply add any element to this song as you wish.
- The actions are very easy. Make sure the kids do it to get the effect of the song.
- Let the children dance and make some crazy movements for the “go bananas” phrase.
Reference:
The Learning Station
