Tweet Tweet Little Birdy (from the Mixing it Up CD see pages 4-5)

7. Tweet Tweet Little Birdy
Benefits: Vocalization, listening comprehension, pretending/abstracting.
Older children can immediately echo each phrase during the short pause. This helps to develop sentence length and related memory.

Other Uses: Try having the children take turns singing into a (toy) microphone. Everybody joins in for the chorus. Here is an example: CD: “The birdy sings.” Child(ren:) “The birdy sings.” She shakes her wings- “she shakes her wings.”This song can also be used to help children visually track and/or reach out to birdy toys and puppets.
A Motions
The birdy sings (repeat) She shakes her wings (likewise) Open and close hand in front of
mouth.

She wiggles her tail. She can swing. Bend arms at elbow and shake them. Wiggle. Do a swing dance motion.

Tweet tweet tweet little birdy. Sing it out strong and/or clap on the
A Word “tweet” and flap your arms on
Tweet tweet tweet little birdy. The word “birdy.”
E
Tweet tweet tweet little birdy.
D A
Little birdy. Tweet tweet.
A
She flies up high. She flies down low. Motion likewise.

She turns around. Where did she go? (I don’t know.) Hold up hands to gesture “where?”
A
She makes a nest... She lays an egg. Pretend to build a nest and sit down.

She keeps it warm...with her feathers and her legs. Point to arms and legs.
A
The eggs all hatch... out the birdies come. Curl up on the floor as tightly as you can.
A birdy batch...dancin’ in the sun. Break out of your shell. Dance!
A
She found some worms...She had good luck. Reach down to floor and find a pretend worm.
The birdies say “yummmm” but you kids say “yuck!” Rub tummy, lick lips, and then
make a “yuck face.”
(Last verse: Bb chord. Last chorus: Eb Bb F Bb.)