Activities:   
 

Egg Shakers: Shake egg shakers to the beat and sing the verses. For the choruses, raise your hands and shake for “Tingalayo,” then move arms like you’re running for “run, little donkey, run.”

Rhythm Sticks: Do a drum roll on the floor with your sticks during “Tingalayo.” Then do a running motion with your sticks as legs on the floor for “Run little donkey run.” Then you can swap out actions for “run” (jump little donkey jump, fly, roll, ski, etc.) in other choruses. This would work best a cappella, though you could try singing other words like “jump” over the CD lyrics instead. For the verses, challenge your child to click their sticks together or on the floor to the beat.

Tonal Patterns: Sing “Boom boom boom” in different melodic patterns & challenge your child to echo after you. This builds their abilities to hear & sing melodic patterns in pitch.