The festivities are beginning for Chinese New Year! This is the year of the ox! Why not celebrate with your students by using this simple chant/song!
During the pandemic, many students have not been allowed to sing. So enjoy these lyrics as a chant.
It’s The Year by Kathy Kampa
Part A:
It’s the year of the ox,
It’s the year of the ox,
It’s the year of the ox,
It’s 2021!
Part B:
o-x ox!
o-x ox!
o-x ox!
It’s the year of the ox!
Try some of these movement suggestions. My students like making the animal shapes for each year of the Chinese calendar. I ask my students for their ideas. To make the shape of an ox, many of the students made horns with their fingers.
How can your students show the year 2021? My students liked to “draw” the numbers in the air. Some of them made numbers with their fingers. A few of them just decided to jump up into the air to celebrate!
My students really love making these letter shapes! If your students aren’t used to making letter shapes, you can model this activity. Students make letters with their fingers, their arms, or even their whole bodies!
Let’s make the letter o with our fingers. Can you make it bigger? Try using your hands? Can you make the letter o even bigger? Wow! You can make it with your whole body! Now let’s try making the letter x in the same way.
Put these all together into a chant. Add instruments if you like to really make it festive!
If you’re interested in a melody to sing this, check out my simple video here. I’ve combined two familiar songs to create this new song.
Check out Kathy Kampa’s Special Days and Holidays for songs to celebrate your child’s special days–Valentine’s Day, Easter, a birthday, or even a loose tooth!
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