Music bookSongs We All Know · Level 1 · First Songs
Pop Goes the Weasel
- 10 spreads
- About 2 min of song
- English · Español
All around the cobbler's bench, the monkey chased the weasel... and POP! Out of a boot, out of a hat, out of the basket of thread: where will the weasel pop up next? Crouch down low, wait for it, wait for it... and pop! Then it's the weasel's turn to chase, the cobbler joins in, and everybody pops together. The old song made for waiting and jumping. Find the little red spool on every page.
Level 1 · First Songs
Listen, move, and join in with a sound.
The child: Listens, moves, claps or taps, and joins in with a sound, a word or a sign when the song stops for them.
The grown-up: Sings most of it. Pauses before the word that comes back so the child can fill it in, any way they can.
What the levels meanGoals
- Regulationwaiting for the pop: impulse control, anticipation
- Motorcrouch low, then jump up; tiptoe; freeze
- Socialturn-taking: the chaser and the chased swap; hiding and popping up together
- Communication"pop!" is a bilabial /p/, the easiest plosive
In a session
Wait-and-pop (crouch through the verse, pop up on POP!), a pause point before every POP!, turn-taking (spread 7), group pop (9), a quiet pop (10)
Session ideas
- Wait and pop
- Who pops?
- Pop sounds
The full ideas open with the book.
2 activity kits for this book
Downloadable, to print or use on screen. They come with the book.
18 pages