The Thanksgiving song
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The Thanksgiving song
Song theme: Singing about the Thanksgiving turkey.
Target vocab: Thanksgiving, turkey, hello, how are you? gobble, wobble, hip hip hooray!
Song length: 1:38
A Thanksgiving themed song with lots of fun turkey actions!
THE THANKSGIVING SONG
Short sample (members get full-length song):
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Lyrics:
Verse 1:
Hello Mr. Turkey, Hello Mr. Turkey
How are you? How are you?
Hello Mr. Turkey, Hello Mr. Turkey
How are you? How are you?
With a “Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble,
gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble”
And a “Wobble, wobble, wobble, wobble,
wobble, wobble, wobble, wobble, wobble”
Happy, Happy Thanksgiving
Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!
Verse 2:
Hello Mr. Turkey, Hello Mr. Turkey
How are you? How are you?
Hello Mr. Turkey, Hello Mr. Turkey
How are you? How are you?
With a “Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble,
gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble”
And a “Wobble, wobble, wobble, wobble,
wobble, wobble, wobble, wobble, wobble”
With a “Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble”
And a “Wobble, wobble, wobble, wobble, wobble”
“Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble”
“Wobble, wobble, wobble, wobble, wobble”
Happy, Happy, Happy Thanksgiving
Hooray!
Gestures and activities to use with The Thanksgiving song
The actions for this song are simple, fun and energetic – who wouldn’t enjoy running around like a turkey?!
Everyone stands up for the song:
- “Hello Mr. Turkey, Hello Mr. Turkey” – everyone sings and waves.
- “How are you? How are you?” – do the question gesture (palms up with inquisitive face).
- “With a gobble … And a wobble…” – this is the really fun bit. Everyone runs around like a turkey (crouched over, flapping elbows in a wobbly fashion) while gobbling!
- “Happy, Happy Thanksgiving” – stop running around and sing.
- “Hip hip hooray!” – throw arms up in the air in celebration!
Using The Thanksgiving song in class
Please check our free Thanksgiving lesson page for ideas to use in your Thanksgiving lessons.
Our ESL kids songs
Greetings:
Actions, Verbs & Ability:
- Directions song
- Morning routines song
- Past irregular verbs song
- What can you do? (ability)
- What sports do you play?
- What are you doing? (present continuous)
- What did you do yesterday? (past irregular verbs)
- Yesterday was a great day! (past regular verbs)
Adjectives, Adverbs & Emotions:
- Describe your friend (adjectives)
- Feelings song
- If you’re happy & you know it
- Let’s have some fun! (adverbs)
- Let’s look at the animals (adjectives)
- Who is happy? (subject pronouns)
Alphabet & Numbers:
Animals:
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- Old MacDonald
- Let’s go to the zoo
- Let’s look at the animals (adjectives)
Body, Shapes & [hide_on_uk]Colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]Colours[/hide_on_us]:
- Head, shoulders, knees & toes
- Mr. Shape Head
- Rainbow song ([hide_on_uk]colors[/hide_on_uk][hide_on_us]colours[/hide_on_us])
Directions, Prepositions & Transport:
- Directions song
- How did you get here today? (transport)
- Wheels on the bus
- Where are my things? (prepositions of location)
Food & Likes:
Holidays:
- Easter song
- Happy Halloween
- Three little witches
- Thanksgiving song
- Jingle bells
- We wish you a merry Christmas
Our world & Places:
Time & Weather:
Others:
