The current roster of Animated Step-by-Steps™ includes
numerous poems. The term poem is somewhat misleading because technically most
poems can be sung. You just have to find the right tune to carry the rhyme.
Consider, for example, the Apple Tree poem and the 6 Big Apples poem. The two titles are
very similar in topic but different in terms of their language complexity. Although
both are technically … poems … both can be sung to the tune of ‘This old man”!
Apple Tree Poem
Way up high in a tree
6 big apples hung over me
I shook that tree as hard as I could
Down came and apple
And mmmmm it was good
Way up high in a tree
5 big apples hung over me
I shook that tree as hard as I could
Down came and apple
And mmmmm it was good …. (repeats for 4, 3, 2, 1, 0)
6 Big Apples Poem
6 Big Apples
Just for me
Are hiding in the apple tree
I hit that tree with my hat
An apple fell
“For me”, said cat
5 big apples
Just for me
Are hiding in the apple tree
Here I sit on a log
An apple fell …. (repeats for 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 and several animals
dog, pig, goose, hen)
“For me”, said dog
Both titles are available in three formats: Regular (no symbol support), SymbolStix and Picture Communication Symbols.
Since music is engaging for many of our students, the
search for the right tune to turn that Animated Step-by-Step poem into an
Animated Step-by-Step song is well worth the effort.
’til the next
post … (new posts every Monday).
Email
me canadiangoosse@gmail.com
©2016 Carol
Goossens’, Ph.D.
Augmentative
Communication Consultant
Speech-Language
Pathologist
