I heard the original version of “The Right-Left Song” for the first time last fall when Kimberly Sena Moore presented it at AMTA National Conference. Kimberly has a great video of this song, which was actually written by another music therapist named Michelle Hardy.
I’ve used it many times as Kimberly demonstrates in her video — it’s wonderful for kiddos who need to work on crossing the midline — but I decided to change it up recently when I was in need of a new shakin’ song.
We’re going right and left,
And right and left,
We’re shaking, we shake.
We’re going right and left,
And right and left,
We’re shaking we shake.
(Repeat, getting faster each time.)
The real challenge is making sure to shake in the right direction as the tempo of the song increases! I’ve enjoyed using this song so much that I may have to adapt it for other instruments, too. I love being inspired by other music therapists — thanks Kimberly and Michelle :)
