Shaker Song for Children

This little church mouse sure can.  Shakers are an integral part of my instrument collection because not only do they sound great, but they are colorful and easy to play.  I often incorporate them into the songs I write — particularly those targeting movements and following directions — for those same reasons.

“Surely You Can Shake It” is new to the Listen & Learn collection.  The song combines several goals, including shaking up high, down low, slowly, and quickly.

Surely you can shake it down low,
And surely you can shake it up high.
Surely you can shake it ‘round and ‘round,
But can you make that shakin’ sound?

Ch, ch-ch-ch, ch-ch, ch-ch-ch.
Ch, ch-ch-ch, ch-ch.
Ch, ch-ch-ch, ch-ch, ch-ch-ch.
Ch, ch-ch-ch, ch-ch!

Surely you can shake it real fast,
And surely you can shake it real slow,
Surely you can shake it on the ground,
But can you make that shakin’ sound?

Ch, ch-ch-ch, ch-ch, ch-ch-ch.
Ch, ch-ch-ch, ch-ch.
Ch, ch-ch-ch, ch-ch, ch-ch-ch.
Ch, ch-ch-ch, ch-ch!

Surely you can shake it down low,
And surely you can shake it up high.
Surely you can shake it ‘round and ‘round,
And you can make that shakin’ sound!

It’s fun to hear my students make (or at least, attempt to make) the “ch” sound along with me.  An easy way to target other speech sounds would be to change “ch” to “shh”, “sss” or just about any other syllable.  If you haven’t already noticed, I’m a big fan of using a single song to address multiple goals!