To get the kids ready to do songs like the Hokey Pokey, or sitting for an intimate mat activity, you need to get them into a circle. So teaching them this song can be the Chinese version of ‘Make a circle’ song, to be the trigger to get the children into a neat circle!!
We watch this song in class on a Sing to Learn DVD which you can buy from the Wink to Learn website. Or you can listen to an audio version of the song on the Confucius for Kids website.
Here are the lyrics:
lái lái lái, dà jiā lái lā chéng gè quān
来 来 来, 大 家 来 拉 成 个 圈
yī èr sān, yī èr sān, zhěng qí hǎo kàn
一 二 三, 一 二 三, 整 齐 好 看
lái lái lái, dà jiā lái lā chéng gè quān
来 来 来, 大 家来 拉 成 个 圈
zhuàn yi zhuàn tiào yi tiào, duō me hǎo wán
转 一 转 跳 一跳, 多 么 好 玩
English translation is: Come on Everyone in a circle ,One two three, Neat and beautiful, Come on Everyone in a circle, turn around and jump, how much fun!