Designing song based activities for young
learners
Nury Supriyanti
supriyanti_nury@uny.ac.id
UNY
An example
Old Mac Donald had a farm
The teaching steps
 Show the first picture
 Ask the students about the vocabulary
 Describe the picture based on the song
 Sing about the second picture
 Until all children can sing the song about
the first picture
Ask the children to do the same with the
second picture, third etc
Task for the audience
Sing the song and try to design an interactive and
interesting activity for this song
Little Sunny Water
Little Sunny Water
Sleeping in a corner
Wake up, wake up
Wash your face
And make a bumble shake
Oh, shake it to the left
And shake it to the right
Point to the east and point to the west
Point to the one whom you like best
Nury S
UNY