PaginePaginepagineapp.comSing and play! Nigerian playground songs and action rhymes for circle time, assembly and the classroom.
All: Who took the kokoro from the kokoro jar? All: (Name) took the kokoro from the kokoro jar! Child: Who, me? All: Yes, you! Child: Couldn’t be! All: Then who? Child: (New name) took the kokoro from the kokoro jar! (Keep the beat by clapping and slapping your knees.)
The mango tree is big and tall, big and tall, big and tall, the mango tree is big and tall, we sit in the shade. The mangoes on the tree are sweet, ripe and sweet, ripe and sweet, the mangoes on the tree are sweet — share one with a friend!
Pitter-patter on the roof (tap fingers) rumble, rumble, thunder too (pat your knees) splish and splash in puddles deep (stamp feet) then the sun comes out to peep! (make a big circle with your arms)
Good morning, teacher, how are you? We are fine and we’re happy too! We will listen, we will learn, we will read and take our turn.
Traditional playground songs are shared folk songs; the others are Pagine originals set to familiar tunes. Find stories to match in the Nigerian collection.