This song is available on Stephen Fite's Cool to Be In School.
Activity Suggestions from Stephen Fite:
During the first verse Stephen has given you examples of compound words that most, if not all children will know. During the second verse, he has left you blanks whereby you can work on new words or a single word that you want to introduce. Outside the classroom, have the children look for and bring back compound words they learned from relatives, friends, books, radio or television.
Make a classroom compound word mural to which the kids can contribute. Let the kids make up silly or nonsensical compound words.
We’re going to a place where the words all meet
It’s where they go to become
Something bigger than they were before
Each has a friend now
Cause they’re a compound word
They’re a compound word
I say air and you say plane
Air – plane, airplane
I say out and you say side
Out – side, outside
I say play and you say ground
Play – ground, playground
I say space and you say ship
Space – ship, spaceship
With a compound word you get double
You get two words for the price of one
And you’ll find that they’re no trouble to say
Come on sing along and have some fun
I say ___ and you say ___
___ – ___, _______
I say ___ and you say ___
___ – ___, _______
I say ___ and you say ___
___ – ___, _______
I say ___ and you say ___
___ – ___, _______
With a compound word you get double
You get two words for the price of one
And you’ll find that they’re no trouble to say
Come on sing along and have some fun.
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