This is an excellent reading song and provides opportunities to move and accompany with rhythm instruments.

Learn the movements.

The first time you: step-close step-close step-close step-clap, then go the other way

The second time: push arms right 2x, left 2x, (continue)

The third time: tap head 4x, touch sides of mouth 4x, touch heart 4x, make prayer motion 4x

The fourth time: step-close step-close step-close step-clap, then go the other way

The third time is supposed to show that 1: with my thoughts I welcome you; 2. with your words I welcome you. 3. with my love I welcome you. 4. with my prayers I welcome you.

Creative Ideas: Set the barred instruments up in C pentatonic. Invite the students to improvise or create a four bar melody to play between repetitions of the song. You could also invite your unpitched percussion players to improvise for four bars between repetitions of the song.

Compose your own Rhythm using the Interactive Rhythm Composition tool.

Choose Level 6. You click on the notes or rest to enter them.

Then choose the instrument that you'd like to play them.

Press play, and try performing the new rhythm that you've created.

Try creating new rhythms and playing on new instruments.

When you have a rhythm you like, copy it onto a piece of paper, and play it with the tracks that follow.