Use the Hands in the Air song to encourage music learning at home or in the classroom.
The specially composed song is designed to encourage music participation for primary school children aged four to seven-years-old.
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Lesson and Activity Plans
Early Years Foundation Phase
Hands in the Air Early Years Foundation Stage Activity Plan
Key Stage 1
Hands in the Air Key Stage 1 Lesson Plan - Part One
Hands in the Air Key Stage 1 Lesson Plan - Part Two
Hands in the Air Key Stage 1 Lesson Plan - Part Three
Welsh Translations
Hands in the Air Early Years Foundation Stage Activity Plan
Hands in the Air Key Stage 1 Lesson Plan - Part One
Song and Lyrics sheet
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Hands in the Air lyrics
Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Put your hands in the air, like you don’t care
Put your hands in the air, like you don’t care
Now put your hands in the air, like you don’t care
Now put your hands in the air, like you don’t care
Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Shake your body to the left, feel the best
Now shake body to the right and you’ll feel alright
Shake your body to the left, feel the best
Now shake body to the right and you’ll feel alright
La la-la la-la la la la-la
La la-la la-la la la la-la
La la-la la-la la la la-la
La la-la la-la la la la-la
Clap your hands, clap your hands
Yeah clap your hands, clap your hands, clap your hands
Now clap your hands, clap your hands
Yeah clap your hands, clap your hands, clap your hands
Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Na na-na na-na na na na-na
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