Language Focus: "I love you", "morning", "afternoon", "evening".
Classroom Benefits:Skidamarink is a very sweet song and great for teaching around Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, and Father's Day. Although "skidamarink" has no meaning, it's a fun lyric for teaching English intonation patterns to young learners.
Lyrics and actions:
Skidamarink a dinka dink. (Put your right elbow in your left hand and wiggle your fingers.)
Skidamarink a doo. (Put your left elbow in your right hand and wiggle your fingers.)
I love you. (Point to yourself, hug yourself, and point to the other people in your group.)
Skidamarink a dinka dink. (Repeat actions.)
Skidamarink a doo.
I love you.
I love you in the morning. (Make a big circle over your head with your arms, like the sun. Bend over to one side.)
And in the afternoon. (Stand up straight with your arms above you.)
I love you in the evening. (Bend over to the other side.)
And underneath the moon. (Release your arms and make another big circle, like the moon, over your head.)
Skidamarink a dinka dink.
Skidamarink a doo.
I love you.
