Leader Guide
Singing Activity
- Optional: Invite someone to play the guitar or piano and lead the children in singing this song about Noah to a familiar tune. (A good key for children's voices for this song is G.)
“MY FRIEND NOAH HAD AN ARK”—Lead the children in singing a song to the tune of “Old McDonald Had a Farm,” but change the words to be, “My friend Noah had an ark.” For each verse, have a different child suggest a different animal to sing about, such as chickens, sheep,
cows, dogs and cats; then fill in the blanks with the appropriate sound that the animal makes. If the animals do not make sounds, have the children sing and/or imitate the animals’ motions. For rabbits, you can sing, “With a hop, hop here,” etc.
My friend Noah had an ark, E-I-E-I-O.
And on that ark he had some ________ (chickens), E-I-E-I-O.
With a ________ _________ (cluck, cluck) here,
And a ________ _________ (cluck, cluck) there,
Here a ___________ (cluck)
There a __________ (cluck)
Everywhere a ________ _________ (cluck, cluck).
My friend Noah had an ark, E-I-E-I-O.