Pondering Penguins
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Pondering Penguins explores the unique characteristics of penguins. They cannot fly, but they love to swim. They have specially designed feathers that keep them warm. They always look like they are dressed up in a dinner jacket. A father penguin holds the egg on his feet to keep it warm until it hatches. It would be fun to go on an expedition to meet a penguin!
This song has two melody options: one with larger interval jumps and one with a more simple vocal line to accommodate younger singers. The style of the song has the feel of a country line dance. In fact, there are instructions for a line dance provided in the teaching tips and strategies for those students who want to add some dance moves to their presentation during the short instrumental “B” section of the song.
A bonus recorder part is also provided for students to play along during the instrumental “B” section of the song. This penguin package is packed with fun!
Listen to the Donna & Andy performance track:
Listen to melody + accompaniment:
Download Includes:
- Vocal score (simple melody)
- Vocal score (advanced melody)
- Lead sheet
- Recorder score
- Director/piano score
- Lyrics
- Accompaniment – with melody guide (both simple and advanced melody options are provided)
- Accompaniment – piano
- Teaching Tips and Strategies
- 13 Cross-curricular Activities
- Donna & Andy band – instrumental track
- Donna & Andy – performance track
- Colouring page
Pondering Penguins
Follow along with the lyrics as you listen to the accompaniment with melody guide for Pondering Penguins
Pondering Penguins is one of 12 songs from the award winning song collection "Computer Cat". Donna Rhodenizer has written these songs in a variety of styles and skill levels for singers from ages 5-12+.
Learn more about this fun collection for elementary-aged kids, choirs and solo vocal students. The 93-page book provides the vocal score, full score and separate lyrics pages for 12 songs. Enjoy!
Please note: audio tracks for the e-book version are sold separately. Print copies of the book include CD (24 tracks)
Here are 3 more penguin songs for fun singing in your home school, classroom, vocal studio or choir.
Purchase all Four Penguin Songs together and save 25%
Stream or Purchase from many streaming sites including:
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The Computer Cat CD (Donna & Andy performance and instrumental) tracks (24) are available for download or physical CD on this website.
13 Cross-curricular activities are provided in the PDF download extending the focus of this song to other subject areas including:
- Fine arts: music, visual art, drama, dance
- Language arts
- Math
- Physical Activity
- Social studies
- Technology
Expressive singing
- Read the lyrics aloud to discover the descriptive words that will be highlighted as you explore the art of expressive singing.
- Discuss how to use clear consonants and rounded vowels to sing the words expressively.
- Use dynamics to create the mood changes that occur in the story of the song.
Create a Penguin Presentation
Create a presentation for invited guests (family members, administrators, another class).
Sing all four of Donna’s penguin songs:
- I Wonder (a jaunty “boom chick”’ style song)
- Penguin Parade (a march)
- Pondering Penguins (a country line dance)
- The Penguin Ball (a waltz)
Add costumes.
Have students share penguin facts between each song.
PDF download includes breakdown of activities accommodating specific grade levels
e.g. recorder part, movement, melody variants
Download (pdf), print and have fun colouring this page while you listen to the song Pondering Penguins.
Pondering Penguins is one of four songs that I wrote at the request of a teacher at my school who was doing a penguin unit with her students. She wanted to augment her unit with some songs and I agreed to write something for her. When her students came to their next music class with me, they had many great penguin facts to tell me. In Pondering Penguins I included lots of the facts the students had told me: penguins cannot fly, they love to dive and swim, they have special feathers that help keep them warm, the father penguin holds the egg on his feet to keep it warm until it hatches, and they have a call that is not very musical by human standards. I ended up writing four penguin songs for them. I wanted to write each penguin song with different musical styles. Pondering Penguins ended up with a country shuffle feel and we created a line dance to go with it. I had great fun creating my set of penguin songs and the students had great fun singing them.
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| License | Single User License, Classroom / Studio License, Treble Choir License |
|---|---|
| Context | Action / Movement Songs, Choir – Elementary, Classroom Songs, Expressive Storytelling Songs, Movement Songs, Small Group Class, Song Collection – Computer Cat, Vocal Solo, Cross-curricular Activities, Dances |
| Topic | Animals / Creatures, Environment, Imagination, Nature, Winter |
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| Voicing | |
| Vocal Range | C4 – C5 |
| Duration | |
| Composer | Donna Rhodenizer |
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