Playworks Cheers
Boom Chicka Boom I said a boom chicka boom I said a boom chicka boom I said a boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom Uhhuh Oh yeah One more time… Change style each time Valley girl style (sounds like?) Astronaut style (zoom chicka zoom, take a rocket to the moon) Opera Style (sounds like?) Janitor Style (broom sweep a broom, sweepa mopa) Uderwater style (sounds like?) LET ME SEE YOUR BUGALOO Everyone stands in a circle linking arms around their neighbors' shoulders or waists. Everyone stomps their feet loudly as marching in place to the beat. When the leader yells out, everyone else has their heads bowed. They raise their heads to cheer back"What's that you say?") Leader: Let me see your BoogaLoo! All: What's that you say? Leader: I say, Let me see your BoogaLoo! All: What's that you say? Leader: I say, Let me see your BoogaLoo! All: What's that you say? All: (everyone unlinks arms and boogies around) I say, ooh, ah ah ah, ooh. Ooh, ah ah ah, ooh. Leader: (to get everyone linked back up and start their feet stomping again) Aaaand, we're marching, we're marching, we're marching, marching, marching. Leader: Let me see your Frankenstein! All: What's that you say? Leader: I say, Let me see your Frankenstein!
All: What's that you say? Leader: I say, Let me see your Frankenstein! All: What's that you say? All: (everyone unlinks arms and walks around like Frankenstein) around) I say, aaargh, grrr,... like Frankstein sounds Let me see your .... creativity. You can change this up to any style and see what the students do.
Why I ate the Pie? Start with two hands out in front, pretending you have two pies on each hand Leader: Why I ate the Pie? students repeat... Leader: Say why I ate the Pie? students repeat... Leader: Flip it over Flip your hands over (no repeat) Leader: Why I ate the Pie? students repeat... Leader: Say why I ate the Pie? students repeat... Leader: In your face motion shoving a pie in your face (no repeat) Leader: Why I ate the Pie? students repeat... Leader: Say why I ate the Pie? students repeat... Leader: In your belly motion your hands on your belly like you just ate a pie (no repeat) Leader: Why I ate the Pie? students repeat... Leader: Say why I ate the Pie? students repeat… Leader: Let it go (or all around … coach’s choice) Leader: Why I ate the Pie? students repeat... Leader: Say why I ate the Pie? students repeat… or: Start with two hands out in front, pretending you have two pies on each hand Leader: Why I ate the Pie? Say why I ate the Pie? students repeat... Leader: Flip it over Flip your hands over (no repeat) Leader: Why I ate the Pie? Say why I ate the Pie?students repeat... Leader: In your face motion shoving a pie in your face (no repeat) Leader: Why I ate the Pie? Say why I ate the Pie? students repeat... Leader: In your belly motion your hands on your belly like you just ate a pie (no repeat) Leader: Why I ate the Pie? Say why I ate the Pie? students repeat...
Leader: Let it go (or all around … coach’s choice) Leader: Why I ate the Pie? Say why I ate the Pie? students repeat... Peel Bananas And we form Bananas, form, form Bananas (bring left arm up from waist overhead) (some people skip this and start with two hands clapping together after saying Bananas unite!) And we form Bananas, form, form Bananas (bring right arm up from waist meet and left hand overhead) And we peel Banana, peel, peel Banana (bring left arm down from overhead) And we peel Banana, peel, peel Banana (bring right arm down from overhead) And we GO BANANAS, GO, GO BANANAS (spin around and down and swing arms wildly) And we form Potatoes, form, form Potatoes (bring left arm up from waist overhead) And we form Potatoes, form, form Potatoes (bring right arm up from waist meet and left hand overhead make your potato a bit more round than your banana) And we peel Potato, peel, peel Potato (bring left arm down from overhead) And we peel Potato, peel, peel Potato (bring right arm down from overhead) And we MASH POTATOES, MASH, MASH POTATOES (jump up and down in a twisting motion) And we form the Corn, form, form the Corn (bring left arm up from waist overhead) And we form the Corn, form, form the Corn (bring right arm up from waist meet and left hand overhead) And we peel the Corn, peel, peel the Corn (bring left arm down from overhead, in a up and down jerky motion) And we peel the Corn, peel, peel Corn the (bring right arm down from overhead, in an up and down jerky motion) And we POP THE CORN, POP, POP THE CORN (jump up and down) And we form the Orange, form, form the Orange (bring left arm up from waist overhead) And we form the Orange, form, form the Orange (bring right arm up from waist meet and left hand overhead) And we peel the Orange, peel, peel the Orange (bring left arm down from overhead) And we peel the Orange, peel, peel the Orange (bring right arm down from overhead) And we SQUEEEEEEEZE (have singers give themselves a hug each other)
The little red wagon cheer You can't ride in my little red wagon. Front seats broken and the axle's dragging. Chug!...Chug!.. .Chug! Second verse, same as the first, a whole lot louder and a whole lot worse. Repeat as many as times as you would like... Everywhere We Go leader chants, campers repeat leader can go through the chant as many times as they’d like, getting louder each time. Everywhere we go! (Everywhere we go) People always ask us (People always ask us) Who we are (who we are) Where we come from (where we come from) So we tell them (So we tell them) We're from ...name your school... (we're from...) And if they cannot hear us (And if they cannot hear us) We shout a little louder (we shout a little louder) It is best to start out kinda quiet so that you can increase the volume a few times... this is a good chant for when you are walking somewhere.
Who rocks! Leader: Who rocks, who rocks who rocks? Everyone: We rock, we rock we rock! Repeat, getting louder and/or quieter each time. Good Job Good Job, Good Job! (2 claps) Good Job, Good Job! (2 claps) Good Job! (or G Double O D J O B) Good Job, Good Job! (2 claps)
bo diddly bop Way hey bo didly bop (repeat back) I wish I was back on the block (repeat back) with a __________ in my hand (repeat back) then I would be a ___________. (repeat back) ● pizza, pizza man (act like you’re holding out a pizza) ● book, librarian (act like you’re reading our shhing) ● trash can, garbage man (act like you’re throwing a bag into a truck) ● basketball, Michael Jordan (act like you’re shooting a three pointer) ● white glove, Michael Jackson (act like you’re moonwalking or dancing) nunchucks, Jackie Chan (act like you’re doing a Kung Fu move)
