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Teaches

Kids love Seven Steps, and it definitely qualifies as a Super Simple Song! It’s a great active song to use anytime to get the wiggles out. For this version, we added a backwards verse to get the kids moving and counting in the other direction.

Lyrics & Actions

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Everyone sings and walks forward together.)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Everyone sings and walks backward together.)
1, 2, 3 (Forward.)
1, 2, 3 (Backward.)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Forward.)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Everyone sings and walks forward together.)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Everyone sings and walks backward together.)
1, 2, 3 (Forward.)
1, 2, 3 (Backward.)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Forward.)
1, 2, 3 (Forward.)
1, 2, 3 (Backward.)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (Forward.)

Now let's go backward!

7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (Everyone sings and walks backward together.)
7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (Everyone sings and walks forward together.)
7, 6, 5 (Backward.)
7, 6, 5 (Forward.)
7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (Backward.)

7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (Everyone sings and walks backward together.)
7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (Everyone sings and walks forward together.)
7, 6, 5 (Backward.)
7, 6, 5 (Forward.)
7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (Backward.)
7, 6, 5 (Backward.)
7, 6, 5 (Forward.)
7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (Backward.)

Activities

You can use this song in so many different ways. The easiest of course is simply to march around the room as you sing the song. For variation, try marching with pom-poms, batons, tambourines, or maracas. Act like you are in a parade! Or instead of marching, call out different commands like “Jump!” “Skip!” “Gallop!” “Tiptoe!” “Hop!” etc. Changing the actions you do with the song will keep it interesting for the kids, and it’s great fun to try hopping or skipping backwards!

This is also a great song to use for freeze games. When you stop the music, everybody must stop marching (or jumping or skipping) and freeze! Anybody who is moving gets a playful tap on the head with a squeaky toy or some other harmless and fun “penalty” (it’s no fun when kids are “out” and have to sit out while others participate). To make it more challenging, while the kids are “frozen”, they must continue singing as if the music didn’t stop!

You can also use the song sitting down. Count fingers, toes, bean bags, marbles…anything!

Another great way to use the song is, instead of marching in a circle, have everyone line up holding hands and facing in the same direction and sing.

If you have parents in the class, try having them stand facing the kids. As the kids move forward, the parents (or teacher) move back. When the kids move backward, the parents move forward (as if chasing the kids). It's a lot of fun.

Also, instead of forward and backward, try up and down or right and left. Or try alternating hopping on your left foot and your right foot.

With children under 2, this is a great song for them to "bounce" to. Also, the caretaker can count the child's fingers and toes, or walk his/her fingers up and down the child's arms and legs.

Have a great time!

Caution

CAUTION: Kids can get carried away with this song or any song in which they are running/jumping/marching around the classroom. It’s very important to set the tone the first time you use this song. Everybody moves in the same direction. No pushing. This is a great opportunity to help children learn to channel their excitement.