Language Focus: "Let's take a picture!" "Look at the camera!" "Say cheese!" "Happy face." " Funny face." "Scary face."

Classroom Benefits: Say Cheese! is a great song to teach young children to help them prepare to take pictures. Anybody who has ever tried to organize a group of young children to take some pictures knows how difficult it can be! This is a fun song you can practice in class and then use to help organize group pictures at events.


Lyrics and actions:

Let's take a picture, you and me. (Pretend to take a picture, then point to the others and then yourself.)
Look at the camera, 1 2 3. (Point to your pretend camera and then count to three with your fingers.)
Let's take a picture, you and me. (Pretend to take a picture, then point to the others and then yourself.)
Look at the camera, say cheese! (Point to your pretend camera and then make a big smiley face.)

Okay...let's make a happy face. Ready? Cheese! (Everybody moves in close together. Pose with a happy face. Press the button on your pretend camera when you hear the camera sound.)

Let's take a picture, you and me.
Look at the camera, 1 2 3
Let's take a picture, you and me.
Look at the camera, say cheese!

Okay, okay. This time, let's make a funny face. Ready? (Everybody poses with a funny face.)

Let's take a picture, you and me.
Look at the camera, 1 2 3
Let's take a picture, you and me.
Look at the camera, say cheese!

Okay, okay. This time, let's make a scary monster face. Ready? Grrrrrr... Huh? (Everybody poses with a scary face.)

Let's a picture.
1 2 3.
You and me.
Say cheese!