Overview

'Banana Blues' is from the 'Mr. Big' scheme of work for Key Stage 1 but can be taught as a stand alone song. It introduces the concept that a Blues song tells a story - in this story a monkey loses his banana and it makes him feel sad. Then he finds his banana and it makes him feel happy again.

The song encourages your class to make their facial expressions and voices look and sound sad when they are singing the first verse and then look and sound happy whe they are singing the second verse.

It also encourages the children to use their voices creatively by joining in with the monkey noises at the end!