大象传媒

Use the Hands in the Air song to encourage music learning at home or in the classroom.

The specially composed song is designed to encourage music participation for primary school children aged four to seven-years-old.

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Lesson and Activity Plans

Early Years Foundation Phase

Key Stage 1



Welsh Translations


Song and Lyrics sheet


Hands in the Air lyrics

Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Na na-na na-na na na na-na

Put your hands in the air, like you don鈥檛 care
Put your hands in the air, like you don鈥檛 care

Now put your hands in the air, like you don鈥檛 care
Now put your hands in the air, like you don鈥檛 care

Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Na na-na na-na na na na-na

Shake your body to the left, feel the best
Now shake body to the right and you鈥檒l feel alright

Shake your body to the left, feel the best
Now shake body to the right and you鈥檒l feel alright

La la-la la-la la la la-la
La la-la la-la la la la-la
La la-la la-la la la la-la
La la-la la-la la la la-la

Clap your hands, clap your hands
Yeah clap your hands, clap your hands, clap your hands

Now clap your hands, clap your hands
Yeah clap your hands, clap your hands, clap your hands

Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Na na-na na-na na na na-na
Na na-na na-na na na na-na

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