I Love and will Miss these “Little Bunnies”

This spring our preschoolers have continued to grow in so many ways! But they definitely grew as musicians and dancers! Our big kids are so ready for kindergarten and I’ll be so happy to see our younger kids back in preschool next year. Have a safe and fun summer!!

Check out our latest list of music activities & songs:

Fingerplays:  Ten Little Soldiers; Five Little Bunnies; Slippery Snake; Ten Little Candles

Action Songs: My Poor Hands Are Shaking; Mi Cuerpo; Gramma Moses; Lazy Bones

Pitch Exploration: Ice Cream Sundae; Balloon Game

Circle Games:  Grizzly Bear; Riding Our Ponies; The Old Gray Cat

Movement Exploration: Our own Mardi Gras parade; Dancing to James Brown, Lin Manuel Miranda, Doggyland, & Tina Turner

Echo or Fill in the Blank Songs: Who has the Penny?

Instruments & Manipulatives: step bells; slide whistle; balloon ball; guiros, tambourines, rhythm sticks, caterpillars, castanets; egg shakers

Recorded music we’ve used in class are on this playlist: Music from 25-26

Lyrics to songs from music class:  Songs from music 25-26

These Preschoolers are "SNOW" AMAZING!!

This winter we've been having "snow" much fun singing, dancing, and playing instruments!! They work together and have fun. 

Check out the things we've added below:

Fingerplays:  Five Fat Turkeys; Five Little Bells; Five Little Snowmen Fat; Chop, Chop, Chippity Chop

Action Songs: Mother Gooneybird; Jack in the Box; All Little Penguins; Horse Stood Around; My Poor Hand is Shaking

Pitch Exploration: Big Pig; copy the slide whistle; Ice Cream Sundae; I Thought I Heard a Puppy Whine

Circle Games:  Looby Loo; Exercise Game #1; Riding Our Ponies

Movement Exploration: moving with scarves; dancing with locomotor & non-locomotor movements

Echo or Fill in the Blank Songs: Autumn Leaves are Falling; Who Fed the Chickens; Snowflakes Are Falling

Instruments & Manipulatives: scarves; triangles; buffalo drums; jingle bells; finger cymbals; rainbow ribbons

Recorded music we’ve used in class are on this playlist: Music from 25-26

Lyrics to songs from music class:  Songs from music 25-26

“Fall”-ing Into the Rhythm of Music Class

It has been a joy getting to know our new preschoolers and reconnecting with our experienced preschoolers! In music, we’ve been having fun moving, dancing, playing, and singing. We also had MU musicians come to our fall preschool event on October 10th! Many kids got to try out instruments from the orchestra!

Here are the things we’ve been doing in class:

Fingerplays:  Itsy Bitsy Spider; 5 Little Mice; Grandma’s Glasses; Spider on the Floor

Action Songs: Head & Shoulders, Knees & Toes; The Wiggle Song; Bony Skeletons Walk

Pitch Exploration: Old MacDonald Had a Farm--make animal sounds; Naughty Kitty Cat; Practicing voice types--speaking, outside, whisper, singing; copy the slide whistle’s sound; Skin & Bones

Circle Games:  Walk, Walk, Walk, Walk; Our Gallant Ship; Sally Go Round the Sun

Movement Exploration: moving with scarves; making our bodies into shapes

Echo or Fill in the Blank Songs: Oh My! No More Pie!; Who Fed the Chickens

Instruments & Manipulatives: tambourines; scarves; triangles; shakers; they’ve strummed by ukulele & guitar, too!

Recorded music we’ve used in class are on this playlist: Music from 25-26

Lyrics to songs from music class:  Songs from music 25-26

Welcome to Preschool Music 25-26

 Welcome Title 1 Preschool families,

I am so excited to see our returning friends and meet our new friends! I am Ms. J and I'll see all my friends once a week to do some music. I have some helpful links here that have my class schedule (where I am and when I'm there), a document with lyrics to the songs I use in class, and a Spotify playlist that has songs I use in class. 

Also a few times during the year I will update this webpage with other information about our music classes. If you ever have questions or comments feel free to email me: jhoeppner@cpsk12.org

Have a great year and I'll see you soon!

Ms. J

Spring-ing into Kindergarten

 What a fun spring we’ve had! Our small musicians have grown so much over the year. We’ve had a lot of fun and I will be sad to see all our new kindergarten students go. I know they will have so much fun and grow even more with their elementary music teachers!! Here’s what we learned this spring:

Fingerplays: Ten Little Soldiers; Five Little Bunnies; Slippery, Slithering Snake; Ten Little Candles on a Chocolate Cake

Action Songs: Mi Cuerpo; Sleeping Bunnies; Lazy Bones

Pitch Exploration: Big Pig; Balloon ball; Follow the ribbon

Circle Games: Grizzly Bear; Garden Gate; The Old Gray Cat

Echo Songs/Fill in the Black Song: Who Has the Penny

Instruments/Manipulatives we’ve played/used: yarn microphone; egg shakers; microphone; buffalo drums; ribbon; balloon ball; floor spots as steering wheels

Recorded Music we’ve moved to can be found on this playlist: Music from PreK music 24-25

Lyrics to the songs we’ve sung: Lyrics page

Snuggle Up with some good music in the Cold Weather!

 Fingerplays: Five Little Bells; Five Little Snowmen Fat; Chop, Chop, Chippity Chop

Action Songs: Horse Stood Around; Jack in the Box; All Little Penguins; See How I’m Jumping; My Poor Hand is Shaking

Pitch Exploration: copy the slide whistle; I Thought I Heard a Puppy Whine

Circle Games: Looby Loo; The Reindeer Pokey; Going Around Our Hoops; Riding Our Ponies

Simple Songs to Sing: Snowflakes Are Falling

Echo Songs/Fill in the Black Song: Johnny on the Woodpile

Instruments/Manipulatives we’ve played/used: yarn microphone; jingle bells; scarves; rainbow ribbons; triangles; rainbow hoops

Recorded Music we’ve moved to can be found on this playlist: Music from PreK music 24-25

Songs for Listening: “Jingle Bells” by Duke Ellington; “Wizards in Winter” by Trans Siberian Orchestra; “Puppy for Hanukkah” by Daveed Diggs; “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” performed by Nina Kaptsova; “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” by the Jackson 5; Martin Luther King; Harriet Tubman

Lyrics to the songs we’ve sung: Lyrics page

"Fall"ing in love with our new musicians!

Our newest preschool musicians have been working hard and having fun! It’s been fun for me to get to know them and their personalities in this new school year. Below are some of the things we’ve been working on in music plus links to recorded music we’ve used in class and lyrics to songs we’re singing. Enjoy!

Fingerplays: Itsy Bitsy Spider; 5 Little Mice; Grandma’s Glasses; Spider on the Floor; 5 Fat Turkeys

Action Songs: Head & Shoulders, Knees & Toes; Clap Your Hands; The Wiggle Song; Bony Skeletons Walk; Mother Gooneybird

Pitch Exploration: Old MacDonald Had a Farm; Naughty Kitty Cat; Skin & Bones; Pass the Owl

Circle Games: Walk, Walk, Walk, Walk; Our Gallant Ship; Sally Go Round the Sun; Autumn Leaves are Falling

Simple Songs to Sing: ABC Song; Cobbler, Cobbler; Here I Come

Echo Songs/Fill in the Black Song: Practicing our voices; Oh My! No More Pie; Who Fed the Chickens

Instruments/Manipulatives we’ve played/used: tambourines; yarn microphone; finger cymbals; jingle bells; scarves; buffalo drums; they’ve help me play my guitar & ukulele, too!

Recorded Music we’ve moved to can be found on this playlist: Music from PreK music 24-25

Songs for Listening: “Lava”; “1492”; “Pumpkin Pie”

Lyrics to the songs we’ve sung: Lyrics page