Wednesday, July 20, 2022

What a great year!

 Gosh, the end went so fast I did not get to post about it. So I'll try and catch it up here!

Fingerplays: Sun is in My Heart; Little Bunny Foo Foo; 5 Little Bunnies; 10 Little Candles

Action Songs: Sleeping Bunnies; All the Little Ducklings; Riding Our Ponies; Lazy Bones

Pitch Exploration: bouncing the balloon ball and our voices; follow the flashlight with your voice 

Circle Games: Seven Jumps; The Old Gray Cat

Simple Songs to Sing: Everyone Keep the Beat; Listen to the Water

Echo or Fill in the Blank Songs: I'm Growing Up; Tell me something fun about your break

Recorded Music We've Used in Class: "Ali Pasa" traditional Turkish Song performed by James Durst; "Exercise Game #3"; "Bare Necessities" performed by Louis Armstrong; "Sandwiches" performed by The Amidons (not on Spotify); "Mahalla" by the Carolina Chocolate Drops; "The Monkey Dance" by The Wiggles; "Proud Mary" by Tina Turner; "Celebrate" by Pitbull; "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang  Click here for a playlist of most of the songs we've used in class 

Instruments & Manipulatives we've used: tambourines; scarves; guiros; jingle bells; egg shakers; triangles; 

Songs They've Listened to: Listen to the Water; "The Jazz Fly" a book with Music by Matthew Gollub (borrow it at the library: The Jazz Fly ) 

It was such a fun year!!!