Thankful For All My Little Turkeys!!!

This fall has been a fun time getting to know all of our preschool kiddos! It is a joy to work with them each day! Here are the things we have been doing in music:

Fingerplays: Itsy Bitsy Spider; Grandma's Glasses; 5 Little Mice; Two Old Gentlemen; Spider on the Floor; Five Fat Turkeys

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

Pitch Exploration: Old MacDonald Had a Farm; Practicing these voice: Speaking voice, Outside voice, whisper voice, singing voice; Following the ribbon with our voice; Pass the Owl; Copy the slide whistle with your voice

Circle Games: Walk, Walk, Walk, Walk; Our Gallant Ship; Al Corro de la Patata; Sally Go 'Round the Sun

Simple Songs to Sing: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star; ABC Song; Baa Baa Black Sheep; Fall is Here; Autumn Leaves Are Falling; Here I Come 

Echo Songs/Fill in the Blank Songs: Naughty Kitty Cat; Oh My! No More Pie!; Tell me your favorite thing about school; Skin & Bones; Spooky Kitty Cat

Instruments & manipulatives we've used: egg shakers; triangles; tambourines; scarves; they've strummed ukulele & guitar; buffalo drums

Recorded music we've used for movement: "Shake It Off" from Sing!; "Mahalla" by the Caroline Chocolate Drops; "Baby Shark" by Pinkfong; "Serenade #13 in G Major" by Mozart; "The Hokey Pokey" by Ray Anthony; "ABC" by The Jackson 5; "Drivin' in My Car" by Ralph's World; "Al Corro de la Patata" by CantaJuego; "Old Joe Clark" by Jill Trinka; "The Exercise Game #1" by Mark D. Pencil; "Great Pumpkin Waltz" by Vince Guaraldi Trio; "Gymnopedie No. 1" by Erik Satie; "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Grieg; "Monster Walk" by The Hit Crew; "Stop and Go" by Ella Jenkins; "Thanksgiving Theme" by Vince Guaraldi Trio Click here for my Spotify playlist with all this music

Music they've listen to: "Lava"; "All the Pretty Little Horses"; "1492"; "10 Ghosts"; "Deepest Africa"

Click here to find lyrics for all the songs we've sung in music

Keep sharing the music you like with your kiddos! They love sharing music and dancing with you!!