Sunday, May 7, 2023

Spring Slipping Into Summer

 This year has been so wonderful! It's hard to believe it's coming to an end and many of our Preschool friends will be heading to Kindergarten. Those big kids are going to LOVE IT!! Not only will they have magical music teachers, but also art, PE, and library!!! Good luck to you all and can't wait to see my smaller friends in the fall!

Fingerplays: Catching a Fish; Five Little Bunnies; Slippery Snake; Ten Little Candles

Action Songs: William, He Had Seven Sons; Sleeping Bunnies; Strolling In The Park; Exercise Game #3; Lazy Bones

Pitch Exploration: Balloon Ball; Slide Whistle; Ribbon; Airplane Ride

Circle Games: Page's Train; The Old Gray Cat; At the Bottom of the Sea

Simple Songs to Sing: I'm Growing Up; Garden Gate; Gramma Moses

Echo Songs/Fill in the Blank Songs: Oh Ricka Bamboo

Instruments & manipulatives we've used: scarves; buffalo drums; egg shakers

Recorded music we've used for movement: "Riro's House" by Carolina Chocolate Drops; "Irish Washerwoman" by The Irish Folk; "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha" by Sam Cooke; "El Baile Madrigal" from Encanto; "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown; "Seven Jumps" by Shenanigans; "What a Wonderful World" (w/picture book by Ashley Bryan); "Jump in the Line" by Harry Belafonte; "Celebration" by Pitbull  Click here for my Spotify playlist with all this music

Music they've listen to: The Crabfish; Toora Loora Loora; Over In The Meadow (w/picture book by Ezra Jack Keats); China Doll

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

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