Our students have been growing and growing and not just physically! They are learning and growing in their minds and spirits, too! They are such a delight to see and work with each week. Here are updated lists of what we've been doing in music:
Fingerplays: Five Fat Turkeys; Chop, Chop, Chippity Chop; Big Eyed Owl; Five Little Bells; Five Little Snowmen Fat; Ten Little Soldiers
Action Songs: Mother Gooneybird; Horse Stood Around; Two Fingers, Two Thumbs; Jack in the Box; All Little Penguins; My Poor Hand is Shaking; Mi Cuerpo
Pitch Exploration: Skin & Bones; copy the slide whistle; Cowboy Joe; I Thought I Heard a Puppy Whine
Circle Games: Autumn Leaves are Falling; Sally Go Round the Sun; Looby Loo; Reindeer Pokey; Riding Our Ponies; Grizzly Bear
Simple Songs to Sing: Here I Come; Bear Hunt; Snowflakes Are Falling
Echo Songs/Fill in the Blank Songs: Who Fed the Chickens; Toom-Bah-Ee-Lero; John the Rabbit; I Built a Snowman; Johnny on the Woodpile
Instruments & Manipulatives We've Used: scarves, hoops, ukulele, guitar, bells, step bells, microphones (real & pretend)
Recorded Music We've Moved to: "Little Ghost" by The White Stripes; "Gymnopedie #1" by Erik Satie; "Toom-Bah-Ee-Lero" by Ella Jenkins; "Driving in My Car" by Ralph's World; "Thanksgiving Theme" by Vince Guaraldi Trio; "Heartburn Waltz" by Vince Guaraldi Trio; "Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saens; "Sleigh Ride" by Leroy Anderson; "Jazzy Jingle Bells" by Duke Ellington; "Overture to Nutcracker Suite" by Peter Tchaikovsky; "Wizards in Winter" by Trans Siberian Orchestra; "Puppy for Hanukkah" by Daveed Diggs; "Skating" by Vince Guaraldi Trio; "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" by the Jackson 5; "Robot Re-Charge" by HighScope; "Highway Number One" by Shenanigans; "Heat Wave" by Ella Fitzgerald; "I Feel Good" by James Brown; "Salt Peanuts" by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie; "Feet Can't Fail Me Now" by Buckwheat Zydeco; "Run Mountain" Carolina Chocolate Drops; "Shoo Lie Loo" by Elizabeth Mitchell
Click here for my Spotify playlist with all the music we use in class
Click here to see lyrics from songs we've learned this year
Music They've Heard in Music: Pumpkin Pie; Oh How Lovely; Frosty, the Snowman; Martin Luther King;
