Monday, February 24, 2014

Animal Rhythm

"Hello, Hello" (Traditional)
"Wiggle Your La-De-Dah" (Ralph's World)
"When I'm Feeling Up" (Rick Hubbard)

Hand, Hand, Finger, Thumb--Perkins

"How's the Weather?" (Super Simple Learning)
"Monkey See, Monkey Do" (PlaySchool)

Fabric Letters:
"ABC Song"

Egg Shakers:
"Hip Hop Body Rock" (The Learning Groove)
Arms Up . . . Shush . . .

From Head to Toe--Carle

"The Goldfish" (Laurie Berkner)

Parachute:
"Up and Down" (PlaySchool)
Grand Old Duke of York

"The Stretching Song" (Juice Music)
"This Little Light of Mine" (Elizabeth Mitchell)

The More We Get Together

Monday, February 17, 2014

Brown Bear Bounce

Hello, Hello (Traditional)
Wiggle Your La-De-Dah (Ralph's World)
When I'm Feeling Up (Rick Hubbard)

Brown Bear, Brown Bear--Martin
     We sang it to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle
     accompanied by Nursery Lullabies instrumental

How's the Weather? (Super Simple Learning)
Put Your Finger in the Air (Pete Seeger)

Wrist Ribbons:
We paraded around the story time room to "We March and We Stop"
from the Mother Goose on the Loose CD

Hop. Hop. Stop. [sit]
Arms Up . . . Shush . . .

Brown Bear, Brown Bear--Martin
     We spoke it to a hip hop beat
     accompanied by Drum Hop from Urban Volume 8 Hip Hop CD

Egg Shakers:
Shake Your Egg and Follow Me (Nancy Stewart)
Rapper's Delight (Sugar Hill Gang--kid's version)

Parachute:
Story Time, Story Time What Do We See?
     We recited a simple version with a brown monkey, gray mouse,
     green frog, and yellow bumblebee. Then we bounced them on the chute.

Grand Old Duke of York

The Stretching Song (Juice Music)
This Little Light of Mine (Elizabeth Mitchell)

The More We Get Together (as a chant)

Monday, February 10, 2014

Feet Fun

"Hello, Hello" (Traditional)
"Wiggle Your La-De-Dah" (Ralph's World)
"When I'm Feeling Up" (Rick Hubbard)


Who Has These Feet?--Hulbert
"Walking, Walking" (Super Simple Learning)

Fabric Letters:
ABC Song

Rhythm Sticks:
"Make a Little Rhythm" (Nancy Stewart)

Hop. Hop. Stop. [sit]
Arms Up


So Big--Yaccarino

Bean Bags:
"Take that Bean Bag" (Learning Station)


Parachute:
We had a cotton ball snow storm!


"The Stretching Song" (Juice Music)
"This Little Light of Mine" (Elizabeth Mitchell)

The More We Get Together

Monday, February 3, 2014

Monkeys on the Move

"Hello, Hello" (Traditonal)
"Wiggle Your La-De-Dah" (Ralph's World)
"When I'm Feeling Up" (Rick Hubbard)

Two Little Monkeys--Fox
"Monkey See & Monkey Do" (PlaySchool)

Fabric Letters:
ABC Song

"Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" (Michael & Jello)

Scarves:
"Would You Like to be a Tree?" (PlaySchool)
"Flutter, Flutter Butterfly" (PlaySchool)
Hop. Hop. Stop. [sit]
Arms Up

You are a Lion--Yoo
"Wimoweh" (Laurie Berkner)

Parachute:
"Shake Our Sillies Out" (Raffi)
Grand Old Duke of York

"The Stretching Song" (Juice Music)
"This Little Light of Mine"

The More We Get Together