Monday, March 31, 2014

Pet Shop Bop!

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

Pouch!--Stein
"How's the Weather?" (Super Simple Learning)
"The Kangaroo Song" (The Jamborees)

Letter Movement Card:  "B" Balance on One Foot.

Fabric Letters:   "ABC Song"
Hop. Hop. Stop. [sit]
Arms Up . . . Shush . . .

Pet Shop Lullaby--Fraser

"Brush Your Teeth" (Raffi)

Puppets:
If You Could Get Any Pet that You Want chant
     [bunny, cat, horse puppets]

Lap Bounce:
My Pony Macaroni

Scarves:
"Bath Song" (Super Simple Learning)

Parachute:
"London Bridge" (The Wiggles)

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

The More We Get Together

Hive-Fives and Hugs

Monday, March 24, 2014

Hurry, Bird!

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

Birds--Henkes

"How's the Weather?" (Super Simple Learning)
"If You're Happy & You Know It " (The Learning Groove)

Alphabet Movement Card:
A--A is for ankle; make a circle with your ankle

Fabric Letters:  "ABC Song"

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

Feathers for Lunch--Ehlert
     (My group was large; I'd planned to let the children hold the bells
     and jingle for the cat, but I ended up jingling instead,
     then handed out the bells!)

Wrist Bells:
"Country Classics Stop and Start" (Hap Palmer)

Scarves:
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (Georgiana Stewart)

Parachute:
"Shake Our Sillies Out" (Raffi)
1,2,3 UP! 1,2,3 DOWN!

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

The More We Get Together


Monday, March 17, 2014

Potato, Rainbow, Jig! Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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

Potato Joe--Baker
I showed the children the ASL sign for potato and had them make the sign
each time they heard the word "potato" in our story.

"Roll, Roll, Potato Joe!"
     [tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat]
     Roll, roll, roll potato (roll your hands)
     roll Potato Joe;
     up the garden, (roll hands up)
     down the garden (roll hands down)
     Roll, Potato, roll!

"How's the Weather?" (Super Simple Learning)
"Hot Potato" (The Wiggles)

Fabric Letters:
"ABC Song"

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

What Makes a Rainbow?--Schwartz

Scarves:
"Dancing Rainbow Colors" (Nancy Stewart)

"If You're Happy & You Know It" (The Learning Groove)

Parachute:
We put the scarves on the parachute, and made a rainbow!
"If You're Happy & You Know It"
Grand Old Duke of York

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

The More We Get Together



Monday, March 10, 2014

Silly Sleepy Stories

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

I Dare You Not to Yawn--Boudreau

"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"
"How's the Weather?" (Super Simple Learning)
"If You're Happy & You Know It" (Learning Groove)

Fabric Letters:
"ABC Song"

Egg Shakers:
"Wimoweh" (Laurie Berkner)

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

"Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed"

Parachute:
"Parachute Up and Parachute Down"
"Grand Old Duke of York"

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

The More We Get Together

Monday, March 3, 2014

Groovin' Cats

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

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons--Litwin

"How's the Weather?" (Super Simple Learning)
"Jumping and Counting" (Jim Gill)

How to be a Cat--McClure

"If You're Happy & You Know It" (Learning Groove)

Fabric Letters:
ABC Song

Scarves:
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (Georgiana Stewart)

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

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

The More We Get Together