It’s rare that I feature a song for PreK, but I couldn’t resist exploring the song, “Had a Little Rooster” for the PreK music classroom. I’m a strong proponent of starting improvisation early and often. Not only should we model it for our...
Little Johnny Brown has a beautiful melody and contains plenty of opportunities for call and response in both melody and in actions. Little Johnny Brown is a song that comes from the Gullah people of Georgia, and “Much of this music is based on play parties and...
I was looking back through old blog posts, and I was shocked to see that I’ve never written about the song Down by the Bay. I used to sing this song every year with my students, coinciding with the year that they learned about rhyming words. This has so many...
Thanksgiving is just around the corner here in the states. So, I did what any food-lover/music teacher is bound to do, I thought of turkey. Today’s post honors that bird with a song that is great for teaching call and response form. CALL AND RESPONSE FORM This...
Amasee is a fantastic song and dance that’ll keep your students moving to the beat and learning about call and response form. Be sure to read to the end and download the free movement printable. Click here to listen to the song on Smithsonian Folkways FOLK DANCE...
My choice for this week’s blog post is probably no surprise. Witch, Witch is a good option for a Halloween-themed song that isn’t too scary for your little ones. I’m going to share some of my favorite ideas for using this song and all the different...
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