Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Fun Holiday Songs

Thanksgiving:



Ten little Indians

One little, two little, three little Indians
Four little, five little, six little Indians
Seven little, eight little, nine little Indians
Ten little Indian boys.

Ten little, nine little, eight little Indians
Seven little, six little, five little Indians
Four little, three little, two little Indians
One little Indian boy.



"Following The Leader" and "What Made the Red Man Red" are just here because they are fun songs. They don't really have much to do with Thanksgiving.




Hanukkah,  also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE, Hanukkah is observed for eight nights, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.
The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a very special candelabrum, the nine-branched Menorah or Hanukiah, one additional light on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night. The typical Menorah consists of 7 branches. An extra light called a shamash (Hebrew: שמש, "attendant" or "sexton")[1] is also lit each night for the purpose of lighting the others, and is given a distinct location, usually above or below the rest. The "shamash" symbolically supplies light that may be used.
This year Hanukkah is celebrated December 1-9.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Dance and Play Along Songs from Music Together Fall 2010

Here a some fun songs we have danced to and played instruments with in Music Together this session.  Enjoy singing, dancing, and playing along at home!










Monday, October 4, 2010

Starting Too Early, Too Late? What’s right?

I came across this interesting interview with Carla Hannaford about when to begin music with your children.  In this interview she discusses some amazing research about music and young children.  Did you know that a fetus can begin to hear sound as early as nine weeks after conception?  Click on the link below to listen to the interview.
http://www.jackstreet.com/jackstreet/WMUS.HannafordWickham.cfm

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Mary Poppins Lullaby

We watched Mary Poppins this weekend and I love the songs in this movie. The lullaby she sings even makes me sleepy. It's a great lullaby to add to your bedtime routine with your little ones.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Songs We Sang at The Reunion

Here is some of the music we sang for for the Orff-Schulwerk reunion.  I hope you find something helpful here if you teach preschool music!  Recordings of Hoe-Down (horse song), Doop-Doo-Dee-Doop (free dance with scarves), Can-Can (great free dance song like Hoe-Down), and many others are on here so you can just click on them in the blog and hear them in your classroom or at home.
   




All Around The Kitchen


She Sells Sea Shells

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Jazz For Kids CD

I came across another great Jazz CD for kids the other day. I love all the songs on this CD. It is full of fun kids songs performed by great jazz artists. Click the link below to check it out and hear clips of the songs. If you are in my Music Together class you will hear these songs this summer!



Doop-Doo-De-Doop

This week's free dance song in the Music Together class was Doop-Doo-De-Doop sung by Blossom Dearie.  Click the YouTube link below and dance along at home!