Week of October 3rd, 2011Hello everyone! My apologies for the music blog being one day late today. There were many pictures and video to sort through from yesterday and I found myself getting a day behind!
Our day started with a fun adventure! I recently purchased a new classroom guitar secondhand and shared with the children how to restring a guitar.
They were fascinated by the concept of metal strings versus nylon, and I showed them how to properly restring and tune the guitar in the first morning class of the day, the four year old class.
We started our morning off with a new hello song, as well! Each year I take a new twist on singing hello with the children for class. I like to take a popular song and rework it for fun! Last year, I re-wrote a tune based on the classic rock song "Louie Louie". This year, I decided to rework the Beach Boy's classic "Good Vibrations".
Here are the words to our new hello song, complete with actions. Watch the video below to follow along!
HELLO SONG FOR MUSIC
(To the tune of Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys)
I'm picking up good vibrations (pounding the ground)
And I'm giving you an invitation
Are you ready for a music vacation? (Tapping thighs/crossing arms over chest)
To sing and dance with jubilation?
Lalalalala Lalala (cup hands around mouth)
Lalalalala Lalala
Lalalalala Lalala
Lalalalala Lalala
Oooh, oooh (tapping ground "piano", or quietly)
Oooh, oooh!
We also had a blast playing the "Doggie Bone" game today in music. The game is played by one child pretending to be a sleeping dog who has their dog bone stolen. The person who steals the bone hides it, and then the child pretending to be the dog tries to guess who is hiding the bone while the class sings this song:
Doggie Doggie, where's your
bone? Someone stole it from your home! Who stole the bone?
Last but not least, the infants really enjoyed one of our new music and movement songs that is easy for moms and dads to try at home!
The song is called "Windmill". Please watch the video below for lyrics, tune, and how to move your baby while you sing! It is very simple but alot of fun.
As always, thanks for stopping by the blog. See you next week!