On this blog post, I’m sharing with some of our favorite songs to use with the Stretchy Band! But first, let me tell you that the Stretchy Band is one of my favorite movement props. It is flexible, stretchy and made with elastic and a soft, colorful fabric. Another great perk is that the Stretchy Band is machine washable!
Bear Paw Creek is my favorite store to get movement props for my preschool and kindergarten music classes and it’s where I get my Stretchy Band. You can get yours here.
Up next, the songs!
Some of our favorite songs for the Stretchy Band:
1. “Stretch It Out”
by Stephanie Leavell
I wrote “Stretch It Out”, a movement song for the Stretchy Band that is great to engage kids playing with different movements, but it also prompts kids to come up with their own, which is a great way to use their creativity.
2. Stretchy Band Jam
by Music with Mar.
3. Let’s All Move Together
by Rachel Rambach
With this catchy song by Rachel Rambach of Listen & Learn Music, kids can reach up, make a circle, walk backwards and have fun with different movement possibilities using the Stretchy Band. You can listen and purchase this song here. Also, check out this blog post that features Listen & Learn Music’s top 3 favorite (and effective) Stretchy Band songs!
4. Moving In Place
by Mr. Gym
This song is all about jumping, walking, running, hopping, stretching… and after all, moving in place in our own space. And I just love how it ends with “sitting in our own place”, for a calm-down, relaxing end of what it can be a very active movement activity!
5. The Airplane Song
by Laurie Berkner
While not specifically a song for the Stretchy Band, I can just imagine how much fun children can have imagining that they’re on an airplane while using the Stretchy Band!
“Get in your airplanes, and off we go
Going to the park is first, you know
Now slow it down and land on the ground
And when you get out
You're gonna jump all around”
More Stretchy Band songs & ideas…
and a Spotify playlist!
“Bounce bounce, bounce bounce
Hold on the band and go
Bounce bounce
Bouncing to the beat
Bouncing to the beat”
*“Up- Down”, “In-Out” and “Side to Side” for the remaining verses.
So tell me, what are your favorite songs to use with the Stretchy band?
