A prop I particularly love are movement scarves. Movement scarves are a versatile tool for engaging children in fun and creative movement.
Lemonade, Lemonade is a step-by-step fingerplay song about making this refreshing summery sweet treat!
If you are teaching kids about kindness in your classroom or therapy sessions and need some song ideas, keep reading for some of my favorite children’s songs about kindness.
The music therapist in me has a pretty big {and useful} toolbox at my disposal. My 4-year-old is running circles around the house yelling that she's bored? I have a song for that! The neighbor kids are over, it's too hot to go outside and the volume is at an ELEVEN? Time to pull out anything and everything I have!
Over the years, there have been some stand-out winners in my toolbox. So here they are, for you to try in your own home.
When the sun is out and the days are long... there's nothing better than relaxing with some new music and staying up until the sun goes down.
OR...
The kids are bored, the house is a little more chaotic than you'd like and it would be JUST GREAT if the sun could just go down a fewwww hours earlier so the little ones go to bed and you can have some peace and quiet tonight.
That, too.
