Scarves are such a fun prop to use with students! There are so many ways you can use scarves and various skills you can work on with them! We have two scarf songs for you to check out this fall: “Blowing in the Wind” and “Swirly Whirly Scarves”.
Here are some ideas for your back to school to make planning a bit easier and start this school year off right!
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!
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.
"I'm bored..." is the anthem of many kindergarteners. They need music that's complex and challenging to keep up with their fast-moving and ever-learning brains! In my experience, kids over age 5 are generally done with "little kid music". But this is still the perfect age to try music to improve attention, increase motivation and reinforce learning. Here are my favorites for kids ages 5-7.
