ABCs
Get the arrangement/chords HERE.
B-I-N-G-O
Implementation is everything!! Here are some tips and tricks for using this very developmentally useful song with preschoolers!
D G A7
D G D
There was a farmer who had a dog
D A7 D
and BINGO was his name-o
D G A7 D D G
B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O
A7 D
and BINGO was his name-o
(D A7 D A7) REPEAT!
Build, Build, Build
(Finger Play)
Find the lyrics HERE.
El Caculito (The Little Beetle)
Fingerplay from Despertar Musical, a Puerto Rican preschool music curriculum
Find the lyrics HERE.
Evens & Odds
by Stephanie Leavell
E A7 E
2-4-6-8 who do we appreciate?
E
Those are our evens!
A7
1-3-5-7-8-9-11
E A7 E
Those are our odds!
B7 A7
If you want to count evens or odds
E
Count every other one
B7 A7
If you want to count evens or odds
E
Count every other one
Four Quarters
by Stephanie Leavell
A simple, catchy song to help kids remember that there are 4 quarters in a dollar.
G D
There are four quarters
G C
There are four quarters
G D G
There are four quarters in a dollar
(Repeat)
F D F D G
25, 50, 75, one dollar
F D F D G
25, 50, 75, one dollar
Gimme That Beat
Gimme That Beat is a song that we dedicate a whole month to near the end of the school year. It is a method for introducing quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes and whole notes to 4-6 year olds in a developmentally way. We compare them to the sound of a submarine, train, plane, or helicopter. You wouldn’t believe how quickly kids get it. Kindergarteners in particular LOVE this concept and they love being able to master it through this song.
Get the chords HERE.
Get the visuals HERE.
Get the notated leadsheet HERE.
Find the downloadable song below.
New verse submitted by Laura Teutsch:
Fire truck, fire truck, driving so fast
Sounding your siren and helping save lives
Gimme that beat
That fire truck beat
Gimme that beat
That fire truck beat
(The beat is: “beeee doooo beeee doooo” on B and G. I go through two bars of half notes even though the rest of the verses do one bar of the beat, it makes the siren sound better.)
I Like To Pop
by Stephanie Leavell
Get the chords\lyrics HERE.
Look, Look, What Can You See?
by Stephanie Leavell
C F
Look, look, what can you see?
C F
What can you show me?
C F
Look, look, what can you see?
C G
Find something __________.
Get the notated leadsheet HERE.
Moving On Up
Graduation Song
Get the leadsheet HERE
Open Up Your Book
by Stephanie Leavell
A quick, accapella, transitional song to help kids prepare for reading time.
Peanut Butter & Jelly
Traditional song (my favorite version is by Lisa Loeb)
Peanut, peanut butter (and jelly!)
Peanut, peanut butter (and jelly!)
First you take the peanuts and you pick em, you pick em
You pick em, pick em, pick em
Then you take the peanuts and you smash em, you smash em,
You smash em, smash em, smash em
Then you take the peanuts and you spread em, you spread em,
You spread em, spread em, spread em
Peanut, peanut butter (and jelly!)
Peanut, peanut butter (and jelly!)
Then you take the grapes and you pick em, you pick em
You pick em, pick em, pick em
Then you take the grapes and you smash em, you smash em,
You smash em, smash em, smash em
Then you take the grapes and you spread em, you spread em,
You spread em, spread em, spread em
Peanut, peanut butter (and jelly!)
Peanut, peanut butter (and jelly!)
Then you take the sandwich and you chomp it, you chomp it
You chomp it, chomp it, chomp it
Peek-A-Boo, I See You
By Stephanie Leavell
Find the chords/lyrics HERE.
Popcorn Song
by Stephanie Leavell
Lyrics:
Wait, wait, wait
We gotta wait, wait, wait
There's a sizzle
And a shake shake shake
Wait, wait, wait
We gotta wait, wait, wait
Til the popcorn POPS!
1 - 2 - 3
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
It's filling up the bowl and
Spilling out the sides!
1 - 2 - 3
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
I guess we better dive
Right in (eat it up!)
Roly Poly Numbers
Get the lead sheet HERE.
Speech & Communication Goals
Featuring Allyssa Wilkins from Dynamic Lynks.
Shared resources:
Consonant development tree | LINK
Monster Smash visual | LINK
Link to scat singing video | LINK
New way to sing a song from Dinosaur Train | LINK
Time To Clean Up
Transitions
3 Musical Transitions for Kids
Using Music To Help Kids With Transitions
by Stephanie Leavell
Kids are wired to test boundaries. It's vital to their development and it helps them build the oh-so-important skill of independent thinking. (Well-behaved women rarely make history, right?) Even though we want our kids to learn to think freely and stand up for themselves, the way that it is expressed in that teeny, tiny 2-5 year-old body can be equally perplexing and exhausting.
Read the full article HERE.
Wash Your Hands
Scrubba dubba dub, wash your hands
Scrubba dubba dub, get ‘em nice and clean
We’re gonna scrub and scrub ‘til we get to 15
1….2….3….etc.
