Studio Red: daily do & draw 6/4
Dear Studio Red, In Studio Red we explored weaving on a circle loom and also on a Y stick. Today we invite you to create a box loom! We also invite you to experiment with weaving
Archive for June 2020
We’re going on a picnic!
It is almost the end of the school year and this will be our last invitation. As we talked about this we found ourselves both looking back over the past year, and forward, to the summer
Studio Red: daily do & draw 6/2
Dear Studio Red, We have noticed many of you exploring flowers. Their parts, their shape, their smell, and their function have all been part of your research. Today we are going to return to flowers and
3 Little Hot Dogs
https://vimeo.com/434495070 3 Little Hot Dogs (traditional – my version) Self-regulation, math Lyrics: Three little hot dogs, frying in a pan. The grease got hot hot hot hot hot, hot hot hot hot hot, hot hot
3 Short-Necked Buzzards
https://vimeo.com/440017497 3 Short-Necked Buzzards (traditional) Self-regulation, balance, math, science Lyrics: (Look up in the tree with your binoculars)Three short-necked buzzards, three short-necked buzzards.Sleeping in a dead tree, sleeping in a dead tree.I tiptoed up so quietly…Then
A B Squeeze
https://vimeo.com/436545519 A B Squeeze – adapted by Mark Weltner from the traditional alphabet song Self-regulation, literacy I got this idea after reading Anne Green Gilbert’s version of Hickory Dickory Dock (see her book Brain Compatible Dance
Bingo
https://vimeo.com/434495252 BINGO, traditional Self-regulation, body awareness, literacy, math I hope I’ve given you a glimpse of how wide open this song can be! Here are some ideas, most of which I’ve tried: I got the phrase
Boom Chicka Boom
https://vimeo.com/441612728 Boom Chicka Boom by Peter and Ellen Allard Literacy, self-regulation Lyrics: (call and response) I say boom chicka boom (children repeat: I say boom chicka boom)I say boom chicka boomI say boom
Building a New Way
https://vimeo.com/441606366 Building A New Way by Martha Sandefer of the Weavers; additional lyrics and arrangement by Mark Weltner Social/emotional benefits I frequently adapt songs to make them better suited for preschoolers. Here, I added the verse “When