Archive for June 2020

https://vimeo.com/439656336 Draw the Circle Wide lyrics: Gordon Light, music: Mark A. Miller This is simply a wonderful song to sing. I have been singing it as my greeting song in some classes, and often we will

https://vimeo.com/440050451 Elephant In My Shoe by Mark Weltner (melody: The Grand Old Duke of York) Self-regulation, body awareness Lyrics: There’s an elephant in my shoe, there’s an elephant in my shoe,It’s stuck in there with superglue,

https://vimeo.com/441620546 Here Comes Mouse    by Mark Weltner (to the tune of Little Brown Jug) Gross motor skills, math Lyrics: Here comes mouse, she can’t waitJump and open up the gate.Bend down low, watch her go.Jump

https://vimeo.com/441591567 I Am a Bud    by Mark Weltner Science, fine motor skills, literacy

https://vimeo.com/441469753 I Couldn’t Sleep Last Night    attributed to Sandy Offenheim & Family Literacy The original Sandy Offenheim & Family version (on their “nicknames” CD) names the “Barnball Farm” (instead of Great Brook Farm) and is

https://vimeo.com/441055172 I’m In the Mood for Music  (traditional) Self-regulation, body awareness, literacy (leaving out words), greeting song Lyrics: I’m in the mood for music, hey how ‘bout you? (3x)Hey, hey, what do you say, I’m in

https://vimeo.com/436152802 Letter Yoga Self-regulation, literacy I made one mistake in the video – I neglected to say that the location of the X they make with their body should reflect where they wrote it on the

https://vimeo.com/441114150 Listening Ear,  by Mark Weltner Self-regulation, self-awareness, cooperation This doesn’t need accompaniment; some classes sing it as they play. One teacher created a new verse which they taught me: If I had a listening eye,

https://vimeo.com/436547903 The Little Plant lyrics by Kate L. Brown; music by Mark Weltner Self-regulation, science Children often want to act out this, with little or no prompting. See/hear a different musical version of this song here.

https://vimeo.com/441584675 Mysterious Fishtank poem by Calef Brown, from the book Dutch Sneakers and Flea Keepers, 2000, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (FYI, all of Calef Brown’s books of poetry are crazy and have marvelous illustrations, and are a