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Draw the Circle Wide May There Always Be Sunshine We did tapping and clapping patterns around the circle, so that any child who wanted would show us a pattern (e.g. head shoulders knees toes) and we

Draw the Circle Wide May There Always Be Sunshine – we also did “may there always be babies” when Charlie N asked about it (the sign is cradling your arms like you’re holding a baby) We did

Draw the Circle Wide Let’s Work Together We All Need More Kindness In This World May There Always Be Sunshine Boom Chicka Boom Quiet Poem (sign language) 4 3 2 1 Shake Exercise – 2nd one in

Draw the Circle Wide Karen was subbing for Emily, so we sang ABC Karen’s Version We repeated the clap around the circle, but this time I learned how they had modified it: the clap goes one

Draw the Circle Wide You Gotta Sing When the Spirit Says Sing – they had started out the morning on the rug creating a symmetrical pattern with Kapla blocks, and I was inspired to have the children

Draw the Circle Wide A B Squeeze I asked if anyone had anything they wanted to sing and Luca said “Frosty the Snowman” – we worked together to remember the words and so many children knew

They were full of energy today! Draw the Circle Wide Mrs. O’Leary Open Shut Them 4 3 2 1 Shake Exercise (see second one in the link) Elephant In My Shoe Big Juice Box (Alfredo) – ask your

To start the new year, Red and Purple teachers asked to have a combined music class for the first day back, and we joined with Diane’s “Plus Fridays” class in Studio Yellow for this! Here’s what

Mrs. O’Leary Big Juice Box (Alfredo) – there was a pretzel rod in Alfredo’s bag. Elephant In My Shoe So you have a heads up, here’s what we will be singing for the Winter Sing (we sang

Draw the Circle Wide Look Out the Window On Top of Spaghetti Quiet Poem (sign language) Open Shut Them If I Knew You Were Coming We did a preliteracy music reading exercise where I drew ooo’s