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Sing Together: “The Wheels on the Bus” #2
Sing the “Wheels on the Bus.” Encourage the children to make up new lyrics for a different machine, place, or animal.
Sing Together: “The Wheels on the Bus” #3
Discuss how a bus moves from place to place on wheels and then sing a song about a bus and act out the motions.
Sing Together: “The Wheels on the Train”
Have children share what they know about trains and think about how trains move on the tracks. Sing the song with children.
Sing Together: “The Worms Go Digging”
Have children stretch and squeeze like worms as they sing the song.
Sing Together: “There Were Ten in the Bed”
Sing the song and model hand motions to look like you are sleeping.
Sing Together: “This Is the Way I Plant the Grains”
Sing the song to recall the sequence of events in the little red hen story. Act out each verse.
Sing Together: “This Is the Way We Build a House”
Discuss the different tools used in building a house. Invite children to sing and act out “This is the Way We Build a House.”
Sing Together: “This Is the Way We Hold Our Books”
Sing a song to demonstrate how to hold books and have children join in.
Sing Together: “This Is the Way We Wash Our Faces”
Sing the song and act out the motions with children. Then invite them to add additional verses.
Sing Together: “Three Owl Babies”
Have children act out emotions and motions to show events in a story.
Sing Together: “Traffic Light”
Sing a song about traffic lights focusing on the different colors and their meanings.
Sing Together: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
Sing a song and act out the motions with children.
Sing Together: “What Makes Me a Good Friend”
Sing a song about different qualities that make a person a good friend.
Songs for Routines and Transitions
Play or sing simple songs during daily routines or transition times. Babies will begin to recognize the songs and connect them to specific routines or transitions.
Talk Together: Friend Stories
Have children share something they did with a friend and talk about how they were being a good friend.
Talk Together: High and Low
Recite a poem to demonstrate and talk about the concepts of volume and pitch. Facilitate a discussion on sounds with high and low pitches.
Talk Together: I Can Do It!
Review the story The Little Engine That Could. Have children share a time they were afraid to go down an inclined plane.
Talk Together: If I Could Have a Garden
Read the poem “If I Could Have a Garden.” Ask children which vegetables they would plant in their gardens.
Talk Together: Lullabies
Have children close their eyes as you play or sing a soothing lullaby and then talk about how it makes them feel.
Talk Together: Review Ramps, Slides, and Tracks
Have children talk about ramps, slides, or tracks in their environment. Then act out motions as they recite a rhyme.