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Musical Murals
Play different types of music and have children paint to the music. Display the paintings and the names of the artists.
Nature's Music
Sit quietly outside with one or two toddlers and listen to sounds together. Talk and sing about the sounds you hear.
Play Together: "Alphabet Hokey Pokey"
Have children review the letters “Oo,” “Ss,” “Nn,” and “Qq” as they sing “Alphabet Hokey Pokey” with you.
Play Together: “Color Hokey Pokey”
Have children play a game and dance about colors.
Play Together: Growing Seeds
Play soft music and have children act out moving like a plant as it grows.
Play Together: I Have a New Friend Toss
Toss a stuffed animal around in a circle while singing a chant about new friends.
Play Together: Say It with Dance
Show children pictures of faces showing different emotions. Ask children to move in a way that shows that emotion.
Play Together: “Show Us What Your Instrument Can Do”
Gather children with their rubber-band instruments. Sing the song, “Show Us What Your Instrument Can Do” and have children demonstrate making sounds.
Play Together: “The Cook in the Kitchen”
Sing the song “The Cook in the Kitchen” as children play the game and become ingredients in the bee-bim bop.
Read Together: Jazz Baby #1
Have children close their eyes and listen to a short jazz recording before you read the story Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler.
Read Together: Jazz Baby #2
Children imagine they are listening to the music in the story Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler as you read it aloud.
Read Together: My Family Plays Music #1
Read a book about a family that likes to make music with many different musical instruments. Help children make connections to the book.
Recite Together: “One Ramp, Two Ramps”
Review what children have learned about ramps. Recite “One Ramp, Two Ramps” with the up and down movements.
Recite Together: “Three Little Mice” (finger play)
Teach children a finger play chant introducing the terms mouse, mice, and three.
Review the Week Together: Unit 5, Week 4
Review ramps, trackways, and obstacles explrations and the letter “Hh,” letter sound /h/, and the word hill
River Dance
Invite children to imagine they are the water in a river. Have children dance to the music, using scarves or paper ribbons to represent flowing water.
“Shake Your Sillies Out”
Sing songs to help give toddlers positive ways to express their emotions and to help build their emotional vocabulary. Create verses to go along with what toddlers are feeling.
Sing a Lullaby
Sing lullabies to soothe and comfort babies. Encourage families to teach you favorite songs or have them record songs they sing at home.
Sing Together: “A-Hunting We Will Go” (library version)
Sing a song about different types of books and have children hunt for books in the Library Center.
Sing Together: “A Pig Lives in a Pen”
Teach children a song about different places that animals live. Encourage children to add their own verses to the song.