Music and Fingerplays

More with dinosaurs in preschool

March 8, 2011

We needed a quick song to sing with the children today so my colleague and I begin brainstorming dinosaur words that we could use to go with music we were already familiar with… We had a few songs we had found in books but they were too long or complicated for us to actually remember [...]

Give the gift of music and language learning to your preschoolers

November 20, 2010

No Time Like the Present: How and Why to Give the Gift of Language Learning to Your Child(ren) Written by my special guest Carolina Gomez. Learning a language is enriching at any age, but it is more challenging when we are adults. Children are the ones who benefit the most simply because there is a special window [...]

All about me: I am special in preschool

September 1, 2010

Today I visited a twos class and on the table, I noticed there was a big hand mirror. I “hinted” to the teacher that I happen to know a fun song we could sing with this cool mirror. The teacher sweetly invited me to share the song with her class. I sang with the children [...]

Back in the recording studio for new children’s CD!

August 14, 2010

I have been super busy preparing to record my new children’s CD. I have learned a great deal since recording my first CD: Simple songs for Preschool and am loving the experience of going back into the studio for another go! I will keep you posted as things progress but these next couple of CD’s [...]

Peas in a pod your preschooler can make

August 13, 2010

Living in farm country, we learn lots about vegetables that grow in the garden. Where possible, I try to bring in vegetables from the garden like snap peas so the children can explore and snap away. At school, I came across this entry for our State Fair Vegetable Craft contest…. To make a pea pod [...]

Graphing and painting with oranges

July 20, 2010

When painting with objects, I always print the word of the object on the paper so the children can see that word as they participate in the activity. In this case the word is Orange. We cut an orange in half and used one of the halves for creating orange prints on our paper. For [...]

Ribbon painting in preschool

July 16, 2010

One of the things I love most is to build an entire day around music or even build an entire day around one single preschool song. When I write songs, I am always visualizing the many amazing things that can be done with that song. Today I added the Ribbon Song to my fingerplay blog [...]

Presenting simple songs and fingerplays to young children

April 17, 2010

I wrote this article for Teaching Tiny Tots a few months ago on teaching simple songs to preschoolers. In this article, I talk about using the S-I-M-P-L-E method when introducing simple songs and fingerplays to young children. Singing and Chanting the Itsy Bitsy Spider!

The seed begins in the garden

March 18, 2010

I am in the final stages of finishing my first children’s song CD. This is a sample of what will be on the CD and almost what the songs will sound like with instrumental from Phillip Jacoby. This version hasn’t been “mastered” yet – do you like my professional musician lingo? I hope you enjoy [...]

Sing it again in preschool

March 17, 2010

A couple of days after presenting the ‘Simple Songs for Preschoolers’ workshop, I took the opportunity to visit one of the schools. The teachers didn’t know I was coming, I just dropped in. What a thrill it was to come into this class and find them trying out some of the new songs they had [...]

Simple songs for preschoolers

March 16, 2010

Last week I had the opportunity to present the music I have written with two groups of teachers. These two meetings were a good practice run for helping me to prepare for presenting the music at the Indiana State IAEYC conference in April. I came to the school early to make sure things were all set [...]

Musical instruments in the preschool classroom

February 20, 2010

There are a variety of ways you can use musical instruments in the classroom. Create a music center and try adding… Baskets of musical instruments A CD Player A pretend microphone A mirror A little platform for a stage (square) Posters and books about music, composers, notes, and nursery rhymes. Staple together little books of [...]

Extending music in the preschool classroom

December 3, 2009

Music and fingerplays are a wonderful tool for teaching in the preschool classroom. Do you have a favorite song or fingerplay that you sing or say often with your preschool students? Print the words Choose a favorite song or fingerplay that your students know well and print the words out on a large sheet of chart [...]

Music Takes Commitment

April 20, 2009

I visited a two-year-old classroom on several occasions and observed that this was not a happy classroom. This was not a fun classroom. It was time to get these children singing and laughing. I sat with the children on the floor and in a bright happy voice and introduced them to a cute little Hello Song [...]

Music is like Magic

April 18, 2009

In early childhood work, music takes on a magical quality. Music can magically change the experience and atmosphere of your classroom. If you are thinking, “I can’t sing and I don’t know any songs so music just isn’t for me.” Let me encourage you to think again. It isn’t how many songs you currently know [...]

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