I love to start class by making music right away, so join me in singing our Welcome Song- "Hello There!" You will be echoing me for most of the song, but at the end we will sing "But we're all here together again!" Excellent! This is another song I like to sing at the beginning of every class, because it helps us to learn and sing our solfege! It's called "The Solfege Song." This one has some fun motions, so join me! Now let's do some solfege practice. Repeat after me! Now it's time for some fun songs that we can sing together. "Rig-a-Jig-Jig" is one of my favorites, and you can add some movements to it. For "As I was walking down the street" walk around in time to the music. "As I was running down the street" try jogging in place! Then there is "hopping," "skipping," "jumping," and "walking." For the refrain "Rig-a-jig-jig", make up your own dance to fit the music! Bluebird, Bluebird is one of my favorite songs to sing. Next week we may add some dancing! Do you love to read books? Or have your parents read you stories? One of my favorite books that I read over and over to my kids when they were little was Snuggle Puppy by Sandra Boynton. We passed our very well-loved copy over to my nephews a while ago, but I have never forgotten the words. I even had my own song I made up to go with it. But I like this version a lot. Why don't you grabby a favorite stuffy (maybe even a puppy?) and sing and dance along! One more song to sing for today! This is a song I will be teaching all of the kids in the school, because it is a great patriotic song about our nation, called "America!" Our last activity is a fun dance you can do with the whole family! Grab your mom and dad or your siblings, and boogie down by "Doin' the Penguin!" (The audio file is below.) I would love to see pictures or videos of you "Doing the Penguin" and share some clips on my YouTube channel. If you would like to do that you can email your version to me or add it to this Dropbox folder.
See you next week!
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