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• Contact_FullName: Chris Abueg Contact_Email: abuegchris@yahoo.com Area: All About Me Song Idea: · WHAT A MIRACLE (Words and Music: Hap Palmer) ©Hap-Pal Music, Inc. I have hands, I have hands Watch me clap, watch me clap Oh, what a miracle am I I have feet, I have feet Watch me stamp, watch me stamp Oh, what a miracle am I Chorus: Oh, what a miracle Oh, what a miracle, Every little part of me I'm something special So very special There's nobody quite like me I have arms, I have arms Watch me swing, watch me swing Oh, what a miracle am I I have legs, I have legs They can bend and stretch, they can bend and stretch Oh, what a miracle am I Repeat Chorus I have a spine, I have a spine It can twist and bend, it can twist and bend Oh, what a miracle am I Contact_FullName: Julie Crowe Area: All About Me Idea: I work in the Head Start Program & to get children happy I sing to them as they transition to go wash. I sing," You are my Sunshine" using their names. Julie you are my Sunshine, my only Sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You never know Julie how much I love you, (& miss you!). Please don't take my Julie away! Contact_FullName: Christine Contact_FullName: Miss Nina Contact_FullName: Vicki If I were a butterfly I'd thank you then for giving me wings. (r) But I just thank my parents for making me me. OH, You gave me a heart and you gave me a smile, you gave me freedom and you made me your child. But I just thank my parents for making me me! If I were a kangaroo you know I'd hop right up to you. (R) If I were a fuzzy wuzzy bear I'd thank you then for my fine hair. (R)
I teach two and half to three year olds and we love to sing this song at circle time. It is great for introducing new students. It goes like this: My name's Ms Laura, Ms Laura, Ms Laura, You then point to whomever is sitting next to you and go around the circle until everyone has said their name.
This is an adaptation of another song I got from the All About Me section. My 3 year olds love singing this with hand motions. I Am Special (tune of Frere Jacques) I am special (point to yourself) I am special Don't you see? (make binoculars with your fingers) Don't you see? Someone very special (hands out to the side, palms up) Someone very special 'cause God (point to heaven) made me (point to yourself) God made me!
Get a bunch of paper place mats put each child's name in the center
of each place mat. Put things that start with the first letter of that
child's name on the mat. (laminate) During circle time, show each child
their mat as you sing: Later, before lunch. have the children sit down and pass them out, or place them where you want each child to eat.
I Am Special (tune: Frere Jacques) I am special, I am special. So are you, so are you. We can work together, We can play together, While we're at school. While we're at school. (I change the last two lines to "at preschool, at preschool.") Contact_FullName:
To the tune of "Go In and Out the Window" "Runaway" I have two eyes to see with I have two ears to hear with
I am special I am special, There is no one just like me (song) Sung to "Here comes Peter Cottontail" There is no one just like me Some are short and some are tall
You can pretty much just make up you own tune. I like me, I like me
(Tune: Frere Jacques) Lucy stand up, Lucy stand up. (Tune: Have You Ever Seen A Lassie?) (Tune: Frere Jacques) (Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star) "Tune: The Bear went over the Mountain" My fingers are starting to wiggle, (My hands, arms, head, are starting to wiggle, etc.) My whole body's
starting to wiggle,
To help teach my 4 and 5 year olds their address and telephone numbers I make them into a sing-song rhyme. Example: 883-5462...you call me and I'll call you or 5432 Oak Tree Street....Suzi lives there she's so sweet! They learn this important information in record time. Editors Note: I did this with my daughter when she was 4 years old. She, too, learned her address with this chant: Golden Gate Seminary
(first few days of school song) instructions: one child stands up while song is being sung (Where is Thumbkin tune) where is ___name____ where is ____name____
I use the same idea from jogg@netset.com about singing a child's name to the tune of bingo, only I use it to teach the children how to spell their names. I use theme related cards with a child's name printed on it. I hold up the name and the child takes it and puts it in the pocket chart. We sing their name to bingo and they love it! It makes name recognition very easy.
ideaWhat's On A Face Here's a face, Now let's begin. It has two ears, A nose and chin. A mouth, two eyes, With a bushy brow. What's on a face? We all know now! this belongs to Dick Wilmes use your fingers and point to the places on the face as you say them.
ideaA topic on family. We did a finger play called "This is my family." It goes like this, This is my mother (Thumb) This is my father (Pointer) This is my brother tall (Middle) This is my sister (Ring finger) This is the baby (Little finger) Oh, how we love them all. (Clap left hand over all fingers just indicated) Another finger play we do is called "Mother's knives and forks." Here are mother's knives and forks (Fold hands, and wiggle your fingers.) Here is father's table (Hands lay flat stop wiggling) Here is sister's looking glass (Pointer fingers touching up high) Here is baby's cradle (Keep fingers previously mentioned up, and add your little fingers up with them.) We also did "Grandma's glasses." These are Grandma's glasses, This is Grandma's hat This is the way she folds her hands, and keeps them in her lap. (As you do Grandpa, talk louder and deeper) Here are Grandpa's glasses, Here is Grandpa's hat. This is the way he folds his arms and takes a little nap. They loved to play the "Farmer in the Dell." Date: 11-13-99I am Special (tune Frere Jacques) I am special I am special If you look You will see Someone very special Someone very special Yes, it's me! Yes, it's me! Daylene I Am Special.......Yes I Am! (Sung to London Bridges) I am special No one has a nose like mine Ask the children what makes them special and insert it into the song.
A fun name song to sing with the children is "Willoby Walloby". First, ask a child to name a letter of the alphabet. If his name is Matthew, and he names the letter 'W', then you sing "Willoby Walloby Watthew, an elephant sat on Matthew. Continue around the circle with all the children. If they name the letter 'B', then sing "Billoby Balloby Batthew, an elephant sat on Matthew." The children love this, and they all want to name a letter. Name: Sherri (Tune: Twinkle, twinkle) Special, special, special me This one's great to intoduce body awareness to infants and toddlers. I just make up a tune or use it as a chant I have 10 little fingers and 10 little toes
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