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HELPFUL HINTS: Click ONCE on text to expand. To close, click again, outside the text box. Select play button to listen to YouTubes or recordings. Computer viewing is best.

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HELPFUL HINTS: Click ONCE on text to expand. To close, click again, outside the text box. Select play button to listen to YouTubes or recordings. Computer viewing is best.

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Hush Little Baby        Michael Silverman

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Hush Little Baby        Michael Silverman

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TUNEFUL TUESDAYS!                                          Wildwood's first Tuneful Tuesday on April 18, 2017, was a lovely and lively gathering of ten students and a surprise guest -  Ms. Cunat!                                                                                   We sang and danced "Looby Loo" - and added square dance moves like "swing your partner"  and "do-si-do" to the dance. We celebrated spring celebration with "Chee Chee Cha" and ended with "Ecology Round." Please join us every Tuesday through May from 8:30-8:45. No experience needed - only a voice to sing and a body to move.

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TUNEFUL TUESDAYS!                                          Wildwood's first Tuneful Tuesday on April 18, 2017, was a lovely and lively gathering of ten students and a surprise guest -  Ms. Cunat!                                                                                   We sang and danced "Looby Loo" - and added square dance moves like "swing your partner"  and "do-si-do" to the dance. We celebrated spring celebration with "Chee Chee Cha" and ended with "Ecology Round." Please join us every Tuesday through May from 8:30-8:45. No experience needed - only a voice to sing and a body to move.

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I couldn't resist this darling Wee Sing YouTube, even though the puppets only sing through the melody one time rather than repeating it.

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Sing along with everyone in "A Ram Sam Sam"! From Wee Sing in Sillyville. Over 35 years ago, two music educators published a children's songbook and called it Wee Sing. More than 65 million books, audios, live-action videos and apps later, Wee Sing is recognized as one of the world's most cherished children's brands - and a leader in preschool learning through music.

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We're practicing piano, forte, and difference tempos AND adding rhythm sticks, bells and dance streamers to "Ram Sam Sam" - a song from Morocco that's over 500 years old!! That's alot for one song to do!
Ask me to sing it for you!

A ram sam sam,
A ram sam sam,
Gooli gooli gooli gooli gooli
Ram sam sam. (repeat)

Arafi, arafi,
Gooli gooli gooli gooli gooli
Ram sam sam. (repeat)

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We can sing and dance and celebrate spring! We are experts at circle dances,  dancing with a partner, and following directions so there are no trips to the hospital (Ms. Brigid's rule). After learning "Mulberry Bush," we added our own words and movements to the  song. We'll be working on new partner songs to share during our Kindergarten Informances on May 16, and hope you can join us!
Here's another song we're singing right now:

Sally go round the sunshine, Sally go round the moon.
Sally go round the sunshine, all in the afternoon - BOOM!

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Woody Guthrie 14) Pick It Up Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child (1947) www.woodyguthrie.com

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Hush Little Baby   Kathy Reid Naiman            

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Hush Little Baby   Kathy Reid Naiman            

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Kathy Reid-Naiman - Zoom Zoom Cuddle And Croon

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Hush Little Baby         Karen Banks-Lubicz

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Hush Little Baby         Karen Banks-Lubicz

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Chicago singer-songwriter!

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Hush Little Baby                 Doug Walker - Steel Drums 

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Hush Little Baby                 Doug Walker - Steel Drums 

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Doug Walker, Steel Drum Artist - Caribbean Kids Collection, Vol 1

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...are words in Italian, the language of music, and mean soft and loud. Ask me to sing my favorite song piano then forte! Talk with me about the difference.

We can sing a lullaby. "Hush Little Baby" is a song we're learning, and we are looking at Marla Frazee's book to teach us the words. The illustrations show what Illinois was like a long time ago - living in a log cabin, without street lights or cars or even a grocery store!  Please sing the song with me!

Hush little baby, don't say a word, Papa's going to buy you a mockingbird.
If that mockingbird don't sing, Papa's going to buy you a diamond ring.
If that diamond ring turns brass, Papa's going to buy you a looking glass.**
If that looking glass gets broke, Papa's going to buy you a billy goat.*
If that billy goat don't pull, Papa's going to buy you a cart and bull.
If that cart and bull turn over, Papa's going to buy you a dog named Rover.
If that dog named Rover don't bark, Papa's going to buy you a horse and cart.
If that horse and cart fall down, You'll still be the sweetest little baby in town.

To their credit, when the kiddos were asked if they cried when they were babies, they answered "yes!"  Enjoy the comparative recordings. We will be listening and discussing them the next few weeks.

*A billy goat is a boy goat. A nanny goat is a girl goat. **A ooking glass is a mirror.

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WE CAN READ RHYTHMS AND HIGH/LOW PATTERNS ON THE STAFF. Our bright and happy K students can read the rhythmic notation for Ta, Ti-Ti, and Rest (Z). Before the break, they did a great job composing 4-beat rhythm patterns with a partner! The musical staff has been introduced, and we're singing "Starlight" to explore high/low patterns, then play those patterns using  C' and A "touch bells" placed on the staff. In the near future, the notes will be named and further practiced.

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WE CELEBRATE EARTH DAY!                                               Pick It Up - Woody Guthrie

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WE CELEBRATE EARTH DAY!                                               Pick It Up - Woody Guthrie

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I drop my thumb, pick it up, pick it up…    And put it back with my fingers.
I drop my candy, pick it up, pick it up…
And throw it away in the garbage.

CHORUS:
Pick pick picka, pick it up, pick it up
Pick pick picka, pick it up, pick it up
Pick pick picka, pick it up, pick it up
Picka picka picka, pick it up, pick it up.

I drop my apple, pick it up, pick it up...       And wash it clean in the water.

I drop my dolly, pick it up, pick it up...            And lay her back in her cradle.

I drop my shoe, pick it up, pick it up...        And put it with my other shoe.

I drop my head, pick it up, pick it up...
And put it back on my shoulders. CHORUS

Official site: http://www.woodyguthrie.org