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Getting Ready for School For your Child at Holy Spirit  (2)

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Getting Ready for School For your Child at Holy Spirit  (1)

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Getting Ready for School For your Child at Holy Spirit 

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Mathias drawing of St. Joseph

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Music is a great way to help kids develop language, motor, and memory skills. Here are eight silly preschool songs that kids are sure to enjoy, and that will make you giggle right along with them.
We love music at our house. My boys may think I'm crazy when I'm rocking out to Disney songs or randomly burst into song while folding laundry, but they love a good song as much as I do. Little Man actually has a funny little tradition at bedtime of asking me to make up songs about the books we read. A lot of them are pretty lame, but he loves it.

Besides just being fun, music is a great way to teach kids, especially kids who struggle with language delays. The rhythm of the music and the repetition of the same words over and over again help kids build vocabulary and give them the confidence to try sounds they might be uncomfortable attempting in normal speech. And all kids can benefit from the memory and motor skills they develop while singing and doing fingerplays. Read more research on that here.

Little kids (or at least my little boys) think anything gross or destructive is super funny, so their favorite songs involve weird foods, crashing, burping, and the like.

Here are some of my preschooler's favorite songs. Enjoy!

8 Silly Preschool Songs Your Child Will Love

1. Do You Like Broccoli Ice Cream?

This silly song asks kids to think about what would happen if they combined some of their favorite (and not so favorite) foods. Do you like pizza? Do you like popcorn? What about popcorn pizza? Eww! We love making up our own food combinations, too, so it's great for stretching kid's brains as they try to see who can be the most outlandish and disgusting (again...boys). It's one of approximately a bazillion videos made by Super Simple Songs. My boys love watching these on You Tube.

2. Slippery Fish

If you don't know this one, you MUST learn it. I was trying to keep my boys awake in the car the other day and so I started singing this with them because I know it's one of their favorites. They were CRACKING up in the back seat and asked for it again, and again, and again. I think it's pretty cute, too. You can watch the video above with them, and if you want to learn some hand motions to go along with the song, watch this video (or just make up your own...ours are a little different than the ones from Miss Nina in the video).

3. Hickory Dickory CRASH!

This is a fun variation on the traditional song Hickory Dickory Dock. In this version, lots of different kinds of animals take turns going up the clock until the elephant comes along and smashes the clock to pieces. Little Man loves to act this one out by building a "clock tower" out of blocks and then having his toy animals go up the "clock" as I sing. of course, his favorite part is knocking the whole thing down when it's the elephant's turn. It's a great song for learning because kids can practice counting as the clock chimes, and it develops vocabulary as you identify different animals.

4. If All the Raindrops

Okay, the only music video I could find for this next song features Barney. Don't hate me! And don't skip this song just because the thought of that purple dinosaur makes you cringe. I learned the song from my sister, and it's so fun! If I could spare you Barney and just have her teach you, I would, but it really is a super cute song about what would happen if all the rain drops turned into candy. There are other fun verses, too, including my favorite one, which isn't in the Barney version...so I'm including the lyrics here:

If all the blizzards were candy-coated lizards
oh what a blizzard it'd be!
I'd stand outside with my mouth open wide
singing Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh (shake your head "no" this time)
If all the blizzards were candy-coated lizards
oh what a blizzard it'd be!

5. Down By the Bay

This a classic kid song that I remember singing in elementary school, and you probably do, too. It's a great song for teaching about rhyming words (see a fun game we play with it here). I taught Little Man the song, and then he likes to make up our own verses by telling me an animal and seeing if I can come up with a rhyme to finish off the verse. Ridiculous and fun!

6. Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

This is a song Little Man learned at preschool and it took me forever to figure out what he was talking about and find it online! But, now that I have solved the mystery, I think it's such a cute song. It's great for practicing listening skills and following directions because kids need to pay attention to where the bubblegum is getting stuck.

7. Five Little Monkeys Swinging in a Tree

This song about some monkeys who get what's coming to them after they tease Mr. Alligator that he can't catch them. My boys love making the "SNAP!" of the alligator's mouth. It's a great little song for counting (it follows the same pattern as the monkeys who jumped on the bed), and the easy actions are good for developing fine motor skills. In fact, we just sang this song at story time this morning, and all the kids got SO into it.

8. Going on a Lion Hunt

I learned this song a few months ago when we did a rain forest unit for our home preschool. It's essentially the same as the "Going on a Bear Hunt" song that my son learned at preschool. It is simple, and it's great to focus attention and get out wiggles when kids get crazy.

BONUS: Sweet Zoo

Okay, this isn't one you will probably teach your preschooler to sing because it's complicated. But...it's a fabulous song for dancing along to. It's an oldie but super goodie. Make sure you listen to the end. The last line is the best part of the whole song. We had a record with this song on it when I was little, yep, a RECORD, and it still makes me smile to listen to it. I showed the above video to my boys yesterday, and they were completely entranced.

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Music is a great way to help kids develop language, motor, and memory skills. Here are eight silly preschool songs that kids are sure to enjoy, and that will make you giggle right along with them. We love music at our house.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry9QBeQhJus

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Hail Mary in Animation | Hail Mary |Hail Mary Prayer| Hail mary for kids

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During this session, have your colouring sheet beautifully coloured to show Mrs Roccisano and your Little Spirits friends.

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Demiana’s prayers corner 🙏🙏

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Alessia very much enjoyed collecting things and putting this together all on her own.

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Listen to this story. While you are at home, what can you see through your window?

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Windows, by Patrick Guest and Jonathan Bentley

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Thank you for thinking of the little spirits while in lockdown.

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Starting School - Written by Janet and Allan Ahlberg - Read by Mrs Smalley

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Do you have a special space at home to pray? Here is a picture of mine. Please feel free to share  a photo of yours. 

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Do you have a special space at home to pray? Here is a picture of mine. Please feel free to share  a photo of yours. 

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Early Years Foundations for Learning - Catholic Schools NSW

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By · Disclosure: This Post May Contain Affiliate Links. {I may be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links.}

August 15 is when we celebrate the Feast of the Assumption. It is the time we remember when Our Mother was taken up to heaven, body and soul. To help young kids understand this joyous occasion, I created The Feast of the Assumption Coloring and Craft Activity.

This craft for preschool kids aims to help young kids visualize this event. But more so, it concretely illustrates how much God loved His Mother. And that we, in turn, should shower Our Mother with the same love.

The Feast of the Assumption Coloring and Craft Activity

Materials Needed:

The Feast of the Assumption Craft Printable <<< Scroll after the craft directions to get the Feast of the Assumption Free Printable

2 Pieces of Paper (we used blue paper)

Coloring materials

Kids Scissors

Cotton balls

Green strips of paper

How to make the Feast of the Assumption Craft:

1. Print The Feast of the Assumption Craft Printable.

Encourage the kids to color in the images. There is one image of the Blessed Virgin Mary, two angels, and an optional crown as well.

After coloring everything, let the kids cut out their colored work.

2. Take one piece of paper.

Cut a small horizontal slit on the top part of this paper.

Let the kids glue cotton balls on the upper part of this first piece of paper, to make it look like clouds. Glue the angels on it as well. This signifies heaven.

On the bottom part of the same piece of paper, glue green strips of paper. This signifies earth.

3. Cut out a thin strip using the second piece of paper.

Glue one end of this thin strip of paper behind the Blessed Virgin Mary cut out.

Insert the other end of this thin strip into the small horizontal slit you created in Step #2.

4. The kids can now pull Mother Mary from earth towards heaven, where God and the angels await for her.

Optional: Glue the crown just above the small horizontal slit, so that when Mother Mary is pulled to heaven, the crown lands on her head.

I hope that through this simple craft activity, I was able to let your kids have a concrete understanding of the Feast of the Assumption. Through this feast day, we appreciate the love and affection that God has for His Mother. Knowing this should help remind us to always shower Our Mother in heaven with that same love and affection.

Other Catholic Printables You'll Love:
Download Your Feast of the Assumption Printable for the Craft

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The Feast of the Assumption Craft for Catholic Kids

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By · Disclosure: This Post May Contain Affiliate Links. {I may be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links.} August 15 is when we celebrate the Feast of the Assumption. It is the time we remember when Our Mother was taken up to heaven, body and soul.

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Pope Francis calls us to say this prayer daily with your family.

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This is a great idea to encourage family members to prayer for themselves and others.

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This beautiful image depicts the loving protection Mary our Mother is giving everyone during this time.
As a family Prayer 3 Hail Mary's.

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Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong

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CEDoW's 'Pray School' | Sent Forth To Love & Serve (S2 E4)

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Here is my first work of Mary assumption of 2021

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Jacinta's work of Mary's assumption 2021

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Jacinta's work of Mary's assumption 2021

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If you like you can share some photos of the different things you are doing at home.

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Here is Alana's drawing. Well done, Alana!

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Saint Mary of the Cross was the first Australian to be canonised and holds a special place in our hearts. Her approach: "Never see a need without doing something about it" is one that both inspires and calls us to action, to charity.

As the patron of both my diocese, and my children's school, the person of Mary MacKillop is someone I often pause to think about. And when I knew that her feast day was coming up, I went looking for a simple craft I could make at home with my children, and take along to playgroup.

I didn't find anything so I made my own, and it's so quick and easy that you can make it at home with your children too!
You will need:
Lightweight card, or regular paper will do

Colouring pencils or textas
What to do:
Print out the image of Saint Mary MacKillop (you can fit two onto an A4 page quite comfortably).

Cut around the edges.

Glue on right hand side between dotted and full lines and join to the back of the left hand side.

And there you have it, Saint Mary of the Cross!

Happy feastday!

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Saint Mary of the Cross was the first Australian to be canonised and holds a special place in our hearts. Her approach: "Never see a need without doing something about it" is one that both inspires and calls us to action, to charity.