“On top of old pizza, all covered with cheese, I lost my poor meatball …”
“Now it’s time to clean our toys, clean our toys, clean our toys. Now it’s time to clean our toys, so early in the morning …”

“What I remember most when I come back to visit my kindergarten teacher is the songs we used to sing with her … ”

All teachers can learn to use the most basic musical instrument – the human voice – to accomplish instructional objectives. They can use songs to instruct, even if they are not accomplished musicians. This program shows teachers successfully using singing in classroom activities for pre-school, kindergarten, and other early-year classes. It also explores why the combination of lyrics and melody work as a teaching modality. Singing and Songs demonstrates and explains how any teacher can incorporate these skills into everyday classroom activities.

Viewers explore:

• Who can use singing in the classroom.
• What songs are the most popular with teachers and children.
• When songs work well during transitions between various activities.
• Where singing and songs can fit within state-mandated curriculum standards.
• Why singing works, on the most basic level.
• How you can use songs to teach language, social skills, and math concepts, even if you think you can’t carry a tune.
• How to make up songs to common melodies.
• How to get children involved with making up their own songs.
• How to use the Internet and other resources to find songs for the classroom.
• How songs help children with disabilities.
• How to adapt songs other teachers use in their classrooms.

27 minutes.

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