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| MUSIC for YOUNG CHILDREN(Under 4!) |
| I was and still am extremely frustrated by the lack of information on teaching music skills and songs to very small children. In looking at our local liabrary everythign was geared for chldrne 4 and up. I have found some good online resources and such, and created the page to assit others. Please pass along any ideas or link you have and help give other ideas! |
| KIDiddles (TM) - Mojo's Musical Mouseum: Get Busy! (Action Songs / Fingerplays) This is a HUGE page full of fingerplays and action songs. Click here and they will find lyrics to songs they don't already have! |
| More Finger plays at Bab AND Fingerplay Treasures |
| The Beehive Here is the bee-hive, (close fist) Where are the bees? Hiding away where nobody sees. They are all coming out now, They are all alive. One! Two! Three! Four! Five! (Stick thumb, first finger, second, etc. on last line.) Five Little Monkeys (Begin with right hand out, with the back of the hand facing child. 5 fingers should be splayed and wrist is swinging back and forth as you sing...) Five little monkeys Swinging on a tree- Teasing Mr. Alligator, "Can't catch me! Can't catch me!" Along comes Mr. Alligator, (Palms together, opening and closing at wrist) Quiet as can be... SNAP! Clap hands together Four little monkeys... (hand out, back of hand facing child, 4 fingers splayed and swinging) Three little monkeys... etc. The Church Here is the church, (fingers interlaced and folded underneath palms, thumbs together on the outside) Here is the steeple. (index fingers together, sticking up) Open the doors (thumbs seperate) And see all the people! (turn hands over and wiggle interlaced fingers) Wind the Bobbin Wind, wind, wind the bobbin, (rolling hands) wind, wind wind, the bobbin, Pull, pull, Clap! Clap! Clap! (pull arms out and clap) |
| Music Lessons For Preschoolers An interview with Sachiko Isihara, Director, Suzuki School of Newton, Newton, MA |
| Activities Using Music and Rhymes for Early Childhood Education GOOD site has some lyrics, motions and activities |
| Within the links below you will find all of the AlphaSongs song lyrics, together with suggested activities to enhance your child's learning experience in conjunction with the CD. (Note: the activities would be of use to parents or teachers even without the CD.) |
| The Idea Box Good list of songs Includes some "clean up" songs too... |
| Songs and Rhymes from other Countries and Cultures England India and Indian Patriotic Bengali |