Makaton 2

I have been so impressed by everyone's progress with the Makaton signing we have been doing for "Baa, Baa Black Sheep" and "5 Little Ducks".  It really isn't that hard considering all of the other hand movements we do for other songs naturally eg.  Twinkle Twinkle and Itsy Bitsy Spider.

I would like to move on to Old McDonald so that we can get a hold of some animal signs.  I have some great handouts that I will have available, but I will also have them here.

Old McDonald Signs from Scope

Extra animal signs:

From Non-Native Mommy

See you all next week,

Makaton

The past two weeks we have been working on Baa Baa Black Sheep in the Makaton Sign Language.  I am linking a site so that you can reference the pages that I have been giving out in class.  This site has a few of the rhymes that we have been doing in class.  Scopevic.org.au

Another good resource is YouTube of course.

Halloween Songs

Another great turn out today, 43 children!  Amazing!

Suprisingly enough, Halloween is coming soon, one of my favourite holidays.  I even put up a tree.  As promised, we will be singing some Halloween songs.

Our first one is The Witch's Song.  It is sung to the tune of Baa Baa Black Sheep, and the best part is that there are hand movements.

Here are the words and movements:

Witch's cauldron (cup hands into a bowl)
Witch's hat, (make a triangle with hands over head)
Witch's broom stick, ("jazz hands")
Witch's cat (make whiskers at nose)

Fly over here and fly over there.(sway to left and sway to right)
BANG, CRASH, ALAZAM! (bang instruments or clap hands)
Now you disappear. (cover face with hands)

Witch's spider (make a spider with fingers)
Crawling up a log (crawl fingers up arm)
Witch's spell book, (open hands like a book)
Witch's frog. (get down like a frog)

Jump over here and jump over there. (jump to left and right)
BANG, CRASH, ALAZAM! (bang instruments or clap hands)
Now you disappear. (cover face with hands)

From- Music Express EYFS , 2  ed.2012 (A&C Black Publishers)