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3.2.15

Week 2 Rhymetime Challenge



This week's rhyme is "Wind the Bobbin Up".  It is one of my favourites.

Admittedly there isn't much Makaton to this song that we don't already do naturally.

I found this little cheat sheet from Let's Play Music to help with the hand movements.


The words to Wind the Bobbin Up are:


Wind the bobbin up 
Wind the bobbin up
Pull, pull, clap clap clap 
Wind it back again 
Wind it back again 
Pull, pull, clap clap clap 
Point to the ceiling 
Point to the floor 
Point to the window 
Point to the door Clap your hands, 1, 2, 3 
Place your hands upon your knees 
(repeat)

I can't wait to see everyone's bus pictures from last week.  We will find a spot in the library to hang them up.


12.8.14

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.





14.2.14

Music as usual during break.

Just a reminder that we will be having sessions as usual during the mid term break.  Come along with the older kids if you like.  I hope to see some of my Preschool Music Makers who can't come to regular sessions any more.

Thanks for coming to see Bookstart Bear this last Wednesday.  It was really fun.  Unfortunately, I didn't get any real good photos.  If you would like to share yours, let me know and maybe we can make a board with all the pictures.



11.2.14

BookStart Bear time

Just a reminder that the BookStart Bear will be visiting us on Wednesday at the Shipley library.  We will be handing out certificates of completion for the Rhymetime sessions and an evaluation sheet for the month of rhymes.


Also, please give a look at the Bookstart Bear Club.  They include age appropriate books you can pick up from your library and other activities to help your child's literacy education.

3.2.14

Rhymetime Challenge Weeks One and Two

We are into the third week of the challenge.  I had better catch you up on the first two weeks.

The first week we focused on "Big Red Tractor."  Since we know this song well, I decided to use it to focus on steady beat.  As we recited the words, we used our instruments (and bouncing) to keep the pace of the song starting off at normal pace and then performed it fast and slow.

Here are the lyrics.  The colour changes as you please.
Bouncing up and down on a big red tractor
Bouncing up and down on a big red tractor
Bouncing up and down on a big red tractor
Bringing in the hay! YEA!
The great thing about this song is that it focuses specifically on rhythm by having the child bounce on a lap or by themselves as the song is sung.  Also, on the "YEA!" at the end is emphasised by lifting the young child in the air, giving the end a bit of a oomph.  I bet you just thought this song was about colours.

Last week we focused on Itsy, Bitsy, Spider.  We didn't really do anything interesting with the poem except use our fingers to help us emphasise the words.  Although nothing special was done, I love the children during this song.  Everyone loves it and it is one of my personal favourites.

The Itsy, Bitsy, Spider went up the water sprout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out cam the sun and dried up all the rain.
The Itsy, Bitsy Spider went up the spout again.
Itsy, Bitsy Spider is a great poem to practise fine motor movement and improve dexterity when the poem is accompanied by the hand movements.

In case you are interested, here is a little blip about the history of nursery rhymes.



















25.11.13

Christmas time

Christmas is on the way and we will be singing festive tunes.  I will be putting up lyrics and suggestions for songs on the website, so have a look and keep up with our weekly themes.


2.10.13

Skeleton Dance

Our next song will be the skeleton dance and we will sing it with the music because it makes it more fun.

I love this song and have been waiting to teach it for awhile.

Here is the youtube video.



The Super Simple Learning website is really awesome and I use it sometimes for learning tunes to some of the songs.  It also has loads of Halloween and Christmas songs.

There is a lot of repetition in this song, which makes it easy to learn even though it seems long.


Here are the words:

♫ Dem bones, dem bones, dem dancing bones. [Skeleton dance.]
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dancing bones. [Skeleton dance. Move to the right.]
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dancing bones. [Skeleton dance. Move to the left.]
Doin' the skeleton dance. [Skeleton dance.]
The foot bone's connected to the leg bone. [Point to your foot, then to your lower leg.]
The leg bone's connected to the knee bone. [Point to your lower leg, then your knee.]
The knee bone's connected to the thigh bone. [Point to your knee, then your thigh.]
Doin' the skeleton dance.
The thigh bone's connected to the hip bone. [Point to your thigh, then your hip.]
The hip bone's connected to the backbone. [Point to your hip, then your back.]
The backbone's connected to the neck bone. [Point to your back, then your neck.]
Doin' the skeleton dance.
Shake your hands to the left.
Shake your hands to the right.
Put your hands in the air.
Put your hands out of sight. [Put your hands behind your back.]
Shake your hands to the left.
Shake your hands to the right.
Put your hands in the air.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
wiggle, wiggle...wiggle your knees. [Wiggle your whole body, moving your hands all the way down your body until they reach your knees.]
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dancing bones.
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dancing bones.
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dancing bones.
Doin' the skeleton dance. ♫
See you next week,

11.9.13

Wow, What a turn out!

Today we had 41 children at Mini Music Makers!  I am so happy to see returning music makers as well as welcome the new children and I hope that everyone will make Mini Music Makers a part of their weekly routine.

Today we focused on noises our body makes.  We discovered different noises our hands, feet, mouth and voice make.  We had an excellent round of Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.  We also sang the first five versus of This Old Man.

These activities helped us to be creative, get comfortable with our bodies and helped to discover rhythm through touch.


I hope to see everyone again next week.  These big turn outs will help the community realize that we need more Music and Movement sessions in our community.

Please visit our Facebook page at Mini Music Makers Shipley

Also a small reminder to people who took a form for the free session at Yorkshire Music Scool to return their forms next week, as the session will be Tuesday September 24th at 10:00.  If you cannot make that session, please leave you information so that I can contact you when we have another session.


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