Angels Are Out with You Today! Is a wonderful CD to play
for those calming times. We use this CD
as we come in from outside play; children lie on the floor and listen to music
to calm them down, so that they are ready to learn.
This CD also comes with the instrumental versions of all
songs.The children love to have these
versions of the songs played especially "Happy Dance"while they dance with ribbons
and scarves.
To learn more about Ferns Music for Kids visit her Web Site.
Fern
Fern’ mission is to teach children to love
one another through music. With a degree in both Elementary and Music
Education matched with an undying passion for children’s music, this former
preschool director has dedicated her musical career to being an advocate for
kindness, respect, and inspiring creativity in children.
Fern’s lively, toe-tapping music is most
often compared to that of Shari Lewis and Raffi, and her Christmas album has
even been recognized by USA TODAY!
It is summer and we decided to have a pirate of a time. We stared it out with the book How I became
a Pirate by Melinda Long and David Shannon.
All the little mateies loved the book.
Then
we found this great song by Andy Z a Pirate Song. Here is his YouTube video.
To become pirates ourselves the children made their very
own newspaper pirate hats. We even put a
P on them for Pirate.
They
played pirate ship in the water table
So
we could see what it would be like to be a pirate with a hook. Children had to hook bracelets with the
pirate hooks with out using their hands.
We
are still not done with Pirates so there will be more to come.
My school year has not ended yet or will never end I should say, but I
am already looking to the new school year thanks to Sally at Fairy Dust Teaching and her amazing workshop DYNAMIC FAMILY INVOLVEMENT!If you want to get energized
and excited about the up coming school year then head on over to her blog and
sign up for her up coming class Classroom Management Boot Camp!
During the Dynamic Family Involvement I have realized
that I need to revamp my system so that my families can be more involved with
their child’s first learning experience.
So over the next several weeks I will be sharing some of the parent
forms and letters that will help meet these needs. Here is the welcome letter for the beginning
of the year orientation packet.
Thanks again Sally for all of your insight and
information that you are sharing!
My youngest son graduated
this week from high school.A very exciting
day for all of us to watch him close out his final chapter of high school and
open his new chapter on his future.As
he walked down that aisle you could see his memories, success and his bright future
in his eyes.The world is at his finger
tips may many more wonderful things happen for him.
