These are important reading and writing skills. Let’s Make Words is a fun way for children to learn about onset (the beginning sound) and rime (the vowel and ending sounds) as well as segmenting (stretching out or separating the sounds in words) and blending (putting those sounds back together to say the complete word) as they sing and dance. This teaches children a handy strategy that they can use whenever they get stuck on a word while reading.
You may wish to display a sentence and use a frog puppet to illustrate the point. This song can be done with the students hopping with their whole bodies or by using just one finger to hop over a word. Children will learn to read on and listen for clues in the sentence to help them figure out the unknown word. Hop Over It teaches students the reading strategy of “hopping over” a word that they don’t know. Children will learn about rhyming words and counting down from 5 as they sing along and act out the actions of the characters. Watch the video: The Cool Itsy Bitsy Spiderĥ Funky Little Monkeys is a hip-hop song about those five mischievous little monkeys jumping on the bed. Children will learn about self-motivation, self-esteem and rhyming awareness as they sing and dance with this cool itsy bitsy spider. The Cool Itsy Bitsy Spider is an upbeat and updated twist on the classic nursery rhyme song. This physical representation can help children as they learn to identify and write these alphabet letters. Tall letters (such as t and h) reach high, small letters (such as a and e) sit on the line, and fall letters (such as y and g) hang below the line. Children use their bodies to show whether the alphabet letters named are tall, small, or fall letters. Move to the Alphabet teaches children about letter size and position. They will enjoy identifying rhyming words with this engaging movement song. Children will hear word pairs and then indicate whether the two words rhyme or don’t rhyme. Make a Rhyme, Make a Move teaches children about rhyming words. This is a great song for brain breaks or for a transition when you need to gather children together. In this song, they will listen carefully and mimic the different cowboy movements. The Cowboy Dance is a country line-dance style song that will help children to focus on listening and following directions.
Jack’s Miss Mary Mack will have all children echoing the rhyming words and word endings as they sing along to this musical twist on the classic nursery rhyme. It’s also a fun song to use during brain breaks. Watch the video: The Silly Pirate Song This will help to develop physical coordination and listening skills. They will learn about characters and actions in this fun and active movement song. The Silly Pirate Song is a song to engage each child’s brain and body as they listen and move along. Students will love learning the alphabet with this active song. Each letter name and sound is clearly stated along with a word that starts with that letter.
Workout to the Letter Sounds This phonics song engages children’s brains and bodies as they move and sing. Children will be completely engaged as they listen carefully and follow the directions. Hip-Hop Tooty Ta is a fun, upbeat movement song and is great to use during brain breaks. This is a great way to engage both brain and body in getting ready for the day. Children will sing along as they follow action words to clap, shake and twist. Start This Day With a Song will start your day with a bright melody and a cool beat.
Children will love learning with these engaging, entertaining and lively songs. Parents can use these songs in the car to review literacy skills and at home to give dance breaks during homework time or to encourage fun physical activity breaks. Teachers can use these songs as transition songs, warm up songs and to introduce or wrap up lessons. This collection of literacy songs is great for use both in the classroom and at home. This CD also includes many fun movement songs that are perfect for providing young children with brain breaks when they need time to refocus and regroup. These songs cover several common core literacy topics such as recognizing the letters of the alphabet, distinguishing long and short vowel sounds, identifying and producing rhyming words, reading high-frequency sight words and more. Hip-Hop AlphaBop 2 is a collection of brain breaks and literacy songs perfect for any early childhood setting.