I’m Bringing Home My Baby Bumblebee
Children relish the messiness of the traditional words to this well known song. Try the “bee friendly” version as an alternate after the original has been learned and enjoyed.
Song Theme: science
Maple Syrup
Amazing that something oozing from a tree could become sweet and delicious! Join the debate over which is the best way to serve maple syrup.
Zoom Zoom Zoom
Backwards from 10 to Blast Off for the moon! This simple adventure song gives students an opportunity to contrast melody sections with no pitch change (the countdown) to melody sections with pitch change.
Twinkle Twinkle
A new poem and an old folksong came together to create this wistful question –a question that crosses generations.
Cold and Flu Season
“Ah-choo!” becomes the refrain in this ear worm of a chant. The refrain may be used to “harmonize” with the repetitive verse, or the whole piece done as a round to provide even early singers with some voice texture fun.
Red Red Leaves
Zip new colours, verbs or trees into this seasonal song.
Zip new colours, verbs or trees into this deceptively simple song about Autumn. The recorded accompaniment and mp4 visuals highlight different instrument families.
When Cats Shout
Explore sound in the feline world.
Explore dimensions of voice in the world of felines.
One Zip, Two Zips
Zip your choice of fruit or vegetable into this simple chant.
Zip your choice of fruit or vegetable into this simple chant. Add instruments as an accompaniment.
One Apple, Two Apples
A simple chant to focus on rhythm and adding instruments.
The mp4 teaches this counting chant and shows when and what to play to add an accompaniment. Zip in your own choice of fruit or vegetable to vary the chant.
I Hear With My Little Ear
I hear with my little ear, smell with my little nose, taste …
Five variations of “I Spy” extending the game to all senses. Playing the game gives many opportunities for students to sing alone (often without really noticing that’s what they are doing) while asking and answering the questions.