Start off Monday with some singing all about Halloween. These songs use tunes that are already familiar:
(tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground, how’d you get so big and round.
Started as a seed so small, growing ‘to a big, orange ball.
Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground, how’d you get so big and round.
(tune Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes)
Pumpkins, Skeletons, Witches, Bats,
Witches, Cats, Witches, Hats,
Pumpkins, Skeletons, Witches, Rats, Ghosts that go BOO!
With both of these songs, make appropriate actions to go with the words. Singing contributes to kindergarten readiness because it encourages listening skills, memory for sounds and words, rhythm, increases vocabulary, creates brain pathways for numbers by using spacing between notes and music scales, and more. Not only is it fun, but we often sing with others so it helps learning group skills.
What will you be singing this week?