https://vimeo.com/440050451 Elephant In My Shoe by Mark Weltner (melody: The Grand Old Duke of York) Self-regulation, body awareness Lyrics: There’s an elephant in my shoe, there’s an elephant in my shoe,It’s stuck in there with superglue,
https://vimeo.com/441620546 Here Comes Mouse by Mark Weltner (to the tune of Little Brown Jug) Gross motor skills, math Lyrics: Here comes mouse, she can’t waitJump and open up the gate.Bend down low, watch her go.Jump
https://vimeo.com/441591567 I Am a Bud by Mark Weltner Science, fine motor skills, literacy
https://vimeo.com/441469753 I Couldn’t Sleep Last Night attributed to Sandy Offenheim & Family Literacy The original Sandy Offenheim & Family version (on their “nicknames” CD) names the “Barnball Farm” (instead of Great Brook Farm) and is
https://vimeo.com/441055172 I’m In the Mood for Music (traditional) Self-regulation, body awareness, literacy (leaving out words), greeting song Lyrics: I’m in the mood for music, hey how ‘bout you? (3x)Hey, hey, what do you say, I’m in
https://vimeo.com/436152802 Letter Yoga Self-regulation, literacy I made one mistake in the video – I neglected to say that the location of the X they make with their body should reflect where they wrote it on the
https://vimeo.com/441114150 Listening Ear, by Mark Weltner Self-regulation, self-awareness, cooperation This doesn’t need accompaniment; some classes sing it as they play. One teacher created a new verse which they taught me: If I had a listening eye,
https://vimeo.com/436547903 The Little Plant lyrics by Kate L. Brown; music by Mark Weltner Self-regulation, science Children often want to act out this, with little or no prompting. See/hear a different musical version of this song here.
https://vimeo.com/441584675 Mysterious Fishtank poem by Calef Brown, from the book Dutch Sneakers and Flea Keepers, 2000, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (FYI, all of Calef Brown’s books of poetry are crazy and have marvelous illustrations, and are a
https://vimeo.com/441021542 No More Pie (traditional) Potential Skills: body awareness, math, self-regulation Comments:This video covers more material than I would in one class for the purpose of demonstration. In the first class I usually introduce the idea
