Singing Songs

[kcnjason]

We love to sing songs. However, it isn't as fun for them when it's just "me" singing. During circle time do you sing your own songs or do you put in a cd? circle time cd? I need to find a way that they will be more into singing. When it's just me, I seem to lose them. Suggestions?

[Blackcat31]

Here is a great thread about songs. Make sure you check out the penguin video/song and the one green jelly bean one too...they are adorable!

http://daycare.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34245&highlight=singing+songs

[tbutler]

We love to sing songs. However, it isn't as fun for them when it's just "me" singing. During circle time do you sing your own songs or do you put in a cd? circle time cd? I need to find a way that they will be more into singing. When it's just me, I seem to lose them. Suggestions?

I mostly use cd's during circle time. But we sing them ourselves, no cd, during transitions, outside play, or while walking around the neighborhood. But always a cd during circle time.

[kendallina]

I usually just sing, with no cd. My kiddos usually sing with me, although they sometimes need encouragement to do so. We do a lot of movement songs too and they don't usually sing through those because they're usually so focused on the movements.

To encourage them to sing I sometimes start circle time with "warming up our voices", where we lightly tap our throats and make silly sounds (like, eeeee-oooo--eeeee-ooo....). I tell them that this helps them to remember to sing...lol. It usually works.

I always let them choose the songs we sing too, which helps.

Also, sometimes we'll sing a song loudly (like, totally screaming) and they LOVE that. We also sing songs in a whisper, which they sing.

I also allow them to sing a song for the whole group if they want. They really like that, although sometimes it goes on longer than the other kids like :).

Sometimes I'll pretend to sing a song and not know the words (I do this with the ABCs a lot), then I tell them that they should sing it without me so I can learn the words.

I've definitely found that by varying things, they're more likely to sing along. I have 3-4 year olds.

[karen]

At the start of circle time I always do songs that include the kids names.....
Here is one that I start off with
"Look through the window and who do I see
Luke friend Luke waving at me (I am waving to the child as I sing this part)
Hi Luke."
Look through the window and who do I see Michelle friend Michelle waving at me.
I just go down the row until I have said each child's name.

I also insert the kids name when singing songs like 5 little ducks or 5 green and speckled frogs and so on.....The kids can't stop laughing!

[AmandasFCC]

During circle time, I sing. Well, WE sing. I used to use CDs of children's music during free play time but I found that it caused the noise level to escalate to an unbearable level and stopped.

[Largemouthfrog]

www.largemouthfrog.net - has an interactive site where children can explore music, animals and countries.
Here is their latest music video.
http://youtu.be/bw2nif3jt6w

[LK5kids]

I have always used songs from the piggyback series. I am not even sure if they are still in print. They have quite a few books and each book is filled with new songs that are sung to familiar tunes.

They also have C.D.'s

I have always had a song board. Each month there are about 10 cards on the board and the "Child of The Day" picks out the songs we sing. These are index cards with a picture or stickers that relate to the song and the song title printed at the top.

I have the song printed on the back. By doing this, I have never gotten bored with songs.

I may also have some every day choices in there too....like, "Mary Had a Little Lamb."

Ooooooopppps! I didn't know this was an old thread....oh, well!