Miss Lisa's Preschool Songbook
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Miss Lisa’s Preschool Songbook by Lisa Baydush Early Childhood Music Specialist www.Lisa Baydush.com © 2018 Miss Lisa’s Preschool Songbook Themes: Holidays: All About Me… 01 Havdalah & Animals… 02 Rosh Chodesh… 31 Classroom Routines… 03 Shabbat Sings… 32 Colors… 04 Rosh Hashanah… 34 Community… 05 Yom Kippur… 36 Counting… 06 Sukkot… 37 Creation… 07 Simchat Torah… 39 Finger-Plays Thanksgiving… 40 & Chants… 08 Chanukah… 41 Friendship… 09 Tu B’shvat… 44 Giving Thanks… 10 Purim… 46 Hello & Goodbye… 11 Pesach… 48 Just for Fun… 13 Yom Ha-atzmaut… 51 Movement… 15 Movement with Stretchy Bands… 18 Nature/Weather… 19 Noah… 20 Percussion/Rhythm… 21 Planting & Growing… 22 Prayer… 23 Seasons-Fall... 24 Seasons-Winter... 25 Seasons-Spring... 26 Story Songs… 27 Tikkun Olam… 28 Transportation… 30 All About Me Big My Body is Part of Me by Wayne Potash (video) by Ellen Allard (audio) I once was one but now I'm two, This is my head, it is my rosh! (2x) I'm almost as big as you! My rosh is part of my body… and my body is part of me, Chorus: and I’m as happy as can be! B, I, G, I'm big (3x) I'm big, big, big! This is my eye, it is my a-yin… This is my nose, it is my af… I once was two but now I'm three, This is my mouth, it is my peh… I'm as big as I can be! (chorus) This is my hand, it is my yad… This is my leg, it is my regel… I once was three but now I'm four, Look at me I've grown some more! (chorus) Af, Peh, Ozen by Jeff Klepper (audio) Look at Me Af, peh, ozen, ayin, regel, by Lisa Baydush (audio) Af, peh, ozen, yad v’rosh! (repeat) Chorus: Every part of my body Look at me, look at me, has a Hebrew name. I’m as big as I can be! Let’s learn a few together Look at me, look at me, with a Hebrew singing game. I’m growing up! (repeat at beginning and end) Shtei aynayim, shtei oznayim, shtei raglayim, etzbaot! I started out so very small, Shtei aynayim, shtei oznayim, Just a little ba-a-by; shtei yadayim, etzbaot! But then I grew and went to school Here at WHC! (chorus) Soon I’ll go to a new school, Make new friends and learn new things; But I know I always have a home Here at WHC! (chorus) My Five Senses by Lisa Baydush to the tune of Freres Jacques I can see, I can see, With my eyes, with my eyes; I can see ___, I can see ___ With my eyes, with my eyes. I can hear… birds singing I can smell… a flower I can taste… ice cream I can touch… my toes -1- Animals When Ducks Get Up in the Morning (audio) The Itsy Bitsy Ackaveesh arranged by Rick Recht (audio) When ducks get up in the morning, The itsy bitsy ackaveesh went up the mayim spout; they always say good day! (repeat) Quack, quack, quack, quack, Down came the geshem and washed the ackaveesh out! That is what they say, they say: Out came the shemesh and dried up all the geshem, and the itsy bitsy ackaveesh went up the spout again. Quack, quack, quack, quack, That is what they say! (Repeat with other animals) The GREAT BIG achaveesh… There’s a Dinosaur Stomping on the Floor More Animal Songs: by Linda Arnold, adapted by Nell Hirsch and Lisa Baydush The Dinosaur Song (Colors) There’s a dinosaur stomping on the floor Dinosaur Color Song (Colors) Five Green and Speckled Frogs (Counting) Stomping one two three Five Little Ducks (Counting) There’s a dinosaur stomping on the floor Five Little Fish (Counting) And he’s come to stomp around with me. Bubble Bubble Pop (Counting) First we stomp to the left, then we stomp to the right, Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed (Counting) Teasing Mr. Crocodile (Counting) We stomp all day and we ROAR all night! Two Little Blackbirds (Finger-Plays and Chants) Elephants at the Zoo There Once was a Turtle (Finger-Plays and Chants) We are the Dinosaurs (Just for Fun) to the tune of Farmer in the Dell The Goldfish (Just for Fun) The elephants at the zoo, The Bear Missed the Train (Just for Fun) the elephants at the zoo Sing a Silly Song (Just for Fun) They stomp and stomp and stomp and stomp Penguin Dance (Movement) The elephants at the zoo! Hopping Like a Bunny (Movement) Gray Squirrel (Seasons-Fall) The lions at the zoo…roar I Spy a Butterfly (Seasons-Spring) The monkeys at the zoo…jump Five Little Butterflies (Seasons-Spring) Bumblebee (Seasons-Spring) Let’s Go to the Zoo Caterpillar (Seasons-Spring) by Super Simple Learning (video) Fuzzy Caterpillar (Seasons-Spring) HaShafan HaKatan (Seasons-Winter) Let’s go to the zoo Owl Moon (Story Songs) And stomp like the elephants do! (repeat) Llama Llama Red Pajama (Story Songs) Jump like kangaroos, There’s a Dinosaur (Shabbat) Swing like monkeys, I Was Walking Down the Street (Shabbat) Waddle like penguins, Old MacDonald Slither like snakes, Bingo Stretch our necks like giraffes, Swim like polar bears… Also see: Noah The Bear Went Over the Mountain The bear went over the mountain (3x) To see what he could see! (what did he see?!) He saw a big brown moose! (2x) The bear went over the mountain (3x) And saw a big brown moose! (what else did he see?!) -2- Classroom Routines Bye Bye L’hitraot Make a Circle (audio) to the tune of Freres Jacques Bye bye, l’hitraot L’hitraot to the instruments (repeat) Make a circle (2x) Big and round (2x) Tidy-Up Song Everybody hold a hand (2x) to the tune of Jingle Bells Now sit down (2x) Tidy-up, tidy-up, put the toys away, Make a Circle Tidy-up, tidy-up, we're finished for today; to the tune of Clementine Tidy-up, tidy-up, put the toys away, We can get them out again Make a circle (3x) big and round The next time that we play! Make a circle (2x) put your tushies on the ground. Clean It Up by Laurie Berkner (audio) Let’s Make a Circle Now to the tune of The Farmer in the Dell Clean it up (clap 2x), clean it up (clap 2x) You can make it fun to do Let’s make a circle now, And your friends can help you too Let’s make a circle now, Clean it up (clap 2x), clean it up (clap 2x) Everybody gather ‘round, And put it away, put it away Let’s make a circle now. Put your things away! (repeat) As Quiet Can Be by Ellen Allard Hands in Your Lap to the tune of Skip to My Lou I wiggle my fingers, I wiggle my toes, I wiggle my shoulders, I wiggle my nose Hands in your lap, now 1-2-3 'Til no more wiggles are left in me Feet on the floor, now 1-2-3 and I'm as quiet as quiet can be. Eyes to the front, now 1-2-3 Everybody look at me! Put Your Finger in the Air (audio) to the tune of If You’re Happy and You Know It Put your finger in the air, in the air Put your finger in the air, in the air Put your finger in the air, now twirl it in your hair Put your finger in the air, in the air On your cheek… and leave it there all week… In your ear… and make sure you can hear… On your lips… now everyone go like this… shhh! On your mouth…and be quiet like a mouse… -3- Colors Colors of the Rainbow by Ellen Allard (prop) The Rainbow Song by Rick Recht and Sheldon Low (audio) Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, Chorus: Colors of the rainbow, colors so bright! Bow, bow, bow, bow-bow-bow (2x) Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, What’s your / favorite / color / in the rainbow? Colors of the rainbow, a colorful sight! What’s your / favorite? Red is a ___; Orange is a ___; Yellow is a ___. My favorite color is BLUE! Green is a ___; Blue is a ___; Purple is a ___! (or… Whose favorite color is Kachol?) BLUE is my favorite color, The Dinosaur Song by Betsy King Brock Blue is the color of the sky, Blue is my favorite color, Amy has a dinosaur, her dinosaur is green (3x) My favorite color in the rain-bow-bow-bow… And when it walks it goes like this: (everyone stomp) STOMP, STOMP, STOMP, STOMP, STOMP, STOMP! We love every color in the Keshet, Now roar! (everyone roars) The prettiest smile in the sky, Keshet is how we say rainbow, We have lots of dinosaurs We love every color in the rain-bow-bow-bow-bow… in lots of different colors… Painting Rainbows by Lisa Baydush (audio) Dinosaur Color Song by Susan Sacks I’m painting rainbows, up in the sky Susan’s got a purple dinosaur (2x) I’m painting rainbows, with these colors of mine Let’s hear the dinosaur roar roar roar! I’m painting rainbows so everyone can see Susan’s got a purple dinosaur! The beautiful world that I see around me. I’m painting red for the apples The Color Game by Lisa Baydush (audio) and orange for the oranges Yellow for the sun I’m thinkin’ about the color Adom and green for the trees Do you know what color I mean? Blue for the sky Adom is an apple and a firetruck, and purple for the butterflies Now shout it with me… Adom is red! A rainbow of colors ‘round me! (repeat, then chorus to end) Adom is red (2x)! Adom (4x), Adom is red! Kachol… the sky and a swimming pool… kachol is blue! Rainbow Round Me Yarok… the grass and the leaves on a tree… yarok is green! by Ruth Pelham (prop) (audio) Tzahov… a banana and the shining sun… tzahov is yellow! Katom… a carrot and a basketball… katom is orange! Rainbow, rainbow, rainbow round me (2x) Sagol… a plum and a bunch of grapes… sagol is purple! Lavan… a snowflake and a marshmallow… lavan is white! Varod… a flamingo and cotton candy…varod is pink! As I look outside my window, Shachor… a shadow and the evening sky… shachor is black! I see a bright blue sky (repeat) When I See a Rainbow More Color Songs: Bubble Bubble Pop (Counting) by Lisa Baydush (audio) (good with a stretchy band) Painting a Beautiful World (Creation) When I see a rainbow, I see The Colors of My Parachute (Movement) lots of pretty colors shining down on me (repeat) Red and Green and Yellow and Blue (Movement) Make a Rainbow (Movement) I see red; I see orange; I see yellow; I see green; Noah Saw a Rainbow (Noah) I see blue;