Lyrics to Literacy: Read a Song & Sing a Book Debbie Clement rainbowwithinreach.com rainbowswithinreach.blogspot.com ***Find me on FB!!! Wobbleseat.com Pinterest Princess PreKandKsharing.blogspot.com [email protected]
CELEBRATE! (“Debbie’s Ditties 5: Jump, Jam, Jive”) It’s time to celebrate: celebrate. We are great: we are great. It’s time to educate: educate. We are great!: we are great! Let’s all appreciate: appreciate. We are GREAT: we are GREAT! Today’s a whoop day: whoop day. I’ll be your whoop d.j.:whoop d.j. Whoop out loud: Whoop out loud. Whoop w/the crowd: Whoop w/the crowd.
**** Call and response: Listening/memory/recall, strong beat, sign language
“Clatter Bash! A Day of the Dead Celebration” Richard Keep All Soul’s Day “Shades of Black: A Celebration of our Children” Sandra Pinkney African Americans “Jamboree Day” Rhonda Green Jungles, Rhyme “Toni’s Topsy-Turvy Telephone Day” Laura Ljungkvist Communication “Monster Math” Anne Miranda Birthdays “Party” Barbara Reid Families “Block Party Today!” Marilyn Singer Friends, Summer “Family Reunion” Tricia Tusa Surprise
GLAD I'M AT SCHOOL (“Debbie's Ditties 2 Much Fun”) Chorus: Well, all right: all right! OK: OK! I'm glad I'm at school today. Teacher, teacher, teacher I am ready to move, [Motions] #1: wipers Teacher give me skills to keep me in the groove. (2X) Chorus: Teacher, teacher, teacher I am ready to learn #2: swish Teacher call on me, it must be my turn. (2X) Chorus: #3: growing Teacher, teacher, teacher I am ready to grow, cross midline Teacher can you see how much that I know? (2X) Chorus: Teacher, teacher, teacher I am ready to work, #4: hand jive Teacher honestly, it isn't a quirk. (2X) Chorus: [2X each: knees, clap, swish, bop, and wave] ****affirmation, “choreography”/movement, patterns, sequence, rock-n-roll “Kindergarten Rocks” Diane De Groat Friends, Parties “Billy and the Big New School” Lawrence Anholt Starting School “Bus For Us” Suzanne Bloom Starting School “Lizard Walinsky” Roberta Baker Individuality, School “Friends at School” Rochelle Bunnett Disabilities “Henry’s Show and Tell” Nancy Carlson Kindergarten “Think Big” Nancy Carlson Self esteem, School “Blue Ribbon Day” Katie Couric Science, Esteem “Math Man” Teri Daniels Field Trips “Miss Smith’s Incredible Story Book” Michael Garland Books, Reading
TOP TO BOTTOM (“Debbie’s Ditties 6: The Handwriting Mix” w/Zaner-Bloser) Top to bottom, left to right, left to right. (2x) That’s how people read & how people write. Top to bottom, left to right, left to right.
1.) Letters start up at the top, at the top. Never at the bottom at the top, at the top. 2.) Reading eyes go left to right, l to r. Writing hands go left to right, l to r.... That's how people read & how people write. Top to bottom, left to right, left to right.
YOU'RE WONDERFUL (“Debbie's Ditties for Little Kiddies”) [Now a hard-cover picture book ISBN 0-9705987-4-2 & Kweezletown DVD]
I think you're wonderful. I think you're marvelous. I think you're beautiful & magical, and filled with curiosity.... (and dreams.)
2. You think I'm wonderful? 3. You're right I'm wonderful. 4. I think you're wonderful. 5. You're right I'm wonderful. 6. That means we're wonderful.
****affirmation, self-doubt to self-esteem, patterns, graphics, sign language, performance, It’s a book/song about CONTRACTIONS!!
Co-operative group card and exchange game: PATTERNS!! 6 per student Each child gets a set of 6 playing cards of their own unique pattern. Teacher leads group, get a partner, tell your partner………….
1. What is the most wonderful thing about school? 2. What is the most marvelous thing that happened _____ birthday, field trip?
“What a Wonderful World” George Weiss “Now I See How Great I Can Be” Linda Grossman Self Confidence “Being Me” Julie Broski Self-Perception “I’m Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem” Jamie Lee Curtis Self-Esteem “Wow! It Sure is Good to be You!” Cynthia Jabar Individuality “Betty Lou Blue” Nancy Crocker Self Acceptance “It’s OK to be Different” Todd Parr Individuality “Just The Way You Are” Marcus Pfister Animals “Bintou’s Braids” Sylviane Diouf Self Acceptance “Clumsy Crab” Ruth Galloway Marine Life “Yay, You! Moving Out, Moving Up, Moving On” Sandra Boynton Self Confidence “Whoever You Are” Mem Fox Multi-cultural “What I Do Best” Allia Zobel-Nolan Pop up book “I Can Do It Too!” Karen Baicker Self Confidence “I am Me” Karla Kuskin Identity “Happy With Me” Leo Timmers Imagination “It’s Me!” Erich Drachman Imagination
PATTERN SONG (“Debbie’s Ditties 4: Come Dance S’More!”) Here we go, it’s the pattern song. Listen and watch, and play along. We will start with an easy one. Listen and watch, and have some fun. Are you ready? It’s the pattern song. Listen & watch, cuz you belong: 1. Knees. Tap. (A/B) 2. Head. Ear-ear. (A/BB) 3. Stomp-stomp. Clap. (AA/B) 4. Hip-hip. Zoom-Zoom. (AA/BB) 5. Wrist-wrist. Chin-chin-chin. (AA/BBB)
****skills of prediction, anticipation, mathematics of algebra, rhythm, strong beat
“Pattern Fish” Trudy Harris ISBN 0-7613-1712-0 “Pattern Bugs” Trudy Harris Algebraic prediction “The Baby Goes Beep” Rebecca O’Connell ISBN 0-7613-1789-9 “Wow! City!” Robert Neubecker ISBN 078680951-5 “Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo” Kevin Lewis Book w/a hook “Please, Baby, Please” Spike Lee African American “Please, Puppy, Please” Spike Lee ISBN 0-689-86804-9 “All in One Hour” Susan Crummel Rhyme & Cumulative
TALL GIRAFFE (“Debbie’s Ditties 3 At the Library” ) Tall giraffe, makes me laugh. 2X Come along sing this song. Tall giraffe, makes me laugh. 2. Neck so long, legs so strong. 2X 3. Brown and spotted, polka dotted. 4. Chewing leaves, on top of trees. 5. Happy lappy, tongue so slappy. 6. Tall and lean, stilt machine.
****Cumulative verses/memory, pattern, sequence, rhyme, sign language
“Giraffes Can’t Dance” Giles Andreae Self-esteem, persistence “Giraffe Who Cock-A-Doodle-Doo’D” Keith Faulkner Humor, Pop-up format “Giraffe Trouble” Jean C. George Africa “Girl on the Yellow Giraffe” Ronald Himler Imagination “Visitor” Patrice Aggs Giraffes, Individuality “Carlo Likes Reading” Jessica Spanyo l Books, Reading, Giraffe “Carlo Likes Math” Jessica Spanyo l Counting, Giraffe “Idora” Alex Godard Change, Loneliness, Giraffe “I’m a Little Giraffe” Tim Wearve Board Book “Watching Giraffes in Africa” Deborah Underwood Africa “Through the Heart of the Jungle” Jonathan Emmett Cumulative “Sitting Down to Eat” Charise Harper Counting, Cumulative, Sharing “First Day of Winter” Denise Fleming Cumulative Song
Art Project/Craftivity: Trace around shoe for giraffe head. Trace around forearm for giraffe neck. Fingerprint paint or ink pad for spots.
RED, WHITE, AND BLUE (“Debbie’s Ditties 4: Come Dance S’More!”) Red, white, and blue. I love you. Red, white, and blue. I love you. Sing for our country. Sing for our country. Sing for our country, America brave and true. Sing for our country. Sing for our country. Sing for our country, America I love you. 2. march 3. clap 4. thank you
**** Patriotism, American flag recognition, group performance (my nationally award winning book!)
“The Flag We Love” Pam Munoz Ryan ISBN 0-88106-844-6 “Wow! America!” Robert Neubecker Travel “Across America, I Love You” Christine Loomis Parents “ABC of America” Per-Henrik Gurth ABCs “America the Beautiful” Robert Sabuda Pop up book “Hats off for the Fourth of July” Harriet Zieffert 4th of July
“Of all human resources, the most precious is the desire to learn & grow.” –Vizzare
JUMPIN’ JIMINY (“Debbie’s Ditties 5: Jump, Jam, Jive”) Jumpin’ Jiminy Jamboree. Jubilation Jubilee. Jazzy jesters joyfully. Jubilation Jubilee. (Repeat) Freezing frozen fantastically. Funsters frozen fraggle-de-free. Breathing, deeply, you and me. Thawing, thawing, now set free. ****Contrast & opposites: movement vs. stillness, alliteration, using & storing energy “Jump!” Steve Lavis Participation “Emily Loves to Bounce” Stephen King Playing, Jumping “Two Feet Up, Two Feet Down” Pamela Love Jumping Rope “Boing! Jumping on the Bed” Jane Seymour Cats, Misbehavior “Jump Up!” Dan Zanes Songs “Jump Rope Magic” Afi Scruggs Games, Jump Rope “Boing” Nick Bruel Kangaroos, Jumping
LION PROWL (“Debbie's Ditties 2 Much Fun” ) Lion, lion prowls through the jungle. Lion, lion stalks the jungle floor. Lion, lion prowls through the jungle. Lion, lion listen for that roar: ------(3 X)
**** skills of prediction, anticipation, delayed gratification, sign language, rhythm, beat
“We’re Going on a Lion Hunt” David Axtell ISBN 0-8050-6159-2 “Lion Who Wanted to Love” Giles Andreae Friendship “Roar! A Noisy Counting Book” Paula Duncan Counting “Nobody Laughs at a Lion” Paul Bright Self-Esteem “My Four Lions” Bernice Gold Imagination “Nata’s Lion” Suse McDonald Africa/Hunting “Time of the Lion” Caroline Pitcher Fathers & Sons “Little Lions” Jim Arnosky Baby Animals ALL TOGETHER NOW (“Debbie’s Ditties 3 At the Library”) Everybody, all together now. Everybody clap your hands. Repeat 2. Stomp your feet. 3. Swing & sway. 4. Shake it down. 5. Turn around. Everybody, sit back down. **** Pattern and sequence, cumulative/review, sign language, transition song
“Dancing in my Bones” Sylvia Andrews Stories in Rhyme “Alley Cat’s Meow” Kathi Appelt Cats, Dancing “Big Bug Ball” Dee Lillegard Insects, Parties “Numbers Dance” Josephine Nobisso Counting “Dancing With Katya” Dori Chaconas Polio, Sisters “Can You Dance Dalila?” Virginia Kroll African American
MONSTER SPRAY (“Debbie’s Ditties 4: Come Dance S’More!”) Once upon a time in my dark, dark room, there were monsters: creepy monsters. Big, tall hairy ones. Invisible scary ones. Irrational airy ones: airy ones, airy ones. Monsters in my room. 1. When the sun goes down, that’s when monsters go to town. All the monsters: creepy monsters. 2. Each and every night, I am filled with so much fright. 3. It is hard to sleep, what with monsters stacked so deep. ****Courage and Fear, Problem Solving, Refrain that repeats, Humor
“Brave Little Monster” Ken Baker Bedtime, Fear “I’m Not Going Out There” Paul Bright Humor “Taming Horrible Harry” Lili Chartrand Books & Reading, Monsters “Most Loved Monster” Lynn Downey Individuality “Five Little Friends” Sarah Dyer Sharing, Monsters “Hazel Nutt Mad Scientist” David Elliott Scientist, Music, Monsters “Glad Monster, Sad Monster” Ed Emberly Emotions, Imagination “Absolutely Awful Alphabet” Mordicai Gerstein ABCs, Monsters “Frank was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance” Graves Dancing, Humor!! “Monster Countdown” Pamela Jane Counting “Who is Your Favorite Monster, Mama?” Barbara Hazen Envy, Jealousy
“Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and we must set off that spark in one another.” – Kenny Ausubel
"We are the music makers. We are the dreamers of dreams."
-Arthur O'Shaughnessy
GOLDIE GOLDFISH (“Debbie’s Ditties for Little Kiddies”) Goldie, Goldie Goldfish, swims all day around her dish. Goldie, Goldie Goldfish follow me and make a wish. 2. looks 3. eats 4. shakes 5. twists 6. boogies
DINOSAUR ROMP (“Debbie’s Ditties 4: Come Dance S’More!”) It’s time to do the dinosaur romp, wade with me in a prehistoric swamp. Turn on your imagination, join me on the dinosaur station. Look across your dinosaur map, let’s get moving to our prehistoric rap. 1. Stomp your feet now – very loud. Brontosaurus was mighy proud. Traveling thru the prehistoric swamp..... join me in the Brontosaurus stomp. 2. Flap your wings now very soft. Pterodactyl could fly aloft! Feel the beat of the prehistoric rap. Join me in the pterodactyl flap. 3. Chomp your teeth now very clean, Tyrannosaurs was very mean. Traveling thru the prehistoric swamp..... join me in the Tyrannosaurs chomp. ***** Pattern/Sequence, large muscle movement, following directions, group activity “Dinosaurumpus!” Tony Mitton Stories in Rhyme “Ten Terrible Dinosaurs” Paul Stickland Counting backwards “Dino Bikes” Eva Montanari Bicycling “ABC T-Rex” Bernard Most ABCs “Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp” C.D. Shields Dancing “Find-a-Saurus” Mark Sperring Imagination “Most Amazing Dinosaur” James Stevenson Museum “How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon” Jane Yolen Illness
PIGGY RAP (“Debbie's Ditties 2 Much Fun” ...... The big ending!) There were five little piggies. Piggies that were pink. Listen to my nursery rap and tell me what you think. (Repeat) 1. The first little piggy. That’s piggy number one. She liked to shop. That’s how she had her fun. She went down to the market, she went on to the mall. She shopped till she dropped and she really had a ball. (Repeat) Go piggy: go piggy. Go piggy: go piggy. Go, go, go piggy: go, go, go piggy. Go, go, go, go piggy: Go, go, go, go piggy. Go piggy, go piggy, go, go, go piggy: Go piggy, go piggy, go, go, go piggy. Go, go, go, go piggy: go, go, go, go piggy. Piggy, piggy go, go: piggy, piggy, go, go. Go piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy pig: Go piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy pig.
**** Finger-play familiarity to rap beat, ordinal number position, rhyme, dramatic play
“This Little Piggy” Jane Manning ISBN 0-694-01000-6 “Barnyard Banter” Denise Fleming ISBN 0-8050-1957-X “This Little Piggy’s Book of Manners” Kathryn Allen Etiquette “Pigs at Odds: Fun with Math” Amy Appelt Math “I Like Me” Nancy Carlson Self-Esteem “Pigs Rock” Melanie Davis Jones Stories in Rhyme “Pig in a Wig” Alan McDonald Self Acceptance “City Pig” Karen Wallace Self Percption “Pig, Pigger, Piggest” Rick Walton Language “I’m a Pig” Sarah Weeks Self Esteem
MONKEY FUN (“Debbie’s Ditties 3 At the Library”) Monkey none, monkey one: now let’s have some monkey fun. Monkey two, monkey three: let’s all climb in the monkey tree. Monkey four, monkey five: join me in some monkey jive. Monkey six, monkey seven, jump up and down like monkey heaven. Monkey eight, monkey nine: act like monkeys mighty fine. ACT LIKE A MONKEY!! Monkey nine, monkey eight: let’s all do the monkey skate. Monkey seven, monkey six: show me all your monkey tricks. Monkey five, monkey four: raise the roof and dance some more. Monkey three, monkey two: do the monkey howdy-doo. Monkey one, monkey none: now we’re done with monkey fun.
**** Counting & math, strong beat, movement, rhyme and rhythm
“One Monkey Too Many” Jackie French Koller Stories in Rhyme “Ten Monkey Jamboree” Dianne Ochiltree Counting/Rhyme “Monkey Who Wanted the Moon” Anne Mangan Curiosity “No, Monkey, No!” Fiona Conboy Lift Flap “Gorilla Gang” Jean George Jungle “Monkey Business” Wallace Edwards Language “Little Red Monkey” Jonathan London Travel “Banana” Jonathan Allen One word “Hug” Jez Alborough Hugging
EATING HEALTHY (“Debbie’s Ditties Five: Jump, Jam, Jive!”) Eating healthy. Being healthy. That’s the choice for me. Eating healthy. Being healthy. Yes, mam, yes siree. Eating healthy. Being healthy. That’s how I will choose. Eating healthy, being healthy, I’ll be healthy, you be healthy, help me spread the news. Green beans, crunchy carrots, broc-broc-broccoli I choose my yummy veggies, very happily. Tomatoes, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, beets, So many colors of veggies, and all are good for me! Chorus: All the peppers, spinach, okra, zu-zu-zucini I choose my yummy veggies very happily. Bok choy, brussle sprouts, asparagus and peas So many colors of veggies, and all are good for me. Chorus:
**** nutrition, vegetables, choices, health, exercise/movement
“What’s for Dinner?” Ann Garrett Eating “I Eat Vegetables” Hannah Tofts Concepts “ Veggie Soup” Dorothy Donohue Cooking “ Vegetable Show” Laurene Brown Nutrition “Oliver’s Vegetables Vivian French Gardening/Grandfather “Surprise Garden” Zoe Hall Seeds, Plants “Herb, The Vegetarian Dragon” Jules Bass Vegetarians “Sitting Down to Eat” Bill Harley Cumulative “Let’s Eat” Ana Zamorano Family Life “Mouse Mess” Linnea Riley Stories in Rhyme
CALAMITY SAM (“Debbie's Ditties for Little Kiddies”) Calamity Sam is who I am. I run through the kitchen and I spill the jam. Calamity Sam. Calamity Sam. Ya gotta love me for who I am. 2. When I go outside I let the door slam. 3. The bathtub over-flowed when I built a dam. **** Self-Esteem, Rhyme, Repetition, Creative Writing Opportunity, Imagination “Where’s Sam?” Yves Got Guessing, Lift Flap “You Can Do It, Sam” Amy Hest Self Confidence “Loudness of Sam” James Proimos Emotions, Noises “Sam is Never Scared” Thierry Robberecht Fear “Sam Goes to School” Mary Labatt School, Dogs “No, David” David Sannon Misbehavior
JAZZY FRIENDS (Debbie’s Ditties 4 Come Dance S’More!) Come on jazzy friends, gather round me today. I’ve got a snappy little game I’d like to teach you to play..... it goes: Step, step, jump, clap, bop. (4X) Roll it in the middle. Roll it on the top. Roll it all around and you’ll never want to stop! 2. wave 3. swim 4. twist
****pattern, sequence, jazzy snaps that cross the midline
“Saxaphone Sam & His Snazzy Jazz Band” Christine Schneide Instruments, Radio “Jazz Fly: Starring the Jazz Bugs” Matthew Gollub Music & Insects “Jazz Baby” Carole Weatherford Stories in Rhyme “Jazz Cats” David Davis Jazz, Cats “Jazzy Miz Blue Note” Peter Kuper Space Travel, Jazz “Bebop Express” H.L. Panahi Trains, Jazz “Jazz on our Mozetta” Brenda Roberts African Americans “Theo and the Street” Fatima Shaik New Orleans,Jazz “Sweet Music in Harlem” Debbie Taylor Harlem
100 DAYS (Debbie’s Ditties 5: Jump, Jam, Jive) One hundred days. One hundred days. We’ve been learning, 100 days. (Repeat) Reading, rhyming, building, playing, clapping.....
HIGGELDY DANCE (“Debbie's Ditties 2 Much Fun”) Higgeldy, biggeldy shiggle da boot. Higgeldy, biggeldy shiggle da boot. Round, go round. Go in and out. Round, go round. Go in and out. 1. Happy clappy, happy clap. Happy clappy, happy clap. 2. Suppa snappy, suppa snap. Suppa snappy, suppa snap. 3. Muckin' about, go muckin' about. Muckin' about, go muckin' about. 4. Haste ye back now, haste ye back. Haste ye back now, haste ye back.
**** Group participation, following directions, Multicultural expressions/language play, crossing the midline w/your feet!, knowing your place in space, fun! Novelty.
“Sailor Boy Jig” Margaret Wise Brown Sailors, Rhyme “Cold Feet” Cynthia Defelice Musicians, Scottland “Train to Glasgow” Wilma Horsrugh Trains, Scotland “Brave Highland Heart” H.Kellerhaus-Stewart Music, Dancing “Giant King” Kathleen Pelley Tolerance, Giants “On the Morn of Mayfest” Erica Silverman May Day, Cumulative “Yucka Drucka Droni” Eugenia Rudunsky Tongue Twisters “Double Trouble in Walla Walla” Andrew Clements Language, School
SHAKE YOUR SHAKERS (“Debbie’s Ditties 4: Come Dance S’More!”) 2. Shake, shake, shake, shake your shakers. Shake, shake, shake your shakers one, two, three. Shake, shake, shake your shakers, shake your shakers happily. Shake your shakers here. Shake your shakers there. Shake your shakers here. Shake your shakers everywhere. Etc. Etc.
**** delayed gratification: intro, keeping rhythmic beat, opposites, crossing mid-line
“I See the Rhythm” Michele Wood African American “Music Is” Lloyd Moss Stories in Rhyme “Bonz: Inside out, Rhythm, Rhyme & Reason” Byron Glaser Bones “Cat Parade!” Bethany Roberts Instruments “Boom, Baby, Boom, Boom!” Margaret Mahy Food/Animals “How Many Days to My Birthday” Gus Clarke Anticipation
BABY BIRDIE (“Debbie’s Ditties 4: Come Dance S’more!”) Baby birdie, little baby birdie. Fly up high. Fly up high. Baby birdie. Little baby birdie. In the sky, in the sky. Baby birdie, little baby birdie. Fly down low. Fly down low. Baby birdie, little baby birdie. Fly real slow.
**** Opposites: Pitch – High/Low, habitat, nurturance
“Baby Bird’s First Nest” Frank Asch Baby Animals “ Robin’s Home” Jeannie Atkins Birds “Shaking Bag” G. Battle-Lavert Generosity “Pepito the Brave” Scott Beck Courage, Flying “ Brian’s Bird” Patricia Davis Blindness, Brothers “What’s the Magic Word” Kelly Dipucchio Cumulative Rhyme, Wind, Birds “Baby Bird” Joyce Dunbar Flying “How Many Blue Birds Flew Away?” Paul Giganti Counting “Little Bird’s ABCs” Piet Grobler ABCs “Bird and His Worm” James Kaczman Safety “Little Bird, Biddle Bird” David Kirk Eating “Igor: The Bird Who Couldn’t Sing” Satoshi Kitamura Music, Birds “Unbeatable Beaks” Stephen Swinburne Birds “My Nest is Best” P.D. Eastman Pop-up “Our Nest” Reeve Lindbergh Perspective, World
LADYBUG, LADYBUG (“Debbie's Ditties 2 Much Fun”) Ladybug, Ladybug red and black, I see circles on your back. Ladybug, ladybug fly up high... .. fly back safely from, the, sky. Ladybug, ladybug red and black, I see circles on your back Ladybug, ladybug fly down low, fly around now, ve-ry, slow. 2...... fly back safely me, oh, my...... fly back down land on my toe. 3 ...... fly back safely tell, me, why? ...... fly back to the earth, be-low. **** Opposites: high/low, pitch, circle shape, rhyme, insects
“The Grouchy Ladybug” Eric Carle Use of color “Very Lazy Ladybug” Isobel Finn Laziness, Animals “Little Buggy” Kevin O’Malley Fathers & Sons “Persiphone the Ladybug” Moria Stephens Ladybug “Daddy is a Doodlebug’ Bruce Degen Stories in Rhyme “Creepy Crawly Calypso” Tony Langham Musical Instruments “Big Bug Ball” Dee Lillegard Dancing “Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!” Bob Barner Insects
POLLYWOG (“Debbie's Ditties for Little Kiddies”) I knew a little pollywog,that lived down at the creek. She swam and swam and swam around, she never swam out deep. Then one fine day I went to play... .. I saw my funny pollywog, had grown two big back feet. 2. grown two small front feet 3. splashed and splashed and splashed around… and turned into a frog!
**** science curriculum: metamorphosis and life cycle, change, growing up
“Tadpole’s Promise” Jeanne Willis Metamorphosis “Tale of a Tadpole” Barbara Ann Porte Patience, Change, “Teeny, Weeny Tadpole” Sheridan Cain Jumping “Frog Thing” Eric Drachman Self-Acceptance “Sophie’s Trophy” Susan Elya Identity “Finklehopper Frog” Irene Livingston Individuality “My Full Moon is Square” Elinor Pinczes Math, Frogs “Jack’s Tale” Ellen Shohl Walsh Royalty, trolls, “Spotted Yellow Frogs” Matthew van Fleet Pattern, Shape “Down by the Cool of the Pool” Tony Mitton Stories in Rhyme ”Last Badge” George McClements Perseverance “Marsh Music” Marianne Berkes Swamps “Jump Frog, Jump” Robert Kalan Book-w/-a-Hook “One, Two Three Jump” Penelope Lively Gardens
A, B, C, D RAP (“Debbie’s Ditties 6: The Handwriting Mix” w/Zaner-Bloser) A, B, C, D: A, B, C, D. E, F, and G: E, F and G. You’ve got to know your letters to write you see:
THUMBKIN (“Debbie’s Ditties 6: The Handwriting Mix” w/Zaner-Bloser) Hide your hands behind your back. Follow me you’ve got the knack. Listen close to what I say. Play this game, have fun today. Where is Thumbkin? Thumbkin, where are you? Where is Thumbkin? And how do you do?
*****Fine motor/finger dexterity, familiar rhyme w/strong beat, laughter & fun
JAMBO: HELLO (“Debbie's Ditties for Little Kiddies”) Jambo, Jambo how are you? I learned Swahili so can you. (2X) Children in Africa smile when they sing, all of those smiles mean the same thing. Children round the world all smile when they sing, all of those, smiles mean the same thing. 2. Hola, Spanish, Mexico 3. Guten tag, German, Germany 4. Bonjour, French, France 5. Konichiwa, Japanese, Japan.
****Multi-cultural, greetings, social context, alike/different, repetition
“Hello World” Manya Stojic Greeting in 42 Languages “Jambo: Watoto!” Marsha Heatwole Swahili, Cheetahs “Hello World” Michael Forman Adventure “In My World” Lois Ehlert Pattern, Nature “We Share One World” Jane Hoffelt Maps, Diversity “Come Out & Play: Count Around the World” Diane Law Counting, Language “Can You Say Peace” Karen Katz Multi-cultural, Peace “All Kinds of Children” Diane Paterson Children of the World “Bread Around the World Cynthia Rothman Commonalities/differences “Talk Peace” Sam Williams Tolerance “If Peace Is” Jane Baskwill Stories-in-Rhyme “ Homes Around the World ABC” Amanda Doering Houses, ABCs
CARE OF THE EARTH (“Debbie’s Ditties 2 Much Fun”) Let’s take care of the earth. (2X) We only have one and she’s a lot of fun. So let’s take care, take care of the earth. 2. Pick up trash for the earth. 3. Plant a tree for the earth.
***** ecology, environmentalism, nature and biology, stewardship
“Family of Earth” Schim Schimmel Ecology “I Love our Earth” Bill Martin Nature “The Earth and I” Frank Asch Respect “Earth Dance” Lynn Reiser Space
“For all of us, the key is to pay close attention to which activities make us feel most alive and in love with life ---- and then try to spend as much time as possible engaged in those activities.” –Nathaniel Branden, Ph.D.
GOING TO THE LIBRARY (“Debbie’s Ditties 3 At the Library”) I like going to the library, oh yeah. (3X) It’s a great place come and see. I like going to the library, oh yeah. I like being at the library, oh yeah. (3X) 2. There’s a zillion books for you and me. 3. They’ve got computers, wow, wow, wheeee. 4. They’ve got videos for T.V. 5. Storytime’s the best! We all agree! 6. Librarians find the answers speedy as can be.
**** affirmation, disposition for reading/books, community resource/familiarity
“Trip to the Library” Deborah Lock Books, Reading “When the Library Lights Go Out” Megan McDonald Adventure “ABC: Letters in the Library” Bonnie Farmer ABCs “Library Lil” Suzanne Williams Tall Tales “Rachel’s Library” Richard Ungar Wisdom/Foolish “Lola At the Library” Anna McQuinn African Americans “Thomas and the Library Lady” Pat Mora Migrants “Library Lion” Michelle Knudson Behavior “Book! Book! Book!” Deborah Bruss Farm Animals “House of Wisdom” Florence Heide Iraq “Can You Guess Where We’re Going?” Elvira Woodruff Libraries
There is no race without a history of dancing, And unless physically restrained, all children dance. -Olga Maynar
“I am a little pencil, in the hands of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.” --Mother Theresa