What To Teach In April: Ideas For Your Early Childhood Music Classes and Music Therapy Sessions
We are sharing our favorite ideas, songs and activities you can bring to your early childhood music lesson classes or sessions this April.
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What to teach this month in your preschool and kindergarten music classes:
1- “shake-a my egg” by stephanie Leavell
Need a new instrument song this spring? Shake-A My Egg is a song about (you guessed it!) playing an egg shaker, moving it up & down, high and low, "from the ceiling to the ground."
2- “i love the rain” by Claudia Robin Gunn
“I Love The Rain” by Claudia Robin Gunn is a grounding, calming song that takes listeners through a sensory, musical story-telling experience about fondness for the rain.
Find the full blog post here.
3- Going on a picnic! Music Lesson plan
Here are the songs for the Going on a Picnic music lesson plan. And more importantly, HOW I use them.
Find the full Going On A Picnic Music Lesson Plan HERE.
4- “worm weather” A book by Jean Taft
This book engages kids in imaginative rainy-day fun full of splish, splashes, drip, drops and hops! Perfect for a sound story or to introduce playful creative movement.
Find the book here.
5- Pick it up” by Fyütch
We celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd! Here’s a rap song by Fyütch about how simple changes can help our planet.
6- "My Bunny Goes Hop" by The Laurie Berkner Band
A funny song to explore animal sounds and movement by The Laurie Berkner Band!
7- Seasonal Senses Song (Spring) by BenAnna Band
Experience Spring and all of its splendor through the senses!
Do you need some spring lesson plans? Our done-for-you Spring Preschool & Kindergarten Lesson Plans Bundle includes 5 of our favorite lesson plans for the spring season. Yeah, they're spring themed -- but these lesson plans can bring a little cheer & color to your lessons or sessions all year round.
