Free Downloads

Free MP3 music downloads

http://freekidsmusic.com/music.html

Songs For Teaching is an all around amazing resource

http://www.songsforteaching.com/

Music Lesson Plans for Classroom Teachers

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

http://www.rockhall.com/teacher/sti-lesson-plans/

ArtsUSA – Programs for At-Risk Youths

http://www.artsusa.org/youtharts/index.asp

Songs to Teach Study Skills

http://www.songsforteaching.com/studytesttakingskills/index.htm

Lyrics for Children's Songs

Lyrics to Classic Children’s Songs

http://www.bussongs.com/activity_songs.php

Mutopia: All music in the Mutopia Project is free to download, print out, perform and distribute. 977 pieces of music are now available.

http://www.mutopiaproject.org/

The Teacher’s Guide – Includes lyrics and some midi recordings for classic songs for children

http://www.theteachersguide.com/ChildrensSongs.htm

Preschool Education – has lots of songs based on curriculum themes – not just for preschool

http://www.preschooleducation.com/

Library of Children’s Music

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/songs.htm

KiDiddles Lyrics and Activities for Children

http://www.kididdles.com/

Research for Music Integration In Pre-K and Elementary Classrooms

Music and Learning: Integrating Music in the Classroom. The following article is reprinted from the book Music and Learning by Chris Brewer, 1995. This book includes chapters on each method of integrating music in the curriculum. Music suggestions are included.

http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/arts/brewer.htm

Special Needs Students and Teaching

http://www.newhorizons.org/spneeds/front_spneeds.html

Music in Schools Today

http://www.mustcreate.org/teacher/teach3_0.shtml

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Teacher Resources

http://www.rockhall.com/events

Playground for Lifetime Musicians in Training

http://www.musiclearningcommunity.com/

Science and Habitat Songs

Home on the Pond
by Ruth Johnston
Tune: "Home on the Range"

Oh, give me a home where crustaceans roam
Where tadpoles and insects play.
Where often is heard a call from a bird
Plants and creatures near water will stay.

Chorus:
Home, home on the pond
Where tadpoles and insects play,
Where often is heard a call from a bird
Plants and creatures near water will stay

A bog, swamp, or marsh though they sound rather harsh
Are all types of wetlands, it's true
Beavers gather twigs, make a home strong and big
Near the water, so rippled and blue.

Chorus:
Home, home on the pond
Where tadpoles and insects play,
where often is heard a call from a bird
Plants and creatures near water will stay


Zebra Mussels Have Invaded
by Ruth Johnston
Tune: Hello, Muddah, Hello Faddah
Music from Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" from La Gioconda
Written for Illinios Sea Grant as a Geography Educator's Network of Indiana board member and participant in the Exotic Aquatics Great Lakes Workshop

Zebra Mussels have invaded
Major problems are created
First discovered at Lake St. Clair
Now you find them in the Great Lakes everywhere.

Clogging water-intake systems
And boat engines - they can't resist 'em!
The native mussel population
Reached a level very near elimination.

Drain and wash and dry your boat
Remove all plants, please take note that those are the treats
That Zebra Mussels like to eat - it makes their meal complete!
Take time to identify them well
Zebra stripes with a clam-like shell
They can be smaller than an inch or more so spotting them's a cinch!

Here's some good news about these critters
Hot tap water gives them jitters
They leave the land of the living
And avoid unwanted gifts that keep on giving!

Pre K-2 Winter Songs

Snowman Chant
Based on "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear"
by Ruth Johnston

Snowman, snowman turn around
Snowman, snowman jump up and down
Snowman, snowman arms up high
Snowman, snowman wink one eye
Snowman, snowman bend your knees
Snowman, snowman sway in the breeze
Snowman, snowman climb into bed
Snowman, snowman rest your head

Snowflakes, Snowflakes
Tune: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
from: http://www.preschooleducation.com/

Snowflakes, snowflakes falling down
Make a carpet on the ground
I like to lie in fluffy snow
Moving arms and legs just so
Who's that person that I see?
It's an angel made by me!

The Melting Snowman
Tune: I'm a Little Teapot
from: http://www.preschooleducation.com/

I'm a little snowman, round and fat
Here is my scarf and here is my hat
When the sunny sunshine comes to play
Just watch how fast I melt away!

Lifeskills and Lifelong Guidelines Songs

Responsibility
by Ruth Johnston
Tune: I've Been Working on the Railroad

I can show I can be trusted
I turn in my work.
When I'm wrong I admit it
I won't go berserk.
I will pick up after myself
Both at home and school.
You can really cont on me-ee.
I am very cool!

I'm responsible, I'm responsible
I'm responsible for me, for me
I'm responsible, I'm responsible
I'm responsible for me.

Fee fi fiddly I oh
Fee fi fiddly I oh, oh, oh, oh
Fee fi fiddly I oh
I'm responsible for me.


Problem Solving
by Ruth Johnston
Tune: Oh, Susanna

When you have a great big obstacle right ther in tyour way
You can think it through and get some help from others any day.
Problem solving is what you need to try
Be positive and see all sides and you will really fly!


Perseverance
by Ruth Johnston
Tune: Alouette

Perseverance, we have perseverance
Perseverance, keep at it every day.
Do you have a job to do
That take lots of time to do?
Show some grit, stick with it!
Oh, perseverance, we have perseverance
Perseverance, keep at it every day.


Effort
by Ruth Johnston
Tune: My Bonnie

I try to give everyone put ups
I work really hard on my math
I clean up all of my messes
I'm right on the godd effort path.
Effort, effort
It's something that I do for me, for me.
Effort, effort,
I care so I do it for me.


No Put Downs
By Ruth Johnston
Tune: Three Blind Mice

No put downs, no put downs
Only put ups, only put ups
You are my friend I'll be nice to you
I'll never say mean things to you
If we help each other, we'll not be blue
No put downs, no put downs.


Personal Best
by Ruth Johnston
Tune: America, The Beautiful

Oh, I can do my very best
I tell myself "I can!"
I will believe, I can achieve
That is my chosen plan
I try my best, I try my best
My effort your can see
I'll work as hard as anyone
Believing is the key.


Flexibility
by Ruth Johnston
Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Flexibility means bend
If something must change
Sometimes things get in the way
Of the schedule today
Understand and don't forget that life at times gets crazy!


Trustworthy
by Ruth Johnston
Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb

You can be so trustworthy, trustworthy, trustworthy
Keep a secret, show you care
Be a friend who's there.


Active Listening
by Ruth Johnston
Tune: Are You Sleeping?

Active listening, active listening
I can hear if I try
When I listen all of me listens
Eyes, ears, heart
Eyes, ears, heart


Humor
by Ruth Johnston
Tune: Yankee Doodle

We can laugh right at ourselves and won't hurt any feelings
Giggling helps get rid of stress, so we don't hit the ceiling.
Humor helps us to survive
Humor keeps us grinning
Share your smile with everyone to keep some heads from spinning.

Songs to Enhance Math Instruction

The Graph Song
adapted by Ruth Johnston from a song found at http://www.horrycountyschools.net/Departments/Instruction/Math/ElemMath/Songs/Probability/ProbabilitySong.html
Tune: Polly Wolly Doodle

Three graphs there are circle, line, and bar
Circle, line, and bar graphs there are.
Three graphs there are circle, line, and bar
Circle, line, and bar graphs there are.

Oh, when you need to show your data
You make a graph on paper that has grids
Be sure it has a - a proper title
So everyone will know what your graph is

Then you must, then you must,
Then you must label each and every part
Three graphs there are
Circle, line and bar
Check picture graphs and symbols if you’re smart!


The Mean, Median, and Mode Song
shared by Ms. Kelly Jacobs, VU Graduate
Tune: Home on the Range Chorus

In math there's a range
It's the high number minus the low
The median's the middle
The average is mean
And the one that's most common is mode.


The rest of these songs are from:
http://www.horrycountyschools.net/Departments/Instruction/Math/ElemMath/Songs/Probability/ProbabilitySong.html

Landmarks In Data
Tune: Three Blind Mice

Mode, Median, Mean (Point to eyes, touch waist, touch head with both hands.)
Mode, Median, Mean
Are all center measures
Are all center measures
The mode is the value you see the most (eyes)
The median is the middle host (waist)
for mean, you add and divide, of course (head)
Mode, Median, Mean
Mode, Median, Mean

Minimum, Maximum, Range (Show pinch fingers, reach with arms to side, and reach one arm to ceiling and the other to the floor)
Minimum, Maximum, Range
Show trends of data
Show trends of data
Minimum data is the lowest (pinch)
Maximum data is the most (reach with arms to side)
The range is the difference between them both (reach with arms high and low)
Minimum, Maximum, Range (pinch, reach to side, reach high and low)
Minimum, Maximum, Range (pinch, reach to side, reach high and low)

*Mode, Median, Mean are Measures of Central Tendency


Coordinate Song
“If You’re Happy and You Know It”
by Amanda @ Daisy Elem. School

If you want to plot a point
go over and up.
If you want to plot a point
go over and up.
If you want to plot a point
If you want to plot a point
If you want to plot a point
go over and up.