Saturday, April 30, 2011

April 30th, 2011

Today we listened to:


#4 "Danza de Concheros," #5 "El Chivo" from San Patricio by the Cheiftans and Ry Cooder


Baby class:


“Zamba Malato” by Susana Baca (Peru) from Putamayo’s Latinas: Women of Latin America

Saturday, March 12, 2011

March 12th, 2011

Today we listened to:

"Polly Wolly Doodle" feat. Sheryl Crow from Rocket Ship Beach by Dan Zanes and Friends

"Do, Re, Mi" from The Sound of Music in Japanese. (I don't know the name of the CD in English)!

We said and acted out the rhyme:

Tall as a tree
wide as a house
thin as a pin
small as a mouse!

Saturday, March 5, 2011

March 5th, 2011

Today we listened to:

"Mbube" - The Mahotella Queens from Putamayo's African Playground
Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee"

We also sang "five green and speckled frogs" and counted the frogs on the felt board

I sang "Going to the Zoo" by Tom Paxton

Saturday, February 19, 2011

February 19th, 2011

Today we listened to:

"Jama Day" from Novelties by Peter Mayer

Various drums: tracks #8, 9, 10, 11, 12 from Toys I Make, Trips I Take" by Kindermusik

#2 "Kunze Kwadoka" and #3 "Mutserendende"  from Paivepo by Oliver Mtukudzi (Africa -- Zimbabwe)

#4 "Danza de Concheros," #5 "El Chivo" from San Patricio by the Chieftans and Ry Cooder


We read the book One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root & Jane Chapman
When we read this book we hear lots of new sounds and can practice them.
This story is also rhythmic -- music and reading together!

Sunday, January 30, 2011

January 29th, 2011

Today we listened to

 Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns, The Carnival of the Animals,

"I Introduction and Royal March of the Lion,"
"V L'éléphant (The Elephant),"
"VI Kangourous (Kangaroos),"
"VII Aquarium," toddlers
"X Volière (Aviary)," infants
"XIII Le cygne (The Swan)" infants

Rhymes

"Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill,
one named Jack and the other named Jill.
Fly away Jack, fly away Jill!
Come back Jack, come back Jill!"


"There was a little turtle
Who lived in a box.
He swam in the puddles
And climbed on the rocks.

He snapped at the mosquito,
He snapped at the flea.
He snapped at the minnow,
And he snapped at me.


He caught the mosquito,
He caught the flea,
He the minnow,
But he didn't catch me!"