Thursday, October 14, 2010

Fire Safety Songs

Five Little Firefighters
Five little firefighters sit very still
Until they saw a fire on top of a hill
The first one ring the bell, ding dong
The second pulls his big boots on
The third one climbs on the truck right away
The fourth one joins him, no one can wait
The fifth one drives the truck to the fire 
The big yellow flames go higher and higher
Whoo-oo Whoo-oo Hear the fire truck say
As all cars get out of the way
Shhhh goes the water from the fire hose spout
And quicker than a wink the fire is out.
I’m a Firefighter: (Sung to Mulberry Bush)
Come let us ride the fire truck The fire truck, the fire truck
Oh we can ride the fire truck Whoo! whoo Whoo!
This is the way I pull on my boots Pull on my boots, pull on my boots
This is the way I pull on my boots I’m a fire fighter
This is the way I drive the fire truck Drive the fire truck, drive the fire truck
This is the way I drive the fire truck I’m a fire fighter
This is the way I fasten the hose,  Fasten the hose, fasten the hose
This is the way I fasten the hose I’m a fire fighter
This is the way I squirt the water Squirt the water, squirt the water
This the way I squirt the water I’m a fire fighter
This is the way I climb the ladder Climb the ladder, climb the ladder
This is the way I climb the ladder I’m a fire fighter.
What do you do when there’s a fire? (Sung to What shall we do with the drunken sailor)
What do you do when there’s a fire? What do you do when there’s a fire? 
What do you do when there’s a fire?
Dial 9 1 1
What do you do when plan for fire? What do you do when plan for fire? 
What do you do when plan for fire?
Have a fire drill
What do you do if you’re on fire? What do you do if you’re on fire?  
What do you do if you’re on fire?
Stop, drop and roll
What do you do if you find matches? What do you do if you find matches? 
What do you do if you find matches?
Give them to a grown up
Who comes in a truck if there’s a fire? Who comes in a truck if there’s a fire? 
Who comes in a truck if there’s a fire?
It’s the fireman


Fire Safety Song (Sung to the Farmer and the Dell)
My fire truck is red My fire truck is red
Hi- ho to the fire we go
My fire truck is red
The smoke detector rings The smoke detector rings
Hi-ho to the fire we go
The smoke detector rings
Stop, drop and roll Stop, drop and roll
Hi-ho to the fire we go
Stop, drop and roll
The water puts out the fire The water puts out the fire
Hi-ho to the fire we go
The water puts out the fire
What happens if there is a fire? (Sung to Bingo)
What happens if there is a fire?
Do you know what to do?
Get out, get out quick Get out, get out quick Get out, get out quick
Stay very low and go, GO!
What happens if there is a fire?
Do you know what to do?
Stay out, don’t go back Stay out, don’t go back Stay out, don’t go back
Don’t go back in the house NO!
What happens if there is a fire?
Do you know what to do?
Get help, Call 911  Get help, Call 911  Get help, Call 911 
The fire truck will soon come
Five Brave Firefighters 
Five brave firefighters sleeping so
The fire bell rings and down the pole they go
Jump in the fire truck, Hurry down the street
Climb up the ladder, Feel the fire’s heat
Five brave fire fighters, Put the fire out.
Hip Hip Hooray All the people shout
I’m a little firefighter (Sung to I’m a little teapot)
I’m a little firefighter dressed in red
I wear a fire helmet on my head
I hurry to the fire and give a shout
With a burst of water the fire is out
I’m a little firefighter on the go
Here is my helmet, here is my hose
When I see a fire hear me shout
Turn on the water and put the fire out!  SSSSHHHHHH
Fire Story
Everything is quiet.  The fire truck is ready to go.  
The fire fighters are asleep at the station(Snore)
Suddenly the fire alarm rings (Briiiinnnng)
The fire fighters jump out of bed and slide down the pole (Wheee)
The run to the red fire truck (stamp, stamp)
The truck races away to the fire (Vrooom)
The siren wails all the way (oooh, oooh, )
When they reach the fire, the truck screeches to a stop (Screeech)
The fire fighters hook up the hose to the fire hydrant (Wrench sounds)
The fire fighters spray water on the fire (hisssss)
At last the fire is out.  The fire fighters are tired (Yawns)
The climb on the truck and drive back to the station (vroom)
The put away the truck.  Everything is quiet.  
The fire truck and fire fighters are ready for the next fire.
Recommended Reading
1. Stop, Drop and Roll by Margery Cuyler
2. Fire! Fire! by Gail Gibbons
3. Fire Fighters by Norma Simon

Monday, October 4, 2010

UNO: Colored Leaves Version

I created a UNO Game, using staff cards printed on colored leaves.  It is played like the original UNO game, except you match note names: A,B,C,D,E,F,G, instead of numbers.  Middle C can match Treble C, and so on.  A fun way to reinforce those all important note names.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_noK3FTJrq_R19Nc0xkVy1tMjg/view?usp=sharing








Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Leaves in the Fall Songs

Leaves are Falling  Sung to "Are you sleeping?"
Red leaves falling, Red leaves falling   (wiggle fingers down to the ground)
On the ground, on the ground   (Hit floor 3 times)Autumn time is coming, autumn time is coming   (Clap 3 times)All around, all around   (Spread arms around in circle)

Substitute Red for the fall colors: Orange, yellow, brown.

Idea #1: You can cut out leaves from paper and pretend they are falling
Idea #2: Use scarves to pretend with as you sing about the leaves falling
Idea #3: Have leaves cut out and spread out on the floor or table. Tell the children they have to find the leaf you sing about it the song


Leaves are Falling  Sung to “Jingle Bells”
Leaves are falling, Leaves are falling
One fell on my nose
Leaves are falling, Leaves are falling
One fell on my toes
Leaves are falling, Leaves are falling
One fell on my head
Leaves are falling, Leaves are falling
Yellow, orange and red
This is the way Sung to “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”
This is the way we rake the leaves, rake the leaves, rake the leaves
This is the way we rake the leaves at Autumn time
Throw the leaves
Jump in the leaves
Five little leaves
Five little leaves in the autumn breeze
Tumbled and fluttered down from the trees
The 1st leaf said “I am red
I shall rest in a flower bed”
The 2nd leaf said “I am yellow
I’m a happy-go-lucky fellow”
The 3rd leaf said “I am green
I change color so you shall see”
The 4th leaf said “Orange am I
Brightly colored I will fly”
The 5th leaf said “I am brown
I shall blow all over town”
The leaves on the trees Sung to “The Wheels on the Bus”
The leaves on the trees are changing colors
Changing colors, changing colors
The leaves on the trees are changing colors
All around town
The wind makes the leaves go “Swish,swish, swish”
Then the leaves come tumbling down
The leaves on the ground make a crackling sound
We’ll rake them up into a pile
It Must Be Autumn  Sung to “When the Saints go Marching In”
Oh, when the leaves fall off the trees
Oh, when the leaves fall off the trees
We know it must be autumn
When the leaves fall off the trees
When the wind begins to blow
When the leaves are changing colors
When the squirrel gathers his food
When there’s a chill out in the air
When we put our jackets on


Recommended Reading
1. Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert
2. Why do leaves change colors? by Betsy Maestro
3. When the leaf blew in by Steve Metzger
4. Leaves by David Ezra Stein



Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Candy Match Up

Here is a fun worksheet for primer levels that have students match the notes to the missing letters.  Download to print, for some reason it is not linking up right to print straight from this page.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Apple Songs

She’ll be coming round the mountain
She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes 
(YeeHaw) punch fist
She’ll be bringing big red apples when she comes 
(Oh ,boy) hands on face
She’ll be peeling big red apples when she comes 
(Ch, ch) brush hands together
She’ll be cooking big red apples when comes 
(Put em in a pot) pat legs
She’ll be making apple jelly when she comes 
(yum ,yum) rub tummy

Shake, shake the apple tree
Shake, shake the apple tree, apples red and rosy
Shake, shake the apple tree, apples red and rosy
Apples green and yummy
Apples yellow and sunny
Use shakers with this song
Five Red Apples Sung to: "This Old Man"
Way up high, in a tree (raise hands over head)
Five red apples smiled at me (smile)
So I shook that tree as har-r-d as I could (Pretend to shake tree)
Down came the apple, Ummm, it was good!!!! (Rub tummy)
Have students hold apples and countdown the apples as they fall
Five little apples
Five little apples hanging in a tree,
Teasing Mr. Slinky worm can't eat me,
Along comes Mr. Slinky worm quiet as can be...
and...CRUNCH!
He ate that apple right out of the tree.
Have students hold apples and countdown the apples as they fall


"1 little 2 little 3 little Apples"
(to the tune: 1 little 2 little 3 little Indians) 

1 little 2 little 3 little apples,
4 little 5 little 6 little apples,
7 little 8 little 9 little apples, on my apple tree.
Munch little, munch little, munch little apples
Crunch little, crunch little, crunch little apples
Bunch of little, bunch of little, bunch of little apples,
Good for you and me!
Count backwards

Apple Sauce (Sung to Peanut Butter and Jelly)
Apple, Apple Sauce Yum
Apple, Apple Sauce Yum

First you take an apple
And you skin it You skin it
And you skin it

Apple, Apple Sauce Yum
Apple, Apple Sauce Yum

Then you take the apple
And you chop it You chop it
And you chop it

Apple, Apple Sauce Yum
Apple, Apple Sauce Yum
Then you take the apple

And you squish it You squish it
And you squish it

Apple, Apple Sauce Yum
Apple, Apple Sauce Yum

Then you take the sauce
And you eat it You eat it
And you eat it

Apple, Apple Sauce Yum
Apple, Apple Sauce Yum
Five Red Apples
Five red apples hanging in a tree (Hold up five fingers)
The juiciest apples you ever did see.
The wind came by and gave an angry frown (Fingers flutter downward)
And one little apple came tumbling down (One finger falls)
Four red apples, hanging in a tree, etc.
All Around The Apple Tree Sung to: "Mulberry Bush"
Here we go round the apple tree, the apple tree, the apple tree
Here we go around the apple tree
On a frosty morning.
This is the way we climb the ladder
-pick the apples
-wash the apples
-peel the apples
-cook the apples
Ten Red Apples 
(Both hands high) Ten red apples grow on a tree
(Dangle one hand and then the other) Five for you and five for me.
(Shake body) Let us shake the tree just so
(Hands fall) And ten red apples will fall below
(Count ea. finger) 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.
Apple On A Stick
Apple on a stick, apple on a stick
I can lick it all day and not get sick.
Apple in a cup, apple in a cup
I can drink it all day and not fill up.
Apple in a crunch, apple in a crunch
I can eat it all day, it is so good to munch
Apple in a cake, apple in a cake
I can eat it all day with no tummy ache
Apple in a pie, apple in a pie
I can eat it all day and never cry.
Apple in a dish, apple in a dish
I can eat it all day, it's so delish!
A Wiggly Worm  Sung to: "Boom! Boom! Ain't It Great to Be Crazy?"

Chorus:
Yum! Yum! Don't you know I love apples?
Yum! Yum! Don't you know I love apples?
Red and green and yellow, too…
Yum! Yum! Don't you know I love apples?

Verse 1
Way up high in an apple tree, I saw two eyes look at me.
I reached for an apple; it started to squirm…oops! I found a wiggly worm!
Chorus

Verse 2
That wiggly worm is a friend of mine. We eat apples all the time.
I let him crawl back to that tree… hey! I see that worm looking at me!
Chorus
Apple Sung to: "Bingo"

I know a fruit that grows on trees,
An apple is its name, oh!

(Chorus)
A. P. P. L. E.
A. P. P. L. E.
A. P. P. L. E.
An apple is its name, oh!

In summer and in early fall
It's time to pick an apple!
Chorus

It may be sweet or may be tart,
It's red, or green, or yellow!
Chorus

A McIntosh or Granny Smith,
A Winesap or Delicious!
Chorus

Make applesauce or apple juice
Or apple pie with apples!
Chorus

Take away a letter from the chorus each time, clapping instead of saying the letter:
 X P P L E,  X X P L E, X X X L E, X X X X E, X X X X X



Monday, September 20, 2010

Wiggly Worm Game

Wiggly Worm Game: Students take turns 
Identifying the apple card.  If they identify it correctly
they get to keep the card.  When they draw a wiggly
worm card, they get to take a card from the another
player, but they must identify the card first.  If they 
cannot identify the card they must give it back.  
Play continues until all the card are gone.  Whoever
has the most cards at the end of the game wins.