Thursday, April 28, 2011

Old McDonald Rhymes

Here is a fun song with a take off of Old McDonald.  I have included a visual aid sing-a-long sheet and some cards for practice with rhyming.  You could print the cards front to back and just turn the card to show the rhyme.  You could challenge your students to come up with other rhymes or animals as well.
Google Docs: 


Google Docs: Old McDonald Cards

Monday, April 25, 2011

Train Game

To play this fun game, print out the train and put it together to make one long train.  Then use staff cards or the Suitcase Staff Cards provided to match the note to the correct train car.  


Game idea: Take turns placing the notes on the train.  Whoever gets the last card on the train wins that pile.  Whoever has the most piles wins!  I made extra suitcases so you can have at least five of each note.  You can also make extra copies to have the number of presents you need
Alphabet Train Game on TPT
Google Docs: Alphabet Train
Google Docs: Suitcase Notes

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

New UNO Game: Flower Version



The UNO Game last fall has been one my most popular games. 



I decided to put a new spring background to the game with flowers.  Of course the game is played the same as the normal UNO game.  Directions for UNO can be found here.  Students are given 7 cards and must match the color or note to play.  They must say the note name to play.  Whoever is out of cards first wins.  Have Fun!

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Friday, April 15, 2011

New Printables Page

I have created a new Prinables Page to make it easier to download and print my various resources.
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I am always looking for ways to improve my blog and make it easy for viewers to access my materials.  If you ever have any trouble printing or downloading my materials please feel free to leave a comment or send me an email (my3redhead@gmail.com) and I will be happy to send you a copy.


Sometimes the problem might be with the computer you are using.  Here are some tips from Scrib to make sure that you computer has the right settings to few embedded documents:


If you're trying to read a Scribd document embedded on another website, or if you're viewing documents using our Flash-based reader, you may need to install or upgrade the Flash plug-in for your browser. You can download and install the Flash player for free at http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/.
If you're sure the Adobe Flash Player is already installed on your computer, it may not be configured to allow our document reader to store any local data. The reader needs to be able to store a small amount of data on your computer—less than 100 kilobytes—in order to display documents. You can change this setting using Adobe's Settings Manager:
  1. Open Adobe's Settings Manager, athttp://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html.
  2. Click the "globe & folder" icon to open the Global Storage Settings tab.
  3. Be sure Allow third-party Flash content to store data on your computer is checked.
  4. Click the folder icon to open the Website Storage Settings tab.
  5. Locate the entries for both s3.amazonaws.com and scribd.com (or d.scribd.com). For each of these:
    1. Click on the entry to highlight it.
    2. Move the slider until is says 100K.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Easter Songs

Jelly Beans in My Tummy Sung to "Skip to My Lou"
Red jelly beans yum, yum, yum
Red jelly beans yum, yum, yum
Red jelly beans yum, yum, yum
Jelly beans in my tum, tum, tum
Teaching Ideas:
1. Change the color of the jelly bean having your studnets idenify the color.  Use real jelly beans or ones cut out of construction or foam.  I have included the visual aids I use below
2. Use the flavor to sing about the jelly bean.  Strawberry jelly beans yum, yum, yum



Jelly Bean Countdown
5 little jelly beans I wish I had more
I'll eat the (color) one and now there are four
4 little jelly beans tasty as can be
I'll eat the (color) one and now there are three
3 little jelly beans only a few
I'll eat the (color) one and now there are two
2 little jelly beans, eating them is fun
I'll eat the (color) one and no there is one
1 little jelly bean, the last one for me
I'll eat the (color) one I'm as happy as can be
See the Easter Bunny Sung to "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush"
See how the bunny hops along, hops along, hops along
See how the bunny hops along On a Easter morning
This is the way he wiggles his nose
This is the way he flops his ears
This is the way he jiggles his tail
This is the way he eats his carrot
Hippity Hoppity “Sung to Shortening Bread”
Here comes a bunny, hip-hop-hop
See how his long ears, flip-flop-flop
See how his nose goes, Twink-twink-twink
See how his eyes go wink-wink-wink
Hippity Hoppity Easter Bunny Hippity Hoppity Flip Flop Flop
Hippity Hoppity Easter Bunny Hippity Hoppity Flip Flop Flop
Funny little bunny goes, hop, hop, hop
Funny little bunny, please stop, stop, stop
Wiggle your ears and crinkle your nose
Then wiggle, wiggle, wiggle right down to your toes.
Hippity Hoppity Easter Bunny Hippity Hoppity Flip Flop Flop
Hippity Hoppity Easter Bunny Hippity Hoppity Flip Flop Flop
Hop, little rabbit, hop, hop, hop
Hop little rabbit, flip, flop, flop
Hop, little rabbit one, two, three
Hop little rabbit, hop to me
Hippity Hoppity Easter Bunny Hippity Hoppity Flip Flop Flop
Hippity Hoppity Easter Bunny Hippity Hoppity Flip Flop Flop
Teaching Ideas:
1. Act this out and have fun with it.  Do a conga line and hop around the room.
Can you find the Easter Egg? Sung to "Mary had a little lamb"
Can you find the Easter Egg
Easter egg, Easter egg
Can you find the Easter Egg
The bunny hid today
Look up and down and all around
All around, all around
Look up and down and all around
For the Easter Egg
Teaching Idea
1. Have a student(s) look for the Easter eggs you have hidden around the room.
2. Have the student identify the color of the egg or a concept that you have placed in the egg.  You could put letters, numbers, addition problems, etc. . . in the egg for the students to find.
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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Jelly Bean Bingo:Level One

Who doesn't love jellybeans?  They are usually gone within seconds of me putting them out.  The rhythms in level one use the quarter note, half note, dotted half note and whole note.  Using jelly beans to cover your bingo board creates a fun way to play this game and of course after it is over you can eat your jelly beans.



Google Docs: Jelly Bean Bingo: Level One
Jelly Bean Bingo Level One


Google Docs: Jelly Bean Bingo Cards: Level One



Jelly Bean Bingo Cards Level One