Sing Along: Songs & Activities for Circle Time
Sing-along songs and musical activities to jazz up your morning meeting or circle time.
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Leaves Change Color (Mindfulness Activity) Extended Play
Practice cross body movement and stillness with this autumn-themed activity!
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Colorful Scarves (Waving a Rainbow)
So many colors! Kids can sing along with our Colorful Scarves song and learn about all the colors in the rainbow. This song supports early childhood education, teaching infants and young children eye-tracking and building new synapses in their neural pathways!
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Snowy Sing Along
It's a sing-along with Dan! Featuring some winter favorites, and some snowy Yo Re Mi originals!
Songs include:
Deck The Halls
Jingle Bells
Snow (Ho! Ho! Ho!)
Avalanche
Ski Down The Mountain
This Little Light of Mine
Gratitude Relaxation
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Deep Breath In (Breathing Activity)
Take some deep breaths with Rachel to warm up, energize and relax!
At the beginning of every Yo Re Mi class, we warm up our bodies and voices. Crossing the meridian of our body builds the corpus callosum, the bridge between the two halves of our brain, and helps with tracking and reading skills ...
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Chomp Chomp (Sing Along)
Be an alligator! Kids can practice identifying right from left as well as lengthening their spine and side body in our song, Chomp Chomp! We end our song with a gentle Seated Forward Bend, relaxing the nervous system and winding down.
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Up and Down (Kids Music and Rhythm)
Young children can follow Lauren to integrate their visual, aural, and physical listening skills as well as developing their sense of proprioception. Upward Hands lengthens our intercostal muscles and the action of springing up tones our legs and abdominals!
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Making A Pizza (Sing Along)
What's better than pizza? A SONG about pizza!
Practice rhythm, pattern and sequencing while giving our bodies a great stretch. Make a delicious pizza with Dan!
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Move Them Bones (Body Scan)
In our fun and original song, children learn about different bones in the body. Combining music and rhythm with repetition and education creates a powerful and engaging learning experience for young children.
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Bought Me A Cat (Animal Yoga)
Make fun animal yoga poses with Dan. Meow like a cat, bark like a dog and hiss like a snake!
There are so many animal poses in yoga! Practice Cat and Cow Pose, Downward Facing Dog, Baby Cobra, Garland Pose, and more!
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Avalanche (Chair Pose)
The snow is falling down the mountain - make an avalanche with Lauren! Learn about avalanches while practicing musical dynamics and sustaining the challenging Chair Pose!
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Slide Whistle (Listening Activity)
Kids can practice their visual and auditory listening skills by taking the elevator slide whistle with Isaac! Creating a mind-body connection is essential to early education!
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Tambourine Stretching (Seated Forward Fold)
Kids can practice musically stretching with Dan! Adding music to a school curriculum can help children remember material and add a little bit of joy to their day!
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Shaker (Sing Along)
Kids can practice making rhythm and patterns with Isaac! We use music and movement to create a mind-body connection and learn musical concepts. Everybody shake it!
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I Am a Rainbow (Sing Along)
Affirmations create mindfulness and help us practice well-being. Say an affirmation that connects with each color of the rainbow. Celebrate the wide range of feelings we all have every day!
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Say Hello
We’re apart
Thing are strange
And I don’t know when it will change
It makes me sad
It makes me blue
Sometimes the hardest part
Is being far from youThere is always a way to say hello
Wherever you are, wherever I go
There is always a way to say hello
In my heart I hold you closeA single word, ...
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Mama's Sleeping (Sing Along)
Kids can play with volume, rhythm and tempo in our dynamic song about dynamics! Folding music into education creates repetition and helps anchor themes and activities in children's minds.
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Move Your Middle (Sing Along)
Here's a fun warm up - let's make circles with our hips! This silly song is a great way to start a morning meeting or to energize at the end of a long day.
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Scooter Scat (Single Leg Balancing)
In our original Scooter Scat, kids practice maintaining their balance and using their imagination to take a ride. The abilities to balance and to recognize opposite feet are developmental milestones and we can build these strengths through engaging our core muscles and through practice.
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See the Bunnies Sleeping & Hop a Lot, Stop! (Sing Along and Jumping)
Move like bunnies, elephants and cheetahs - but get ready to stop!
Start in Child's Pose with a classic sing along, See The Bunnies Sleeping. Then leap up and hop, practicing active listening, and energizing bodies! We introduce different animals to engage in different movement modalities and in...
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Melting Mercury (Active Listening Game)
In our original Mercury song, children play with creative movement and practice how to actively listen, forging that mind-body connection. This song is a great way to transition from one activity to the next as it reenergizes both students and teachers and activates our listening ears!
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Peace Like A River (Sing Along)
Join in as we sing an old classic, Peace Like a River, and add some fun and creative movements! Use your imagination! What kind of shape could we make to symbolize the ocean?
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Sittin' on the Floor (Sing Along)
Sharpen sequencing skills with these cross-body movements, fun sounds and stretches! This original Yo Re Mi song and dance is perfect for morning meetings, silly sing-alongs or anytime!
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Rhythm Sticks (Sing Along)
Kids explore rhythm sticks to make unique patterns and music! Music in education offers kids the opportunity to process course material in a new way and has been shown to strengthen memory.
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If I Could Be Any Animal In The Jungle (Animal Yoga)
In our original children's song about animals, kids can practice a fun yoga flow of many different animal yoga poses! Hop like a frog in Deep Squat, dance like a silly monkey in Goddess and balance like a bird in Single Leg Balance. Add your own animals to the song! What kind of jungle animal are...