15 movement songs for your preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kids. Action songs for gross motor practice in the classroom!

Children have an innate love for music and dance; anything fun and catchy gets them grooving. As a preschool teacher, you can encourage your students' love of music and movement by incorporating both into your daily lesson plans. In addition to building an appreciation for the arts, a love of music and dance ...

Having a set of fingerplays in your toolbox of teaching skills will enrich your early childhood environment. Here's a quick look at ways you can use fingerplays in your classroom! Today, I am joining Pre-k Pages and Prekinders to bring you 15 fabulous fingerplays and facts. Each of

15 movement songs for your preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kids. Action songs for gross motor practice in the classroom!

15 movement songs for your preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kids. Action songs for gross motor practice in the classroom!

Fun Gym Games Looking for some fun gym games for kids? Look no further. Whether you are looking for games for your physical education class or just some games to play in an empty gym, these games are sure to lead to hours of physical exercise and fun.

Tape is such a wonderful thing to keep handy in preschool. In the latest conference I attended, the Ooey Gooey lady said you should keep a roll of painter's tape on your wrist at all times! I am inclined to agree. Using some green painter's tape, I made a

These indoor motor movement activities require minimal supplies to keep your child moving around and entertained when they cannot go outside.

Ways to get your kids moving indoors and enhance gross motor development In the winter time, we have a lot of requests for indoor games and large motor activities. While we try to get outdoors, even for a small amount of time each and everyday, Midwest winters can be frigid forcing our time outside to be

Try these fun music and movement songs and activities for preschoolers at home or in the classroom. Fall, Spring and other activities themed to the season

Make dancing ribbons on a budget with a few simple supplies....an easy craft for kids. This is a cute party activity and the ribbons can be used for dancing, math, and literacy activities. Here is an

10+ fun songs that get toddlers and preschoolers moving to music!

Row Row Row Your Boat is a fantastic nursery rhyme to engage both babies and toddlers. Learn the verses & sing along with the actions!

Movement songs are a fun way to get the wiggles out. Check out this list of ten movement songs for preschoolers here.

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Looking for preschool music that helps energetic kids? This collection is perfect for getting those wiggles out, especially when stuck indoors!

Every month we have a dancing day where we play fun games that get the kids moving and grooving. I got the this Dance Game out of an activity book called, Circle Time Activities. It is very simple, but I use it to teach posture, body control, balance, and concentration. Here’s how to play: Have […]

Once upon a time, I attended a Jim Gill early childhood workshop and he brought out a giant dance scrunchie. He showed off how he used his scrunchie and it was a lot of fun! Fast forward about 10 years to when I had extra money in my programming budget and my library got our own giant scrunchie. I will admit that giant scrunchies are not necessary to putting on a quality story time. There are many supplies that I would get first (such as books, shakers, and scarves), which is why it took 10 years for me to get one. There is a lot of good that you can do with them, though, in a group environment. The scrunchie that I bought is from Bear Paw Creek. There are various sizes that you can purchase, depending on your needs. I use the XL stretchy band that they say works with 11-14 people, but I can easily fit 25 2-year-olds around it. While it would be possible to make your own, this one is brightly colored and durable. My ideal group to use this with is with kids ages 2-5. I have tried it with the babies (under 24 months) and they like to squish it. They just aren't ready for the movement that this entails. With my 2-year-olds, we used to do Ring Around the Rosie and hold hands in a circle. My kids here don't like to touch so we would end up with a snaky shape, rather than a circle. They will hold the stretchy band though. When looking for songs, I look for ones that use a circle, similar to what I would do when planning parachute activities. Up and down, fast and slow, and colors all work well too. Here are some of my favorites: Ring around the rosie, A pocketful of posies, Ashes, ashes, We all fall down! While the kids work together on their circle, promoting cooperation and following directions, we all know that falling is the best part of this song. London bridge is falling down, Falling down, falling down. London bridge is falling down, My fair lady. Take the keys and lock her (them) up, Lock her up, lock her up. Take the keys and lock her up, My fair lady. This one works best for me if the parents hold the ring up tall while the kids walk around the room. When you get to the second verse, have the parents bring the ring down to trap the kids. You will get a lot of giggles as everybody wants to be trapped. Since the ring is stretchy and there is some give in it, it isn't scary like being trapped. The wheels on the bus go round and round, Round and round, round and round. The wheels on the bus go round and round, All through the town. The people on the bus go up and down, Up and down, up and down. The people on the bus go up and down, All through the town. For the first verse, we spin the circle as we walk with the scrunchie. For the second verse, we bring the scrunchie up and down. While there are more verses to the song, my 2-year-olds can't handle more and continue to pay attention. Here we go round the mulberry bush, The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush. Here we go round the mulberry bush, So early in the morning. This one is just a spinning circle song with the scrunchie. Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream. Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream. If you see an alligator, Don't forget to scream. For this one, we sit on the floor in a circle and row the giant scrunchie. Since there is some tension in it, we are working the kids' arm and hand muscles. At the end of the second verse, we all do our fake scream. These are some songs to get you started. Which ones work best for you?

In my personal and professional experience, musical activities and songs for kids are second to none when it comes to getting everyone moving!

With a little imagination, streamers can become the centerpiece for a million awesome movement activities for kids. Check out these fun activities!

Tape is such a wonderful thing to keep handy in preschool. In the latest conference I attended, the Ooey Gooey lady said you should keep a roll of painter's tape on your wrist at all times! I am inclined to agree. Using some green painter's tape, I made a

30 Fun indoor recess games for kids. Preschool games for those days when you can't get outside due to bad weather.

Homemade musical instruments for toddlers and kids to go with our Musical Instrument Theme.

These parachute games are guaranteed to keep toddlers moving! They can focus on rhythm and listening skills while working together.

These bands are awesome for gross motor activities and can facilitate so many child development skills including prioprioception and motor planning.

I originally wrote this post for Homeschool Share. Trying to clean up the site, and moving this one here. Sometimes in the middle of a four digit subtraction problem, I find one of my children on the verge of a brain meltdown–as in brain juice is starting to run out of his eyes, or leak …

The best bean bags for developing your child's motor planning, proprioception, visual motor and sensory integration.

A great way to encourage your students to work together while having fun! The parachute is a wonderful way to introduce your students on how to work together to achieve a common goal. My students played the hello game as we learned the basics of how to use a parachute...

Make frog-themed dancing ribbons with rubber flying frogs and some ribbon. The fun ribbons can be used for your frog theme or pond theme, spring theme unit, or lesson plans in preschool, pre-k, and

This summer I offered a parachute playtime for kids 2-3 and 4-5. The idea for this program came from the genius that is my close personal f...

Ideas for a movement shelf in a Montessori classroom

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Large motor development is a critical part of the growing young child. One aspect of large motor development is physical fitness. There are many ways to include physical fitness into your program. In today's Bam Radio Broadcast, the experts shed light on ways you

These printable Christmas gross motor action cards can be used to add Christmas games for preschoolers and movement activities.

Here is a list of the best fun preschool movement songs. Try out a few of these silly action songs to get your preschoolers moving and grooving. These are great circle time ideas and music ideas for

Tape is such a wonderful thing to keep handy in preschool. In the latest conference I attended, the Ooey Gooey lady said you should keep a roll of painter's tape on your wrist at all times! I am inclined to agree. Using some green painter's tape, I made a

We have tons of fun doing gross motor activities. We really enjoyed the Gross Motor Jumping Jacks Dice. It was something fun that we really enjoyed. We had so much fun I thought we would change things up a bit.

I love paper plate activities in the preschool classroom for multiple reasons: they are cheap, you can get them for tons of themes, they are so versatile, and they can be used across multiple subjects! I have rounded up my favorite paper plate activities and can't wait to share them with you. I grabbed most of these plates from Target, Walmart, or Dollar Tree.

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Try these fun music and movement songs and activities for preschoolers at home or in the classroom. Fall, Spring and other activities themed to the season