Halloween

Since Halloween is this month, we have been doing some fun activities with Halloween songs.  You can find a bunch of great Halloween songs for kids in my playlist.  They are the Wee Sing for Halloween songs.  One of the main songs we are working on learning is "5 Little Pumpkins."  You can look it up on the playlist, or you can just practice the words with your kid(s).  Here are the words:

5 little pumpkins sitting on a gate
The first one said, "Oh my, it's getting late."
The second one said, "There are witches in the air!"
The third one said, "But we don't care."
The fourth one said, "Let's run and run and run."
The fifth one said, "I'm ready for some fun."
Wooooo went the wind and out went the light,
and the 5 little pumpkins rolled out of site. (The kids roll over onto the ground here.)

This is a fun little rhyme to practice with your kids this month in honor of Halloween.

We are also starting to learn about different instruments.  Last week we learned about rain sticks and this week we learned about maracas.  Ask your kids about them and see what they remember.  You can also help our exploration of instruments by helping your kids be more aware of different musical instruments when they hear and/or see them.

Here are some fun videos about how to make your own maracas and rain sticks.  Try doing this with your kids so they can begin their own musical instrument collection at home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUWVfsuSVFc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koD1J1nnwOw