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By: Lauren Mroz

1. Circles Go Round and Round Jennifer Fixam
http://www.songsforteaching.com/jennyfixmanedutunes/circlesgoroundandround.htm This song can be used to teach preschool and kindergarten students the basic shapes. The catchy tune and easy words will help them memorize the song so they can learn different shapes.

This song allows restless students to get up and move around while also learning parts of their body. By singing and pointing to parts of the body that are itchy it teaches how to multitask (sing and perform http://www.songsforteaching.com/healthyhabits/partsofthebody.htm actions). It works great for preschool, kindergarten and special education students who need to develop major motor skills. This is a fun song that students (k-3) can sing along with. The high pitches to the song may be difficult for younger students to sing, but the 3. Christmas in the West teacher can have them sing it in a lower octave. It Barbara Klaskin Silberg teaches what Christmas is like in a different part of http://www.songsforteaching.com/mrsmusicent/christmasinthewest.php the United States. Students will learn that not all places have snow on Christmas and that other people and places celebrate Christmas different than they do.

2. Itchy Itchy David Burba

4. Love Grows Carol Johnson

http://www.msjanine.com/index.php/pages/LoveGrows.html

This song can be used in a classroom from kindergarten to third grade. It is a great song to play in the background while the students do work. It is easy to learn the words and movements can also be added to help students remember the words. The message of the song teaches students to love others and would be a good song to teach so they remember that everyone in their class is friends.

5. Smell My Feet (The Time Song) Tim Pacific

http://www.songsforteaching.com/recall/time.htm

6. Days of the Week Deborah Bloomhuff Kindergarten teacher at Beacon Elementary

This song has a catchy tune and funny words (Big Bad Billy and Smelly feet) that the students will remember. This song can be played during a math lesson because it teaches the basic information about time that they will need to know in elementary school. Therefore, the catchy beat provides the students a song they can sing when they need to know how many days are in a year, a week, a month, etc. This song works great in preschool and kindergarten classrooms. It is especially useful for students who are having trouble remembering the days of the week because it is fun, easy to sing, and has small movements. At the start of every day the students could sing this song to help reinforce the days of the week.

This song can be used along with a social studies lesson about 7. Seven Continents parts of the world. It is an easy song that students as young as kindergarten can sing to help them remember the seven continents Jack Hartman in the world. http://www.jackhartmann.com/lyrics_docs/Cool_Beats_That_Teach_Lyrics.pdf This song would work perfectly in a preschool, kindergarten, and even first grade classrooms. It is an easy, yet fun song for younger kids to 8. Whats The Weather? learn. It could be sung every day to help the students learn how to observe the weather outside and make conclusions about the different Rachel Sumner types of weather that exists. http://songsforteaching.com/rachelsumner/whatstheweather.htm The purpose of this song is to get restless and energized students up and moving around the classroom. The lyrics are really fun to sing and the song has movements that accompany the words. This makes for the perfect song to release built up energy.

9. Cock-a-doodle Tim Christenbury

http://songsforteaching.com/actionparticipation/cockadoodle.php

I would use this song as a movement song in order to get some loose energy out of the students. This song also teaches the students to follow directions in order to learn the cowboy dance while also having fun. http://www.jackhartmann.com/lyrics_docs/Hip-HopAlphaBopVol2.pdf

10. Cowboy Dance Jack Hartmann

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This song would work great for almost any grade level. For younger students it introduces them to a different tempo and different instruments than they are used to hearing. It also has high energy which can promote students to enjoy dancing around the room. For older students, it is still a fun song for them to enjoy while doing work in the classroom and to learn to identify instruments by sound. This song is also a good jazz song to introduce students into a different genre of music. This song, taken from Disneys Pocahontas, introduces students to recognize Native American tribal music. Most students would recognize the song so it would teach them to appreciate it as a different genre of music. Native Americans use a different form of song that includes unfamiliar instruments and different vocals; which students can learn from this song.

11. Sing, Sing, Sing Benny Goodman

12. Steady As The Beating Drum Alan Menken

13. Bobo Music Bobo filmed by: Micheal P. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9btCyYdsVSE http://www.earthcds.com/africa/west/mali/bobo.shtml

This song can be used in the classroom to introduce older students to a different part of the world, Mali. In addition to learning about Mali, this song shows the instruments and rituals common to people in Mali. A variety of instruments and vocals shows students the diversity of music around the world.

14.Indian Chanting Enigma

This song can be used in the classroom as a background song during class work due to the smooth, calming sound. It can also be used to introduce a different type of genre, Celtic, to the students. The song also includes chanting, which is not common in everyday language. A discussion on chanting and its purpose in expression can follow this song. How this song made the students fell is also a good follow up discussion. This song can be used in the classroom around Christmas time to introduce older students into a different expression of the Christmas music they are familiar with. This band mixes rock/metal with classical music which might be unfamiliar to them. The use of different instruments can be examined as well as their own opinions of the bands interpretation of Christmas music.

15. Carol of the Bells Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Lyrics
1. Circles Go 'Round and 'Round
Circles go round and round, Circles go round and round, No corners, no sides, Circles go round and round, Squares have 4 corners. Squares have 4 sides. All corners are the same. All sides are the same. Rectangles have 4 corners and 4 sides, Two sides are short. Two sides are long. Triangles have 3 corners and 3 sides Sides and corners Can be any size Circles go round and round, Circles go round and round, No corners, no sides, Circles go round and round

2. Itchy Itchy
I got an itchy, itchy itch all over my body. Will you help me find it? So listen carefully as I go from the bottom of my feet to the top of my head. And find all the places where I have an itch. Ready? Lets go! I got an itchy, I got an itchy itchy itchy on my foot. I got an itchy, I got an itchy itchy itchy on my foot. I got an itchy, I got an itchy itchy itchy on my knee, I got an itchy, I got an itchy itchy itchy on my foot, knee I got an itchy, I got an itchy itchy itchy on my leg. I got an itchy, I got an itchy itchy itchy on my foot, knee, leg..... .....

I got an itchy, I got an itchy itchy itchy on my body, I got an itchy, I got an itchy itchy itchy on my foot, knee, leg, arms, shoulders, head.

3. Christmas in the West

Well its hot in the summer And its hot in the fall And its hot in the winter So it doesnt snow at all But we like to live where we do the best and Thats how we celebrate Christmas in the west. CHORUS Bring on the turkey, bring on the yams Cold apple pie and hot country ham. Mix it with salsa to add some zest and Thats how we celebrate Christmas in the west. Well we do-si-do around the tree, We allemande left with our company. Our silent nights are NOISY at best and Thats how we celebrate Christmas in the west. Chorus Well were roping and were ridin And were fightin all the time, But when Christmas comes we act so refined... We are pioneering people you can tell the way were dressed and Thats how we celebrate Christmas in the west. Chorus Chorus

4. Love Grows
Love grows one by one, two by two And four by four Love grows round like a circle And comes back knockin' at your front door. Note by note we make a song Voice by voice we sing it Choir by choir we fill up the world With the music that we bring it.

Love grows one by one, two by two And four by four Love grows round like a circle And comes back knockin' at your front door. So let me take your hand my friend We'll each take the hand of another Hand in hand we'll reach round the world To our sisters and our brothers. Love grows one by one, two by two And four by four Love grows round like a circle And comes back knockin' at your front door.

5. Smell My Feet (The Time Song)

Big Bad Billy was the smartest kid in class But he had smelly feet. When the teacher was teachin how to tell time Billy stood up in his seat He said, "Im tired of you kids makin sport of my smell So listen up everybody I got something to tell You can all smell my feet! Theres 60 seconds in a minute 60 minutes in one hour 24 hours in a day 7 days in one week 30 days in one calendar month 12 months in a year It's time to smell my feet Theres 365 days in a year 10 years in a decade 20 years in a score 100 years in a century 1000 years in a millennium Step up, and get you a whiff of 'em! It's time to smell my feet It's time to smell my feet

6. Days of the Week

(to the tune of Adams family) Days of the week (clap clap or snap snap) Days of the week(clap clap or snap snap) Days of the week, days of the week, days of the week, (clap clap or snap snap)

Theres Sunday and theres Monday Theres Tuesday and theres Wednesday Theres Thursday and theres Friday And then theres Saturday, Days of the week (clap clap or snap snap) Days of the week (clap clap or snap snap) Days of the week, days of the week, days of the week. (clap clap or snap snap)

7. Seven Continents
There are seven, seven continents (Chorus) There are seven, seven continents One, two, three, four, five, six, seven There are seven continents seven, seven, seven One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, There are seven continents seven, seven, seven North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia These are, these are the seven continents Repeat Chorus There are seven, seven continents There are seven, seven continents There are seven, seven continents There are seven, seven continents

8. Whats The Weather?

Whats the weather, whats the weather, Like today, like today? Look outside the window. Look outside the window. Can you say? Can you say?

Its a sunny, its a sunny, Sunny day, sunny day. Go out in the sunshine. Go out in the sunshine. Play, play, play, play, play, play. Cloudy..... Windy..... Rainy.....

Snowy..... Whats the weather, whats the weather, Like today, like today? Look outside the window. Look outside the window. Can you say? Can you say?

9. Cock-a-doodle
Put your hands in the air. Bend down to your toes. Put your finger on your nose. Thats how a cockadoodle goes! Chorus: All around the kitchen Cock-a doodle doodle do All around the kitchen Cock-a doodle doodle do All around the kitchen Cock-a doodle doodle do All around the kitchen Cock-a doodle doodle do Now jump to the sky. You can jump real high. Nod your head up and down. Now spin yourself around! (chorus) Now dribble your ball Come on, bounce that basketball. Now dribble to the hoop. Now everybody shoot! (chorus) Now grab a hula hoop. Let your hips do loop-de-loop. Now throw your football. Everybody run for the score! Go On GET IT!!! (chorus)

10. Cowboy Dance

Yippee Yi Yo, Yippee Yi Ya repeat Do the Cowboy Dance this way Ive got my cowboy hat Ive got my cowboy boots I love to sing and move And do the Cowboy Dance with you Dance Moves (children sing) Now spread your feet out wide wide Point knees out to each side side Then bend knees up and down down Right to this cowboy sound sound Raise one arm up high high Your lasso in the sky Ride your horse, take a chance Lets all do the Cowboy Dance Dance Chorus Yippee Yi Yo Yippy Yi, Ya (3x) Do the Cowboy Dance this way Dance Chorus Yippee Yi Yo Yippy Yi, Ya (3x) Do the Cowboy Dance this way Repeat Dance Moves Learn some new cowboy steps Right foot out toe up, clap and stomp Left foot out toe up, clap and stomp Now, left foot out, quarter turn left, right foot stomp Now, right foot out, quarter turn right, left foot stomp Do it again, ride your horse Do the Cowboy Dance once more Repeat Chorus (2x)