One thing I didn’t do with my girls that I wish I would have is to make clean-up a natural part of playtime. It’s a little hard at this stage to make it more than a chore (yet they still have to do it). This week’s activities have so many practical and whimsical applications to life around your house. Simple, fun songs you can sing together will make clean-up time fun, and make this important ritual—which is a necessary part of being in a family—a fun, musical activity.
One goal in every Kindermusik Family Time class is to help children move to music in lots of creative ways. The brain has a plan for development that involves specific and intensive motor activities to make full use of our complicated nervous system. This means showing your toddler how to hop on one foot, and giving him/her lots of room to practice. The same is true for a preschooler. Most will learn by watching their friends and they’ll practice, practice and practice.By exploring a variety of movement in everything you do—even as you clean around the house—you help your children understand what it means to play an important part in your family. So don’t forget to “go into the kitchen and take a peek,” jump, hop, swing or swoop!
Here are some words to In My House that can be used in the bathtub. ”In my bath I like to play; with a splishy splashy splishy splash all day.”
You can make your own “Washing Machine” like the one we used in class with a 2-liter bottle, drops of soap, water, and a few scraps of fabric.
I hope you all have a great 4th! Below you’ll find the songs we sang in class and a recipe I make every Fourth just for our 2nd daughter.
SuzAnne
Fourth of July Songs
It’s America’s Birthday!
Sing to “London Bridge is Falling Down”
Beat a drum, march along, march along, march along.
Beat a drum march along, It’s America’s birthday!
Wave a flag, sing a song, sing a song, sing a song.
Wave a flag sing a song, It’s America’s Birthday!
Fireworks go snap,snap,snap! Crack,crack,crack! Zap,zap,zap!
Fireworks make me clap! On Independence Day!
Fun Fireworks Sounds
(Chant)
Boom Bang! Boom, bang, boom bang!
Rumpety, lumpety, hump!
Zoom, zam, zoom, zam!
Clippety, clappety, clump!
Rustles and bustles And swishes and zings!
What wonderful noises Fireworks bring!
I’m a Little Firework
To the tune of “I’m A Little Teapot”
I’m a little firework
Up in the sky.
I dance and I shimmer
Way up, up high.
Sometimes I’m red.
Sometimes I’m blue.
But I always sparkle
Just for you.
Blueberry Chills
24 Vanilla Wafers
8 oz. Cream Cheese
1 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 can Blueberry pie fillingSpread crushed wafers into the bottom of a cookie sheet. Beat cream cheese, whipping cream, and powdered sugar until smooth. Pour over crumbs. Freeze. Add 1 can of blueberry pie filling. Freeze for 2 hours before serving.