♪♫♪ General Music Newsletter ♪♫♪

Students are already singing and dancing to a variety of music!!  

I'm so excited about the 2025-2026 School Year  : )

Be sure to visit this website for more up to date, detailed information about this year's Deer Run School Concerts!  

Here is a preview of what we accomplish each month!


August/September 

 Deer Run School students will sing a variety of the following songs:

1.  Deer Run School Song 

2.  Students will Warm Up with Vocalizing Exercises.

3.  We're Going on a Bear Hunt (with vocal/instrumental sound effects)

4.  Students will learn to sing our first Character Trait Song:

The Respect Song (Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)

5.  Our Patriotic Song Of The Month is God Bless America  

6.  Our Composer of The Month is Ludwig Van Beethoven

7.  There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Seashell 

(based on the original song: There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly)

by Lucille Colandro            Illustrated by Jared Lee

Share what we did this Summer.

8.   Jump Jim Joe (Partner Song/Game)

9.  Old Grey Cat

10. Freeze Dance and Copy Cat Freeze Dance!

11.  Dancing with scarves

12.  Rhythm Stick and Boomwacker Song Activities

13.  Learn about J. S. Bach and his famous Music Compositions

14.  This year we will be rotating through The Music Room Music Centers!!!

Music Library Center

Create a Musical Character/Instrument

Music Listening Center

Music Puppet Theater Center

Instrument/Piano Center

Music Games Center

 

October

October is a musical month, filled with all kinds of sounds♫ of autumn.

We  move like autumn leaves with our colorful dancing scarfs!

1. Patriotic Song Of The Month:  This Land Is Your Land (View lyrics at the bottom of this page)

2.  Character Trait Song Of The Month:  Responsibility

3. Autumn Leaves (AB pattern and movement with a parachute*no parachute activities during Covid) 

4. Autumn Walk Poem

Walk, walk through dry leaves,

Listen to the crackling sounds.

Rake, rake, rake the leaves.

Jump into the leaves.

Now whirl, whirl all around,

Softly, softly float to the ground.

5.  Five Little Pumpkins

6.  Learn about a Famous Composer:  Antonio Vivaldi