Dear Parents and Students,

 I encourage you to sing with your children, and I encourage them to teach YOU some of the songs we've learned this year.  

The songs from our curriculum are found on YouTube by the singer Jill Trinka.  Many are echo songs ("you sing after me....."), and some are songs to encourage beat motions/keeping a steady beat with body percussion, motions, or small percussion instruments.  I hope you enjoy singing as a family!  Here is our list:

• 1st and 2nd Grades

 Practice songs by Jill Trinka (found on YouTube)

     Echo Songs

     My Aunt Came Ba ck   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zRfuEBh6pM 

     A Wise Old Owl  (paired with Owl Moon)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bdFwJiz1SM 

     Down by the Bay  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do0y0X6C67Q 

     In the Woods   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEi_-xAzk5o 

     I Met a Bear   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Zu2rdekf4 

     Charlie Over the Ocean   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPXSGvj5ZeE 

     Tongo   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9EU5S_C85U 

     John the Rabbit  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeQ0qA-xz0o 

Songs with Beat Motions (use clapping, snapping, tapping, or homemade instruments)

Peep Squirrel  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS90utANVMs 

William He Had Seven Sons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mfBRZLgMDA 

Johnny Works with One Hammer  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOquAQZj9ck 

(Hammer with one hand, 2 hands, one foot, 2 feet, then your head!)

A Tisket a Tasket  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsjCBhcp2S8 

All ‘Round the Brickyard  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eaODwLJT7U 

SongTales (sung by Jill Trinka, for quiet listening)

     There Was a Man and He Was Mad

     Jennie Jenkins

     Father Grumble

     There’s a Hole in the Bucket

     Kitty Alone

      Momma Buy Me a China Doll

Old Joe Clark

The Fox Went Out