Singing

• Animal Voice Warm-Ups

• Sirens & Slides

• Echo Singing

• So-Mi Warm-Ups

• Sol-La-Mi Warm-Ups

• Vocal Exploration Slides

Singing Games

• Doggie, Doggie

• Charlie Over the Ocean

• Lucy Locket

• Bow Wow Wow

• A Ram Sam Sam

• Sally Go Round the Sun

• Frog in the Meadow

• Closet Key

Singing Lessons

• Head Voice vs. Speaking Voice

• Healthy Singing Habits

• Matching Pitch

• Singing Alone & Together

• Echo Singing Activities

Folk Songs

• American Folk Songs

• Swedish Folk Songs

• African Folk Songs

• Native American Songs

• Seasonal Songs

🇺🇸 American Folk Songs

• Great Big House

• Chicken on the Fence Post

• Old Joe Clark

• Shady Grove

• Erie Canal

• Shenandoah

• Cindy

• Skip to My Lou

• Alabama Gal

• Sandy Land

• Buffalo Gals

• Oh! Susanna

• I’ve Been Working on the Railroad

• Bought Me a Cat

• Frog Went A-Courtin’

• Simple Gifts — Shaker song

• All the Pretty Little Horses

• Sourwood Mountain

• Rocky Mountain

• Black Snake

• Charlie Over the Ocean

• Who Killed Cock Robin?

• The Paw Paw Patch

• Old Brass Wagon

African American traditions are also an essential part of American folk music, including Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Wade in the Water, Rock-a My Soul, and He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands.

🇸🇪 Swedish Folk Songs

• Vem kan segla förutan vind? (Who Can Sail Without the Wind?)

• Fjäriln vingad syns på Haga

• Uti vår hage

• Vårvindar friska

• Ack Värmeland, du sköna

• Kristallen den fina

• Vi gå över daggstänkta berg

• Nu grönskar det

• Små grodorna — traditional singing/dancing song associated with Midsummer

• Prästens lilla kråka — children’s singing/movement song

• Räven raskar över isen — traditional singing game/dance

• Mors lilla Olle — traditional children’s song

• Björnen sover — children’s circle/game song

🌍 African Folk & Traditional Songs

• Che Che Koolay — Ghana

• Tue Tue — Ghana

• Kye Kye Kule — Ghanaian children’s call-and-response tradition

• Funga Alafia — associated with West African-derived traditions

• Sansa Kroma — Ghana

• Obwisana — Ghana, stone-passing game

• Banuwa — Liberia

• Kokoleoko — West African children’s song; attribution varies

• Siyahamba — South Africa

• Shosholoza — southern Africa/South Africa

• Thula Baba — South African lullaby tradition

• A Ram Sam Sam — Morocco

• Funga Alafia

• Mangwani Mpulele — South Africa

🪶 Native American / Indigenous Songs

• Ani Couni / Ani Kuni — often identified as an Indigenous lullaby, but published claims about its exact origin vary, so I’d teach the attribution cautiously

• Land of the Silver Birch — Canadian song often presented as Indigenous but its authorship/origin is disputed.

• Navajo/Diné children’s songs and social songs from reputable Diné educational sources

• Ojibwe/Anishinaabe children’s and social songs

• Dakota/Lakota children’s or social songs

• Haudenosaunee social songs

• Coast Salish children’s songs