In the Joeys class (5 - 6 year olds) we were about to start an emotions activity.
Every concept we introduce in class either has a song already created that we use where we either keep adding more layers, or we create one if there isn't one.
This time before the start off the emotions activity, I asked them if we have an emotion song that we can sing before we start.
And bang! They went...
They picked a familiar tune and one child started the first line and others pitched in and kept adding lines as they sang.
Here it goes.........
(Hokey Pokey tune)
I put some feeling in my heart
I put some feeling in my brain
Feel feel feel feel
Feel it everywhere
Shake it all around
And feel it all again!
The new facilitator who was in class observing ,thought that children were singing a song that they already know and was surprised to know they were making it up on the go.
Our children are never done with a song, every time they learn new things about a concept a new stanza will be added to the existing one and it continues year after year.
In our classrooms, songs are one of the 100 languages that children can learn from and learn with. Songs are powerful elements, which enable children to think, imagine, express, learn deeper and be to creative just like this one.
#reggioemiliainspiredlearning
#sparklingmindzglobalpreschool
#inspiringconfidentlearners
Contributed by Grace Veronica, Facilitator, Sparkling Mindz Global Preschool
Every concept we introduce in class either has a song already created that we use where we either keep adding more layers, or we create one if there isn't one.
This time before the start off the emotions activity, I asked them if we have an emotion song that we can sing before we start.
And bang! They went...
They picked a familiar tune and one child started the first line and others pitched in and kept adding lines as they sang.
Here it goes.........
(Hokey Pokey tune)
I put some feeling in my heart
I put some feeling in my brain
Feel feel feel feel
Feel it everywhere
Shake it all around
And feel it all again!
The new facilitator who was in class observing ,thought that children were singing a song that they already know and was surprised to know they were making it up on the go.
Our children are never done with a song, every time they learn new things about a concept a new stanza will be added to the existing one and it continues year after year.
In our classrooms, songs are one of the 100 languages that children can learn from and learn with. Songs are powerful elements, which enable children to think, imagine, express, learn deeper and be to creative just like this one.
#reggioemiliainspiredlearning
#sparklingmindzglobalpreschool
#inspiringconfidentlearners
Contributed by Grace Veronica, Facilitator, Sparkling Mindz Global Preschool
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