Sing Books with Emily, the Blog

This is TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK at Tuckahoe Elementry so we sang a few extra in Kindergarten to give the Ms. A and Ms. G a little extra time…lots of good fun singing…

• Sunrise, Sunset (Words by Sheldon Harnick, Music by Jerry Bock, Illustrated by Ian Schoenherr, From the musical “Fiddler on the Roof”)
• I Love you A Bushel and a Peck (Words and Music by Frank Loesser, Illustrated by Rosemary Wells)
• I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More (Words by Karen Beaumont, Illustrated by David Catrow, Sing to the tune of “It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More”)
• I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (Words and Music by John Rox, Illustrated by Bruce Whatley)
• Puff the Magic Dragon (Words and Music by Peter Yarrow and Lenny Lipton, Illustrated by Eric Puybaret)
• Catalina Magdalena Hoopensteiner Wallendiner Hogan Logan Bogan Was Her Name (Traditional Words and Tune, Illustrated by Tedd Arnold)
• “Wynken, Blynken and Nod” (Poem by Eugene Field, Illustrated by Giselle Potter, Musical Setting can be found by Ginger Sands on her collection “The Gift of Make Believe,” Music by Lucy Simon)
• Waltzing Matilda (Poem by A.B. “Banjo” Paterson, Traditional Tune Adapted and Arranged by Christina Macphearson, Illustrated by Desmond Digby)
• Going to the Zoo (Words and Music by Tom Paxton, Illustrated by Karen Lee Schmidt)
• The Marvelous Toy (Words and Music by Tom Paxton, Illustrated by Steve Cox)

Thank you to Teacher Ms. Anctil and Teacher’s Assistant Ms. Geddes for being wonderful Kindergarden Teachers!