I live in Arlington, VA, very near the wonderful mom&pop style Ayers Variety Store. The store had a big stack of placemats in the toy section and to my delight, a whole bunch of them are singable!
Painless Learning Placemats is the company that makes them and you can find ‘em and buy ‘em online:
http://www.painlesslearning.com/
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ABCs
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by PAINLESS LEARNING PLACEMATS
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The Elements
Words and Music by Tom Lehrer
Illustrated by PAINLESS LEARNING PLACEMATS
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Fifty Nifty States
Words and Music by Ray Charles
Illustrated by PAINLESS LEARNING PLACEMATS
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Fifty Nifty States
Words and Music by Ray Charles
Illustrated by PAINLESS LEARNING PLACEMATS
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PRESIDENTS NAME SONG
Song Intro by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
Illustrations by Painless Learning Placemats
Sing Sing Books with Emily’s The Presidents Name Song with the melody sing-along track, here:
http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/presidentsnamesong-melody
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A book and post about singing the 9 planets is coming soon (even if scientists now say Pluto is no longer a planet…that can be a good item for class discussion)
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