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The Songs We Sang 4/16/2010

Posted by: on: April 17, 2010

The Kindergarteners of Tuckahoe Elementary filled the library reading area as we sang songs on a lovely spring afternoon!  We made sure to sing some songs based on famous poems (as April is Poetry Month), but today’s stack also had a strong emphasis on the Great American Musical.

  • ZYX’s (Traditional Tune, Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus)
    (Sing this traditional tune long with me at: http://www.myspace.com/singbookswithemily)
  • A-You’re Adorable (Words and Music by Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise, and Sidney Lippman, Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus)
  • Going to the Zoo (Words and Music by Tom Paxton, Illustrated by Karen Lee Schmidt)
  • “The Surrey with the Fringe on the Top” (Words by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Richard Rogers, Illustrated by Rosemary Wells, Published in “Getting to Know You!  Rogers and Hammerstein Favorites“)
  •  “I Whistle a Happy Tune” (Words by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Richard Rogers, Illustrated by Rosemary Wells, Published in “Getting to Know You!  Rogers and Hammerstein Favorites“)
  •  “Dites-Moi” (in French and English!) (Words by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Richard Rogers, Illustrated by Rosemary Wells, Published in “Getting to Know You!  Rogers and Hammerstein Favorites“)
  • I Love you A Bushel and a Peck (Words and Music by Frank Loesser, Illustrated by Rosemary Wells)
  •  “Evolution” (Words by Jon Scieszka, Illustrated by Lane Smith, Published in “Science Verse,” Sing to the tune of “Battle Hymn of the Republic“)
  •  “Twink-“ (Words by Jon Scieszka, Illustrated by Lane Smith, Published in “Science Verse,” Based on “The Star” by Jane and Ann Taylor, Sing to the tune of “Twinkle, Little Star“)
  •  “What’s the Matter” (Words by Jon Scieszka, Illustrated by Lane Smith, Published in “Science Verse,” Sing to the tune of “Miss Lucy Had a Baby“)
  •  “Food Chain” (Words by Jon Scieszka, Illustrated by Lane Smith, Published in “Science Verse,” Sing to the tune of “I’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad“)
  •  “Astronaut Stopping by a Planet on a Snowy Evening” (Words by Jon Scieszka, Illustrated by Lane Smith, Published in “Science Verse,” Based on “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost, Sing to the tune of “Greenleeves“)
  • Over the Rainbow (Words and Music by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg, Illustrated by Eric Puybaret)
  • My Favorite Things (Words by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Richard Rodgers, Illustrated by James Warhola)
  • All God’s Critters (Words and Music by Bill Staines, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson)
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