HAPPPY END-OF-THE-SCHOOL-YEAR! HOW ABOUT A DANCE PARTY? Whether you want to kick up your heels with your students, or cut a rug with your students' friends and families, try any or all of these ideas: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.  WARM UP WITH ...

     We hear a lot about Reduce, Re-use, Recycle.  Well, can we even do it with songs?  YES!  Miss Carole of Macaroni Soup here, and I’d like to talk about how to make a great song last all year long – or at least as long as you want it to!    But first – I have been working on putting together a Free Family Concert in response to the tragedy in ...

August 22, 2012  Back to School: Reading Camp Movement Fun! Dancing to Stories Bookstore Story/Movement Time!More Movement Fun and Games! Hello EC Community, I am temporarily interrupting my DANCING THROUGHOUT THE DAY series (which will return next month with Part 6:  A Movement Exploration That Addresses Social Studies)  to bring you some ...

A RAINY DAY WITH MISS CAROLE! Rainsticks have become very popular as classroom instruments in the past 25 years.  You can find them at powwows, in music stores, in international craft stores and at educational conferences.  They are fun, really do sound like rain, and whatever their origin, they’re a delightful addition to world music. Where ...

Hello EC Community! I have just returned from the Ohio Association for the Education of Young Children's annual event, the Ohio Early Care & Education Conference in Columbus.  I helped to plan a flash mob dance which would ''interrupt'' the  Keynote presentation by Holly Elissa Bruno and Luis Hernandez – both very fun people who love to ...

Can YOU stick your toe to your nose?     10 Carrot Music: “Sing Sticky Bubble Gum Again Please, Miss Carole!” Why do kids like a particular song, and could it be goodfor them, too?  Let’s talk about what makes a song developmentally appropriate in EarlyChildhood.  Is it the catchytune?                           Is it the driving rock beat?       ...

All kids love to sing, and music is incredibly important for youngsters.  In fact, (according to Gardner and his theory on multiple intelligences) musical intelligence is the first to develop in young children.  Edwin Gordon an important figure in the world of music research and education has identified that even infants are able to take in, ...

I haven’t blogged about HelpKidzLearn in a while and I want to share my favorite interactives with you. The ones I will share  today are centered around developing creativity and thinking skills.  These games are for beginning learners K-1. Train Tracker Puzzle game where students must build the tracks.  The train really travels around the ...