Episodes

  • Parachute Music and Movement Activity Song "My Little Garden" Lesson Tutorial
    Apr 23 2025

    Here's a spring parachute activity "My Little Garden". So I hope you're ready to move and sing this spring. This podcast is a lesson tutorial for a parachute music and movement activity song "My Little Garden". I'm sharing how to do a parachute activity and movement routine to the song "My Little Garden". And each verse of the song will feature a different movement. Be ready to challenge your students with this activity. There's lot's of directional movement as well as fast/slow dynamics.

    Make your spring lessons more interactive with parachutes! Music and movement activities will help your students learn and stay highly engaged.


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    13 mins
  • Scarf Movement Activity for "My Little Garden" 💐🌼🌷🌻|Music Lesson Tutorial
    Apr 23 2025

    Spring is here, and it's the perfect time to bring movement, music, and imagination together in your classroom with the "My Little Garden" scarf activity song!

    Listen to learn about activities designed especially for PreK through 2nd grade, this original scarf movement song captures students’ attention with familiar melodies, creative play, and joyful movement. Whether you're leading music time, spring-themed units, or need a quick activity to get the wiggles out, this podcast will help you.

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    Thanks for Listening

    Sandra

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    11 mins
  • Stretchy Band Music and Movement Activity "My Little Garden" Tutorial | Music Lesson
    Apr 23 2025

    It's spring! Let's do the stretchy band song activity "My Little Garden" in your music class this week. This is a Music and movement lesson tutorial for teachers. You can find all the materials for this activity in the LINKS!

    My students loved stretchy bands and yours will too! Let me know how this stretchy band activity works for you and your students.

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    13 mins
  • Fun Holiday Music Class Rhythm Games Sing Play Create Teaching Tips
    Dec 3 2024

    Fun holiday rhythm games for music class. Get your free materials and a copy of our holiday music class rhythm games and flash cards. Rhythm games to say and play and create rhythm patterns for grades K-6. These fun games are played with small groups of children.
    Games for elementary music, piano studios, private lessons, home school music activities.
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    38 mins
  • SANTA is His Name-O Song and Music Activity with Instruments Tutorial
    Nov 26 2024

    Sing SANTA is His Name-O to the tune of BINGO and play instruments using this FREE music activity. Students will enjoy playing the instruments on the silent letters instead of clapping.
    Thanks for listening to this podcast!
    Sandra

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    SANTA BINGO: Fun SANTA song sung to BINGO music lesson FREEBIE activity for home and school music groups.
    Sing the song and play instruments using these free and kid friendly materials.

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    Lyrics:

    S-A-N-T-A Sung to: “BINGO”

    1-I know a man with a long white beard

    and Santa is his name-o.

    S-A-N-T-A

    S-A-N-T-A

    S-A-N-T-A

    And Santa is his name-o.

    2-Eight little reindeer pull his sleigh.

    3-He slides down the chimney with his pack.

    4-He eats the cookies on the plate.

    5-He calls to Rudolf from his sleigh.

    6-He lives up at the cold North Pole.

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    8 mins
  • Christmas Music and Movement Activity with Instruments Tutorial | “Merry Christmas Time” |PreK-K-1
    Nov 19 2024

    I'm sharing a Christmas music and movement activity with instruments using the song "Merry Christmas Time" to play the steady beat in this week’s teaching tutorial. Help your children/students get the steady beat using this music and movement activity tutorial. This video is designed for teachers in music classrooms and group activities! “Merry Christmas Time” is an interactive steady beat activity that introduces children to instrument playing, body percussion, and group music-making—all while celebrating the excitement of the Christmas season.
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    11 mins
  • How to Teach Fun Turkey Fingerplays and Why You Need Them
    Nov 11 2024

    Hello! Here's some quick tips and ideas on how to teach fun turkey fingerplays and why you need to use fingerplays and songs in your early childhood through 3rd grades.
    Children respond so well when they are learning stories, use their hands and fingers and singing.
    This video will help you understand why fingerplays are essential to use to strengthen literacy, memory and fine as well as gross motor skills. And so much more!
    I love using them when teaching young children and have found success keeping engagement and learning high too!
    I hope you enjoy this video.
    Let's talk about your favorite turkey songs or fingerplays!


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    TPT LINK: November - Thanksgiving Songs and Poems Literacy BUNDLE: Music & Videos

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    10 mins
  • Five Fat Turkeys Music and Movement Activities Tutorial for Teachers| How to Teach in Music Class
    Nov 5 2024

    Here's a fun music lesson tutorial on how to teach "Five Fat Turkeys Are We" song in music class. I'll demonstrate how to teach BEAT and RHYTHM and a SCARF MOVEMENT.
    This is such a fun and creative music lesson for Preschool through 3rd grades.
    This video is for training purposes to help music teacher get ideas and lesson plans for their classes and for home school moms and dads to use to learn how to teach music to their children.

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    Thank you for listening to this Podcast!
    We appreciate sharing these activities with teachers and parents from around the world.

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    CONNECT WITH US:
    Sing Play Create Website: www.singplaycreate.com
    TpT Store
    Sing Play Create Teaching Tips YouTube Channel
    Sing Play Create Kids Educational Music Channel

    Sing Play Create with Sandra Hendrickson. All Rights Reserved.

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    10 mins