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General Music & Movement Exercises in the Classroom

4 Plan ahead
4 7 Basic rules for presenting music
4 While music is playing...
4 32 General music & movement exercises
4 Transitions
4 Cool Down

Integration Books (Action & Mimicry)
These books offer interactive movement that lead to good transitions or breaks in a session with children.

4 Apollo,  ISBN: 1-929-13223-9
4 Rainbow Fish (El Pez Arco Iris),  ISBN: 1-558-58009-3
4 In the Small, Small Pond,  ISBN: 0-8050-5983
4 From Head to Toe,   ISBN: 0-439-16302-1
4 Hands Are Not for Hitting,   ISBN: 1-57542-112-7
4 Bear at Home,   ISBN: 1-84148-701-5
4 The Dog from Arf! Arf! to Zzzzz,  ISBN: 0-06-059857-3
4 We're Going on a Bear Hunt,  ISBN: 0-689-85349-1
4 Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush,  ISBN:0-13-202032-2
4 Barn Yard Dance, ISBN: 1-563-05442-6
4 The Way I Feel, ISBN:
4 Down By the Cool of the Pool, ISBN: 0-439-52476-8
4 Rumble in the Jungle. ISBN:0-590-02432-9
4 Zin, Zin a Violin, 0-671-88239-2
4 Diez Deditos, Action songs from Latin America,  ISBN 0-525-45736-4

Gross Motor Activities
Activities you can use with our without music
that will keep kids moving.

4 Flash Dance
4 Fish Kite
4 Letter Lizard
4 Close Pin Tag
4 Cone Over & Up
4 Hot Bean, Hot Bean
4 Syllable Sidewinder
4 Spelling Sidewinder
4 Army Ants
4 Mirror Me
4 Opposite Ring
4 Hoopty Loo
4 Beam Over
4 Tic-Tac-Toe Relay

General Subjects and Characteristics

4 People
4 Geography & Land
4 Numbers
4 Transportation
4 Music
4 Direction& Descriptive Motion
4 Plants
4 Color

Animal & Insect Teaching Tips

4 Subjects for discussion
4 Paper Fish Puppet
4 Paper aquarium & fish (or shadow box)
4 Paper Garden

Smart Songs for Kids 1 Teaching Tips

Applicable tips are printed in red before the lyrics of each song.

Smart Songs for Kids 2 Teaching Tips

Applicable tips are printed in red before the lyrics of each song.
Hand motions to "Where I Am"

Smart Moves 1:Tots thru Pre-K Teaching Tips

Applicable tips are printed in red before the lyrics of each song. They are also provided in the 8-page booklet in the cover of the CD.

Baffled About Baby?  Parenting Tips

4 Baffled Boo Boos
4 Changes & Clarifications

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"This series is perfect for age levels and learners of all kinds, and they can be modified for the physically disabled.  I plan to perform these with the kids during our Gold Bug Ball."

Susan Douglas
Education Director
Discovery Museum

"Thank you so much for your donation.  The kids just love these songs, and the movement helps us enhance the healing process." 

Rita Bright
Child Life Dept.
Miller's Children's Hospital

"Your CD's have been a welcome addition to our fundraising efforts. The kids love them so much that the parents won't hesitate to buy them. Thank you for performing, and for working so closely with us."

Pat Nelson
Wildlife Waystation
Angeles National Forest