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Musical Fun with Syllable Clapping

Liz Buchanan February 9, 2015 July 19, 2015Phonological Awareness 1

Hearing and feeling the natural rhythm of a language is an important part of learning to speak and read fluently. The Spelling City website points out that “syllables play an important role in spoken English, in that they greatly influence the rhythm of the language, its poetic meter and its…

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Singing about Families – of Words!

Liz Buchanan February 3, 2015 July 19, 2015Phonological Awareness 1

A couple of years ago, some kindergarten teachers asked me to write a song about word families, and I was happy to oblige. The result was a simple song that keeps being rewritten again and again, by children in PreK through First Grade. Making up verses for this song is…

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Raiders of the Lost Bark

Liz Buchanan January 28, 2015 July 19, 2015Phonological Awareness 2

During studies for my master’s degree at Lesley University, I had an opportunity to take a class on early literacy learning with Professor Jean Ciborowsky Fahey. Jean works closely with a group called Reach Out and Read, a non-profit organization that partners with pediatricians’ offices to encourage reading-related activities for…

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Finger Plays for Winter Days

Liz Buchanan January 18, 2015 July 19, 2015Finger Plays 0

Little Boy/Girl Is Going to Bed Author unknown – rhyming poem adapted by Liz Buchanan.  Make your pointer finger play the part of the child and do the motions for the rhyme with the other hand. Act out a little boy and a little girl. Little boy is going to…

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Why Music for Kids?

Liz Buchanan January 13, 2015 July 19, 2015Music Education, Reflections 0

There is a great body of research showing the importance of music in children’s lives. But even if there were no research at all, it’s simply a fact that most kids love music and it’s good for them. For those reasons alone, music should be an essential component of preschool…

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Hello to 2015!

Liz Buchanan January 6, 2015 July 19, 2015Music Education 1

Happy New Year! I thought I’d focus my first post of the year on two of my favorite greeting songs. One of my favorites is “Come into the Circle.” You can find it on my CD, Once Upon a Tune. I enjoy singing this song with groups of young children…

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2014 – My Musical Year at a Glance

Liz Buchanan December 31, 2014 July 19, 2015Reflections 1

Here are Ten Favorite Moments in my Music/Literacy Life, 2014. But actually, I couldn’t stop at 10, so there are 12! 1. The Condon School Grade 1 concert in June. At an annual concert at this large elementary school in South Boston, we share the songs the students write with…

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Highlights of My Year for Music & Literacy

Liz Buchanan December 22, 2014 July 19, 2015Phonological Awareness, Reflections 3

2014 was another super year for my work singing with kids and focusing on early literacy learning. Among the highlights were my new songs for learning about rhyming words: Animal Rhymes and Halloween Rhymes. I hope these songs will soon become part of the music/literacy recordings that I sell through…

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Nuts for the Winter

Liz Buchanan December 11, 2014 July 19, 2015Science Songs 0

Here’s a fun song for early winter, when small animals are out gathering their provisions. I use a stuffed squirrel named “Chipper,” and explain that Chipper needs to hide his store of nuts so he’ll know where they are all winter long. This interactive song is also fun for counting…

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Rhyming Songs with Animals (For Kids!)

Liz Buchanan December 2, 2014 July 19, 2015Phonological Awareness 1

Here are two rhyming songs that I’ve recently shared in the classroom. I pair a classic nursery song and book, “Oh, A-Hunting We Will Go,” with a song I wrote, “Animal Rhyming Words.”  This video shows how I work with the first song. I recommend getting John Langstaff’s book,”Oh, A-Hunting…

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