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Category: Phonological Awareness

Playing with Language Makes Better Readers!

Liz Buchanan September 15, 2022 September 15, 2022Phonological Awareness 0

Let’s create some fun alliterative sentences! As in, sentences that emphasize the same starting consonant sound, and also sound a little silly. And perhaps feature lots of cool animals, such as “cool cats in my cereal and cougars who can cook.”That’s what I did in my song “Chimmy Cha-Cha,” from…

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Time for a Monster Song!

Liz Buchanan October 13, 2020 October 13, 2020Phonological Awareness 0

Here’s a song to sing as the weather gets cooler and the ghouls start haunting the landscape. My “Monster Bonster” song was adapted from the song “I’m Playing with a Monster,” by Fran Avni and Nancy Schimmel. In the song, children are invited to name the monster’s body parts, which…

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Musical Fun with Two Robins

Liz Buchanan April 1, 2020 August 27, 2020Music Education, Phonological Awareness 0

 This post recaps earlier posts from this blog about the “Two Little Robins” song and offers some stick-puppet materials! I never tire of singing my version of “Two Little Blackbirds,” which I’ve changed to “Two Little Robins.” You can find a video of my presentation of this song here. My…

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Moving and Shaking!

Liz Buchanan March 18, 2020 August 27, 2020Finger Plays, Music Education, Phonological Awareness children, education, music 0

Have fun creating and decorating shakers using a variety of things you can find around your house, especially the recycling bin. I like this video about making a maraca out of a small plastic water bottle and an empty toilet paper roll. Experiment with different fillings, from beans to rice…

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Start School with Songs for Literacy

Liz Buchanan August 11, 2019 August 11, 2019Finger Plays, Phonological Awareness 1

The days are ticking down to the beginning of school. I hope all teachers of young children are excited to get everyone learning right away with … SONGS! If anyone needs a reminder about the value of music in early learning, here’s why music is an ideal tool, especially for…

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Sing a Song of Spring

Liz Buchanan March 20, 2019 March 20, 2019Finger Plays, Music Education, Phonological Awareness, Science Songs 3

What better way to celebrate spring than with singing? Well, frolicking in the great outdoors, of course, but singing is great fun, too! I wrote my “Song of Spring” with four-year-old children at a Boston area school. We talked about things we like to do in the spring and used…

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Halloween Rhyme Time!

Liz Buchanan October 1, 2018 October 1, 2018Music Education, Phonological Awareness 0

Happy October! I’m dedicating some blog space to offering my favorite October songs this month. It’s fun to sing about fall, but really, Halloween songs just can’t be beat for all-around spooky fun. I recommend my Halloween Rhymes song for rhyming-word learning and howling all month long. You can download…

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Singing Traditional Songs & Rhymes for Literacy

Liz Buchanan August 18, 2018 August 18, 2018Finger Plays, Phonological Awareness 2

As September draws closer, early education teachers everywhere are gathering their strategies to meet academic goals for our youngest kids. To prepare children for reading, traditional nursery rhymes remain a terrific tool. Sure, there are some you wouldn’t want to recite in today’s world, but many nursery songs and chants…

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For Fun & Literacy, Visit Dr. Knickerbocker!

Liz Buchanan February 9, 2018 February 9, 2018Movement, Music Education, Phonological Awareness, Songwriting 1

I just made a new video of one of my favorite literacy songs, “Dr. Knickerbocker.” Find it now on my youtube channel, LizBuchananMusic, by clicking here. “Dr. Knickerbocker” is somewhat ubiquitous in kids’ music circles, having been featured on at least two children’s TV shows and in numerous books. It’s…

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Making Musical Links with Literacy

Liz Buchanan August 3, 2017 September 15, 2017Finger Plays, Music Education, Phonological Awareness, Reflections 0

I love making music with kids aged 3-6, especially pairing music with early literacy learning, which is a natural fit. I once taught at a preschool where the director told me: “Just have fun singing with the kids,” implying that they’d pick up the literacy learning elsewhere in their day….

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