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Category: Phonological Awareness

Singing is the Best Way to Learn to Rhyme!

Liz Buchanan September 21, 2015 September 22, 2015Phonological Awareness, Uncategorized 0

This school year, I have the pleasure of teaching music to 120 kindergarten students at the newly-opened KIPP elementary school in Lynn, MA. Our school will add a grade each year, so for now, we are all K! It’s great fun. One of the first literacy skills kindergarteners need to…

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Making the Music & Reading Connection

Liz Buchanan September 5, 2015 September 5, 2015Phonological Awareness 1

Many academic studies have shown a strong connection between musical activities and early literacy learning. One study that especially interests me is detailed in “Early Language Learning With and Without Music,” by Douglas Fisher, published in Reading Horizons in 2001. The study evaluated four classrooms of students in kindergarten and…

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‘Today is Monday’ Teaches Weekdays & More

Liz Buchanan September 3, 2015 September 3, 2015Phonological Awareness 0

I’ve been on a hiatus from this blog because I started a new job this summer. I’m helping found a KIPP charter elementary school in Lynn, MA. I’m the music teacher for the school’s 120 new kindergarten students. Each year the school will add a grade, up through fourth grade….

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Two Fun Songs for Pre-Reading!

Liz Buchanan July 18, 2015 July 19, 2015Finger Plays, Phonological Awareness 1

This past week, I have had the chance to visit some of the children and families from the school where I’ll be working as a music teacher this fall. Many of the parents are so excited and eager for their children to learn, especially for them to learn to read….

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Parents & Children Can Sing Into Reading

Liz Buchanan June 19, 2015 July 19, 2015Finger Plays, Music Education, Phonological Awareness 0

This morning, I offered a toddler version of my “Do-Re-Mi ABC” program that I’ve been enjoying with kindergarten students this year. At our local store that sells tots’ clothing and other fun kids’ stuff, I did a sing-along workshop for parents and children about how to have fun singing while…

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A Robin Song for Musical Fun & Literacy

Liz Buchanan May 18, 2015 July 19, 2015Finger Plays, Phonological Awareness 0

Here is a finger-play and simple literacy activity that’s especially fun to do in the spring when you hear lots of birds singing. My “Two Little Robins” song is based on the traditional nursery rhyme and finger play that’s often called “Two Little Blackbirds.” This song is on my CD…

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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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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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