Resources

The music used in class is copyrighted preventing distribution of compilation CDs.  Below, however, is a list of songs used during your current class session if you would like to download/purchase them (iTunes, PayPlay.fm, or Amazon) for use at home.

Winter Songs

A Bushel and a Peck - Neal and Leandra, A Dreamer's Holiday
A Gozar Timbero - Tito Puente, Dance Mania
Down, Down, Down - Recess Monkey, Wonderstuff
Five Little Monkeys - Johnny Bregar, Hootenanny
Hi-De-Ho-Man - Ella Jenkins, Jambo and Other Call and Response Songs
Humpty Dumpty - Musikgarten, Play with Me
Iko, Iko - Zydeco Bon!, Rhythm of DaZydeco
Itsy Bitsy Spider - Johnny Herchert, Rockin Sing-Alongs
Jelly in a Bowl - MacPhail Favorites, Sing with Me
Jig Jog Gee - Father Goose, It's a Bam Bam Diddly!
Jump Up, Turn Around - Jim Gill, Moving Rhymes for Modern Times
Kye, Kye, Kule - MacPhail Favorites, Sing With Me
Light Rain - Taj Mahal, Shake Sugaree
Little Liza Jane - Elizabeth Mitchell, You Are My Little Bird
London Bridge - Dave Jacobi, Aimee Fischer, Favorite Nursery Rhymes
Long and Short - Obie Leff, Sing to Learn
Magic Penny - Glennfrench, Beginner's Luck
Mama Don't Allow - Brady Rymer, Every Day is A Birthday
Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits
My Brother Did It - Justin Roberts, Meltdown!
My Ups and Downs - Jim Gill, Jim Gill Sings Do, Re, Mi on His Toe, Leg, Knee
Oye Como Va - Santana, Ultimate Santana
Pop Goes the Weasel - Jeanette Lambert, Bebop for Babies
Popcorn - Sally's Music Club, Little Red Caboose
Rawhide - Frankie Laine, Rawhide - Greatest Hits
Scarves Up & Down & Around - Johnette Downing, The Second Line
Shake Hands with Friends - Ella Jenkins, Growing Up with Ella Jenkins
Shake it Up High - Brian Funshine, Let's Sing
Shake Your Body - KC and the Sunshine Band, Shake Your Body
Side of a Mountain Top - Enzo Garcia, Breakfast with Enzo
Skidamarink - Susie Tallman, Classic Nursery Rhymes
Slow and Fast - Hap Palmer, Rhythms on Parade
Smooth One - Ken Whitely (Raffi), Join the Band
Stay-at-Home Dad, Justin Roberts, Pop Fly
Stop and Go - Ella Jenkins, Play Your Instruments
Tambourine Says Ching - The Brian Waite Band, Can't Sit Still
The Tempo Marches On - Jim Gill, Jim Gill Sings Do, Re, Mi on His Toe, Leg, Knee
This Old Man - Susie Tallman, Classic Nursery Rhymes
Three Blind Mice - Mother Goose Jazz Band, See How They Run
Toe, Leg, Knee - Jim Gill, Jim Gill Sings Do, Re, Mi on His Toe, Leg, Knee
We Are the Dinosaurs, Laurie Berkner, Whaddaya Think of That?
Woodpecker - Hap Palmer, Rhythms on Parade

 

 

Other Resources

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