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The quick link for this page is
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Who took the cookie. This is a longer version, with lots of teaching tips.) |
For a handout on reading books (especially picture books and big books), click HERE Link to Kids' songs, page 2. Link to Kids' songs, page 3. Link to Kids' songs, page 4. |
The Hokey Pokey . The version below give cues for each vocabulary item. It might be better for teaching the song.
<-- This version of Head,
shoulders, knees and toes leaves out words in each verse. Good practice. BTW, the link has lots more songs after the first one. (lyrics HERE) Below is another song that leaves out information - this time letters -- each time. B-I-N-G-O (lyrics HERE) |
Storytelling with Children
Something that goes hand-in-hand with kids' songs is storytelling. I introduce my university students to it with the handout HERE. We use "Big Books" to practice. And HERE is PowerPoint I use.