Come On and Sing With Me
By Eric Litwin and Michael Levine
Lyrics:
I love my guitar.
I love to play the strings.
I love my guitar.
Come on and sing with me.
La la la...
I love my banjo.
I love to play the strings.
I love my banjo.
Come on and sing with me.
La la la...
I love my piano.
I love to play the keys.
I love my piano.
Come on and sing with me.
La la la...
I love to play the drums.
I love to keep a beat.
I love to play the drums.
Come on and sing with me.
La la la.
Activities:
Sing To Your Child (bonding and rhythm & pitch development -- babies): Sing happily to your child while making eye contact. Tap the beat on your childās body. For pre-verbal babies, having them listen to you sing while physically interacting helps develop brain connections. The more you smile, touch & interact with your child, the more they will learn.
Air Instruments (learning instrument names, imagination ā toddlers & ages 3-4): Play the CD and act out playing each instrument for the verses; then pat your lap or clap to the beat during the choruses (la laās).
Make Stuff Up (creativity & imagination ā toddlers & ages 3-4): Choose animals instead of instruments. For example, āI love my dog, I love to hear him bark, I love my dog, Come on and sing with me. Ruff ruff ruff...ā
Another idea - Say all things you love about your child - āI love my (your childās name), I love to hear him/her (whatever they love), I love my (your childās name), Come on and sing with me. La la la...ā
Another idea - I love to clap my hands, I like the way it sounds, I like to clap my hands, Come on and sing with me. La la la...ā
Show & Tell (learning what instruments look like ā toddlers & ages 3-4): Find photos or drawings of each instrument (online or in books) & point to them for each verse as you sing.
Coloring Page & Sheet Music
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