From "Down by the Bay" to "I Love the Mountains," children will sing and learn about our wonderful world. The enclosed CD features 25 fun songs -old favorites and originals-and the book offers more than 300 activities that help children appreciate the amazing planet earth that we call home.
Every song has:
- Literacy Links to teach comprehension skills, letter knowledge, and phonemic awareness
- Curriculum Connections to integrate the content of the song with curriculum areas such as math, art, sand and water play, science, outdoor play, field trips, and discovery
- a "Did You Know?" section with fun and interesting facts related to the song
- a vocabulary list to enhance children's language skills
- theme connections
- home activities to extend the learning
- related children's books
All children love to sing and learn, so the book includes both English language learner strategies and special needs adaptations.
Songs Include:
- I Love the Mountains
- Down by the Bay
- Autumn Leaves Are Falling Down
- Down by the Old Mill Stream
- The Green Grass Grew All Around
- Johnny Appleseed
- Mister Moon
- Winter Is Coming
- I Made a Pumpkin
- When I'm Chilly
- Earth Is Our Home
- White Coral Bells
- Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
- Mister Sun
- Rain, Rain Go Away
- We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands
- Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree
- Little Drop of Dew
- The Weather Song
- It's Raining
- Caps, Mittens, Boots, and Scarf
- The Seeds Grow
- Cuckoo Round
- Swinging Along
- America the Beautiful