Music and Movement: Outer Space


Music & Movement: Outer Space
March 21st, 10:15 and 11am

Opening Song: Glad to See You by Peter and Ellen Allard
"When I'm glad to see all of you, I like to clap my hands, stamp my feet, I especially like to shake my hips (wiggle, wiggle, wiggle!), I even like to nod my head, and then I like to see how many times I can blink my eyes."

Flannel board: What Will We See in Outer Space?
Tune: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

Amateur Astronomer by SunKing2 - Amateur Astronomer looks at night sky beside his telescope.  Silhouette.  Original was a photograph at Wikimedia.org http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Astronomy_Amateur_3_V2.jpg created by user Halfblue.What will we see in outer space, outer space, outer space?
What we we see in outer space, away up in the sky?

We'll see some tiny twinkling stars....
We'll see the moon with a smiling face...
We'll see a moon rock on the moon...
We'll see a rocket ship flying by...
We'll see a planet that spins around...
We'll see a martian with just one eye....

The flannel pieces were made by the previous children's librarian, and for all I know, she wrote the rhyme too. Has anyone seen it someplace else?

I used "what will we see in outer space" like a chorus. We didn't sing it after every verse, but I did include it from time to time. And per usual, I introduced the song by singing a little bit of "Mulberry Bush," until I saw most caregivers nodding. Then I showed each of the flannel pieces and we talked about what they were and what they did in the song (spin around, twinkle, etc). Then I sang the "chorus," then we all sang the "chorus" and by then, we were ready to jump into the verses. This one was a big hit and I will definitely use it again and again.

Song: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star by ScribbleMonster & His Pals
Not your everyday version. I loved seeing the surprised expressions on the kids' faces when they realized this wasn't going to be a quiet, calm song. Parents improvised actions, and I just followed their lead. I had just instructed everyone to sing along when they felt comfortable.

Activity: Bend and Stretch (this is a well-known rhyme/song, but I first came across it at Roving Fiddlehead
Bend and stretch, reach for the stars.
There goes Jupiter, here comes Mars.
Bend and stretch, reach for the sky.
Stand on tip-e-toe, oh! so high!

Rhyme: Zoom, Zoom, Zoom (again, well known, I found this version at Six Cranberries)
Zoom, Zoom, Zoom
Rocket-Picture by ElectronicRU - We're going to the moon.
Zoom, Zoom, Zoom
We're going to the moon.
If you'd like to take a trip, climb aboard my rocket ship.

Zoom, zoom, zoom
We're going to the moon.
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We're going to the moon.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
BLAST OFF!

We made our fingers look like rockets and zoom around. Then slowly crouched our bodies to the ground during the countdown and sprang up on Blast Off. The kids screamed--literally--with delight. We had to do it again.

Book: Tickle Monster by Josie Bissett. I bought the "Laughter Kit" off Amazon, so I wore the big fuzzy blue hands to tell the story.


Song: Jupiter from The Planets by Gustav Holst
I used a version from the Classics for Kids cds, but any version would work really. I told the kids that Holst thought that Jupiter was the planet of Jollity, and explained what that meant. Whoo vocabulary!

In a perfect world, I would have had stick puppets with different planets taped to the top made. Sigh. There's always next time, right? Instead we just pretended we were in space and hopped around to the music until they were losing interest.



Activity: Going to the Moon from Ashley at Perpetual Preschool
(Do movements like you are sitting down) 
Get in the spaceship we're going to the moon, going to the moon, going to the moon.
Get in the spaceship we're going to the moon. 
Let's countdown right now. 5-4-3-2-1 BLAST OFF! 
(When the group says "Blast off" jump out of the chair with arms outstretched)

(Stretch your arms out like you're flying) 
Get in the spaceship we're flying to the moon, flying to the moon, flying to the moon.
Get in the spaceship we're flying to the moon. 
Let's countdown right now. 5-4-3-2-1...BLAST OFF!

(Walk around with very tall, exaggerated steps) 
Get out of the spaceship we're walking on the moon, walking on the moon, walking on the moon.
Get out of the spaceship we're walking on the moon. 
Let's countdown right now. 5-4-3-2-1...BLAST OFF!

(Do movements like you are very sleepy and ready to get back home) 
Get in the spaceship we're going back home, going back home, going back home. 
Get in the spaceship we're going back home. 
Let's countdown right now. 5-4-3-2-1...BLAST OFF!

Song: Spaceship Adventure by The Killers from Yo Gabba Gabba: Music is Awesome, Vol. 3
We just danced around.

Closing Rhyme: (borrowed from the librarians at the Ames Public Library)
We read a book / We sang a song / Let's blow a kiss / And say so long.
Teach sign language for book & song, mimic blowing a kiss, wave for so long.

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2 comments :

  1. I'm a first time visitor from Flannel Friday. I was wondering how your movement and music is different from storytime? It sounds like something I would do with 2s and 3s, but I know my storytimes are very different from colleagues (mine are a little wilder, LOL). Is it just the way you advertise? TIA.

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  2. Hi Courtney. I thought this question might come up sometime, check back for a post addressing this very subject :)

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