Pre-School
Show and Workshop for TeachersHear MP3's of Don here! -- Lollipop ~ Mama's Soup ~ Splish Splash
References
Pre-School
Show and Workshop for Teachers
Hear
MP3's of Don
here! --
Lollipop ~
Mama's Soup ~
Splish Splash
References
Don performs familiar songs to maximize children's involvement. Shows
can be targeted for kids ages 2-3 , 4-6 and school-age kids in grades 1-5. Don sings and plays guitar and harmonica while using pre-recorded bass, drums and keyboard sounds he makes
in his studio, Rainbow Music, a teaching and recording studio in Glastonbury,
CT. Don has performed full-time for 29 years and is the Founder and Director
Emeritus of the Connecticut Songwriters Association .
The show includes songs from the The Wiggles plus Raffi tunes and
songs such as: Questions, Dorothy Queen of the Roses, Can You Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist, Baa Baa Black
Sheep, Bumping Up and Down In My Little Red Wagon,
Doe A Deer, Dinosaurs At Play, Can A Cherry Pie Wave Goodbye, Teddy Bear, Caterpillar, Yellow Submarine, Let's Go On Safari, Lion Sleeps Tonight, The Farm Song, Lollipop, Puff, Splish Splash, My Friends, More We Get Together, Moving Game, Hula Hoop, Mama's Soup Surprise, Unicorn, Color My Day, Your Mama Don't Dance, Rock Around the Clock (a freeze song)
Lasagna, Bingo, Stay Awake, Get Up Get Down, The Moving Game,
Under One Sky, Shake My Sillys and Normal Kids are known to many kids and
are reinforced with props like: a tub with brushes and shower caps, an oven, chef's hat, a pot of soup, color swatches and printed cards, large animal posters, big lollipops, Bingo cards, Dorothy the Dinosaur, Barney, a lion, Puff, Jeremiah bull frog, beluga whale, hula hoops, and 20 rhythm instruments to form a kid's band to the tune of
Playing In The Same Band, and/or If You Can't Find A Reason.
NEW! Workshop for Preschool Teachers
1 or 2 hour Workshop for teachers of children ages 3 - 6
It is widely accepted that music is the universal language. We all have hearts that actually beat to a waltz tempo or 3/4 time and according to most vocal instructors, 95% of humans, unless physically impaired, can sing. All cultures place great value on music and most educators pretty much agree that music plays a big part in the early development of children.
This discussion and workshop deals with the following areas:
Definitions (musical terms) Handouts provided.
Materials and Equipment: keyboard (with adapter) or piano, cassette and / or CD player with
headphones, portable tape recorder, blank tape and tapes and CDs of
children's songs, charts with words to songs, pictures of adult
musical instruments, various rhythm instruments.
Types of Instruments: 1. Sound makers- pots, pans, cans filled with corn kernels, dried beans or
little stones. 2. Rhythm instruments- percussion instruments that are
hit, pounded, shaken or rubbed such as rhythm sticks, triangle, maracas,
bells, drums etc.3. Melody instruments on which tune
as can be played like
piano, xylophone, recorder, flute. 4. Harmony instruments- guitar, banjo,
autoharp, ukulele. 5.Orchestral and band instruments - violin, trumpet,
saxophone, harmonica, and countless other "ethnic" instruments.
Three Basic Components of Music:
1. Melody (scales, middle C, do re me etc.)
2. Rhythm (chants, poems, rhymes, to facilitate creative movement using different body parts)
3. Lyrics (words) echo songs and rounds
Song Examples: (to teach children these three basic components)
"Mary Had A Little Lamb", "Old MacDonald", "Michael Row the Boat", "Baby Beluga",
"Small World", "Yankee Doodle", "Alphabet Song", "Wheels On The Bus", "If You're Happy",
"Hokey Pokey", "Get Up Get Down", "Bingo", "Moving Game", "Bear Song", Shake My Sillys",
"Row Row Row Your Boat", "Are You Sleeping"
You are welcome to call these references:
Andover
,
Bethel
, CT - - -Bright Horizons. Tanya Miller 203-792-0078
Bolton, CT - - Montessori School, Bolton, Natalie Wood (860)646-5727
Branford, CT - -Children's Discovery Ctr, Karen
Abbott (203) 488-3274
Bristol, CT - - - School Time Child Care. Mary Sargent
860-584-3435
Burlington
,
Cheshire, CT - - Children's Discovery Ctr,
Jennifer Cristillo (203) 574-2892
Colchester, CT - - Apple Tree Learning Ctr. Kim (860) 537-0806
Cromwell, CT - - - Kindercare, (860) 613-2263
Cromwell, CT - - - Playmates Plus Daycare, Sandra Wallowitz
(860) 635-4598
Cromwell, CT - - - Pumpkin Patch, Eileen Fitzgerald (860) 635-1809
Enfield, Ct - - - - - Kindercare Lego (860) 763-3407
Enfield, CT - - - Enfield Library. Sue Lott 860-763-7510
Farmington, CT--- Library -Susan Maryeski (860)
673-6791
Farmington, CT - -Children's Discovery Ctr. (860) 676-8298
Glastonbury, CT - - -Bright Horizons, Penny Spencer (860) 657-3894
Glastonbury, CT - - Children's Discovery Ctr. (860) 633-1508
Glastonbury, CT- - Kindercare, Honor Dicicco
(860) 652-9310
Glastonbury, CT- - Today's Child, (860) 657-3274
Glastonbury, Ct - -Welles-Turner Library, Renee
Pease (860) 652-7718
Goshen, CT - - - - Goshen Library, Ann Davis (860) 491-3234
Granby, CT - - Patchworks Schoolhouse.
Guilford, CT - - - Children's Discovery Ctr. Michele (203) 453-8781
Hamden, CT - - - Whitneyville Library, (203)
287-2677
Hamden, CT - - - YMCA Program Center, Cindy Aurora (203) 248-6361
Hamden, CT - - -- Kindercare, (203) 288-2116
Hazardville, CT - - -Hazardville
Daycare. Jenifer 860-749-6615
Hebron, CT - - - Children's Discovery Ctr. Lisa Kennedy (860) 228-4994
New Haven, CT - -Children's Discovery Ctr. District Mgr, Zandra
Ianniello (203) 777-4730
Newington, CT - - Southfield Childrens Center. Mr.Pat
Clow 860-666-8811
Newington
,
Killingly, CT - - Goodyear Early Childhood Ctr. Lynda Fosco
(860) 779-6770
Manchester, CT - - Kindercare, Karen Rudolph (860)
646-1610
Milford, CT - - - Kindercare. Zandra
203-876-2796
Moodus
,
Moodus, CT - - - - Sally's Childcare. Sally
Wadsworth (860) 873-9848
New London, CT- Lawrence & Memorial Child Care, Rhonda Adams (860)444-5137
Old Lyme, CT - - - Lyme's
Youth Service, Kathy Libby (860) 434-7208
Orange, CT - - - Stork Club, Marcy Labanca
203-891-0599
Orange, CT - - - Bright Horizons, Kerry Babcock (203) 799-8033
Simsbury, CT - - -Kindercare, Cynthia Powel-Smith
(860) 658-0460
Simsbury, CT - - Our Future Dreams, Julie (860) 651-7006
So. Windsor,CT - - Kindercare
(860) 282-1379
Trumbull, CT - - - St. Vincent Special Needs, Joan Law (203) 375-6283
Vernon, CT - - - Apple Tree, Jill Darby (860) 643-2757
Wallingford, CT - -Pumpkin Patch, Cathy Hansen (203) 294-4466
Westbrook, CT - - - Children's Discovery Center, Pamela (860 399-7787
W. Hartford, CT - - Montessori School Of Greater Htfd,
Jane Moreno (860) 236-4565
Windsor, CT - - - - Windsor Discovery Ctr, Anne
Wakelin (860) 285-1420
Windsor
Locks, CT - - -
For details, call Don at 860-659-8992 or email
ddcsa@aol.com