Music Together® Celebrates
March 2010
Thank you all for celebrating Sing With Your Child Month with us this March! We hope you had a great time singing, dancing, and making music with your families. And, don’t forget to continue the music-making fun!
Coming Soon . . .
Some pictures from Sing With Your Child Month celebrations around the country.
The “Hello Song” Around the World Music Video
Watch the “Hello Song” Around the World music video, created in honor of Sing With Your Child Month 2010, to see families from Italy, Israel, Turkey, Canada, the United States, and more sing the beloved Music Together classic “Hello Song.”
Congratulations to the Green family from Dallas, TX, winner of the raffle for a free semester of Music Together! And, thanks to everyone who submitted video clips for our “Hello Song” Around the World music video. We loved watching them all—keep making music with your families, and please share then with us on YouTube or Facebook at any time!
We’ve posted some of the video clips that were submitted to Music Together’s YouTube channel, so be sure to check them out, too. And, if you didn’t get a chance to submit your clip for the music video, feel free to upload it to the page now!
Family Music-making Activities
Although Sing With Your Child Month is ending, remember it doesn’t have to be a special day to make music with your child. Here are a few more ideas to keep you going. Have fun, and keep making music together!
Sing “She Sells Sea Shells” Lullaby
Does your son or daughter love the song “She Sells Sea Shells” from the Drum song collection? Here's a verse variation that you can use at bedtime:
My sweet (child's name) is going to sleep (x2)
La-la, la-la-la, La-la, la, la, la. (x2)
Stars way up high,
Shining bright
In the sky----while
My sweet (child's name) is going to sleep (x2)
“John the Rabbit” Verse Variation
Here’s a fun verse variation for the Music Together favorite “John the Rabbit!”
Is your son or daughter fascinated with big trucks and bulldozers? Teacher Brooke Briggs, Director of Magic Steps Music Together in San Clemente, California, came up with some fun verse variations for the song “John the Rabbit.” Sing your child’s name in place of “John!” Try it at home and let your teacher and your families know how your son or daughter liked it.
Sing to the tune of “John the Rabbit”
Oh, John the Builder. (Yes, boss)
Got a mighty dozer. (Yes, boss)
Driving in the big cut*. (Yes, boss)
Packing all the dirt down. (Yes, boss)
Oh, heavy lifting (Yes, boss)
Oh, pouring sifting (Yes, boss)
And if he works, (Yes, boss)
And builds by fall (Yes, boss)
He’ll finish the mall (Yes, boss)
And not work at all.
*A cut is a term for a construction site, per Brooke’s father, who is a crane operator!
Get your family together and have a dance party!
Gina Harris, a Music Together teacher from San Diego, California, has been doing this with her seven-year-old son since he was three—that’s four years of dance nights!
Make a playlist with all of your favorite dance tunes (including some Music Together songs, of course!) and have a Disco Party USA! Turn the music up, turn the lights down (turn on a tiny disco light if you have one!), and dance and sing together until you drop! Why not make it a weekly family activity? One week you might feature favorite songs of Mommy, the next Daddy, then your child. What about Grandma or Grandpa?
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