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Listen to early childhood experts discuss relevant issues in child development with Rae Pica.
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Earlychildhood NEWS is proud to feature "Miss Jackie" Silberg, an award-winning songwriter and performer, on Music for Learning - your place for sing-along songs that tie-in thematically with our monthly Activities.
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Featured Song - New Friends
Jackie Silberg (also known as "Miss Jackie" from her television years) is an internationally recognized
authority on child development, is the irrepressible music educator and creator of games and activities
that explore the non-singing elements of music -- sound, rhythm, language, movement and instruments.
Her numerous award-winning titles have educated and entertained young children and their parents and teachers for many years.
You can see what's new from Jackie and the Miss Jackie Music Company, www.jackiesilberg.com.
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Activities:
Friendship is so important in one’s life and talking and singing about it will help young children become aware of how to make friends. The words of the song are the perfect vehicle for talking about friendship. What do you like to do with your friends? How do you know that someone is your friend? What can you do to show someone that you are their friend?
…Sit the children in a circle holding hands. As you sing the song, the teacher starts the chain of "hand hugs" by gently squeezing the hand of the child next to him. The child
then passes on the hand hug to the next child, etc. around circle.
…Teach the word “friend” in different languages
French – ami
Spanish – amigo
Italian – amica
German - freund
…Sit in a circle with the children. Pass a ball around the circle and as each child receives the ball they say their name aloud. Go around the circle several times. You can vary it by having the children SHOUT their names or whisper their names. You can increase the speed so that everyone tries to say their name quickly as they pass the ball around quickly. Then, tell the children when they get the ball, they can say a new friend's name and roll the ball to that person (Help with the names, if the children need help.)
…Play the "I SPY" game but only give clues about a friend in your room. "I spy someone with blonde hair and green slacks. Who do I SPY?"
Some books about Friendship
Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Partners By: Betty Baker
Heartprints – by P.K. Hallinan
This is What a Friend Is – by P.K. Hallinan
A Friend Is Someone Who Likes You By Joan Walsh Anglund
Best Friends By Miriam Cohen
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Music Archive:
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| * "Miss Jackie" Silberg's "April Fool" is Track 10 on "Touched by a Song."
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| * "Miss Jackie" Silberg's "Names" is Track 11 on "Touched by a Song."
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