Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 5/25/2007 10:41:00 AM Author: Dani (dgustavich@colemancenter.org) Subject: Rappin Rhymes Have the children come up with a nursery rhyme that most of them already know. Then, have the kids come up with a clapping beat that they can easily keep. Have them take turns coming up with a new tune to sing the nursery rhyme to. My kids love to rap "Mary Had a Little Lamb." They add "baaaa baaaaas" between each verse. Let them take turns dancing in the center of the circle while the rhymes are flowin'. ;) Name: Email: Subject

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