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Best of SPRING!

Updated: Mar 25

Today I want to share with you ALL OF MY FAVORITE freebies, spring printables, go-to songs, instruments, props, spring playlist, (and more!) - in one place!! DON'T MISS THE ALL NEW SPRING BUNDLE at the end!!!! Let's jump in!!


My Spring Must-Haves!


Find my favorite instruments, props and sensory toys for your favorite spring themes (like the rain themed items below!!), and they are all in one place right here!*


*And Amazon wants you to know... as an Amazon Associate I receive earnings from qualifying purchases ;)



FREE Printable for Hey, Little Wiggle Worm (+ links for a presentation version and recording!)

Hey, Little Wiggle Worm! is now live wherever you stream or download music! Think, blues meets children's music (the kids will LOVE the snail part at the end)!!!

 

To celebrate, I'm sharing the printable visual for FREE (which includes the chord sheet PLUS a link to an animated presentation version you can click through along with the song on a classroom screen or tablet)!!!


psst! follow me (patina jackson) as an artist wherever you stream and you'll be the first to know when a new song comes out!

 

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Here are some fun ways to use the song! 

 

  • Play the recording or sing a capella as you finger trace the paths of the bugs and identify their names (verbally, by sign, on a communication device, etc.)!

 

  • Emphasize verbalization of the silly bug sounds OR add the repeated words, like "buzz" or "hop," to a button or device!

 

  • MOVE! Wiggle your whole body with the worm, flap your wings (chicken style) as you buzz around the room, spread your arms all the way out as you gracefully glide and flutter like a butter fly, and get your hop-pies out as you jump like a grasshopper! Oh, and don't forget to go slow-mo like a crawling snail - silly faces are a must!

 

  • Show the animated presentation slides (linked in the free printable below!) for a visual while you dance and sing!


Sing The Very Hungry Caterpillar with me!


Speaking of insects...If you love the classic children's book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, then you will love singing along with the kiddos in your life!! Check it out below, and be sure to subscribe to my channel so you'll catch all my new releases!



And we LOVE rain themes for spring don't we??? Here are some of my favorites!





Rain songs, like Let the Rain Fall Down can be used to pass a rainstick, make a musical rainstorm or talk about what brings you joy, even on cloudy days! BONUS! I've linked the chord sheet + strategy ideas below!!

 

Listen on Spotify.

Listen on Apple Music.

Listen on YouTubeMusic.

Listen on Amazon Music.

 


And for even MORE Spring songs to play, learn and grow... my COMPLETE Spring album is now streaming!!


Help to Grow: Spring Songs for Kids



Here are some goals you can address with them!

 

  • Movement, language and pre-reading skills (finger trace and identify pictures in the FREE printable, below!!) for Hey, Little Wiggle Worm or Spring is Here (from my Spring Bundle!)!

  • Count with Four Little Birds or 10 Little Blossoms (visuals and chords in the Spring Bundle!)

  • Interactive play, turn taking - pass shakers around to play along to Take a Little Love (and Pass it on)! or take turns with a rainstick or thunder tube as you listen to Let the Rain Fall Down (feel free to add a spray bottle for sensory fun!)

  • Move with colored scarves or a parachue to Spring is Here

  • Social Emotional Learning as you talk about fear (through PLAY!) with And the Thunder Went, BOOM!

  • Sensory exploration to Help to Grow or Daisy, Daisy, What Do You See? - fill a sensory bin with fake flowers, flower pots, shovels, seeds, dirt (or black beans :)), a water spray bottle or other spring finds!

 

Looking for MORE spring songs?! Check out my Kids Songs for Spring Playlist AND Spring Again, my playlist for teens!!


if you like these printables and songs, you will LOVE the...


Spring Bundle


It's a 223-page pdf packed with chord sheets, visuals (printables AND google slides versions!), song links, activity ideas, and more for 25 of my MOST-LOVED kids songs for Spring!



They are divided into 5 themed plans so you are all set with engaging songs and materials for those spring music therapy sessions or music classes!!




Happy Spring! Wiggle, wiggle, flitter, flutter, buzz, buzz, buzz!! And...


Spread JOY!

<3, Patina Joy

 
 
 
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