Hello Bumble Bee Parents,
Track out--- I can’t believe it is here so fast! We only have one more week
together before our fall break. I will keep busy visiting colleges with my
oldest son Alex and visiting my mother in Michigan. I guess I will be doing a
lot of driving! But, I am looking forward to the beautiful fall colors and
fresh apples!
Track out homework
-Learn to tie shoes,
-Learn to zip the zippers on their coats
-Continue practicing new reading skills
new writing skills
and new found independence.
-Go to the fair and look at the animals
- count to 20. Get through those teens!
-Sing the color word songs (Scroll Down)
- Remember our bumble bee manners
Please contact me with any questions.
Thank you,
Jeanne Duwve-jduwve@wcpss.net
Here are some songs we sing in class. Check them out! See if your child
can
teach them to you.
The Song That Never Ends
This is the song that never ends. Yes it goes on and on my friends. Some
people started singing it not knowing what it was, and they'll continue
singing it forever just because this is the song that never ends.
SCHOOL (Sung to the tune of 'Bingo')
There is a place that's fun to go and School is the place-o.
S-C-H-O-O-L
S-C-H-O-O-L
S-C-H-O-O-L
and School is the place-o.
Pink
Sung to the tuneof up on the house top
P I N K, that spells pink.
Pink, it rhymes with wink and stink
Pink lemonade is good to drink
P I N K, that spells pink.
Pink, Pink, Pink,
Wink, stink, drink,
Pink, Pink, Pink,
Wink, stink, drink,
P I N K, that spells pink.
Pink, it rhymes with wink and stink
To the chant of “Hello, My name is Joe”
GR// EY//
It’s the color of a cloudy day.
GR// EY//
I wish the clouds would go away.
GR// EY//
I’d like to go out side and play.
GR// EY//
I can spell the color grey. YEA!
Little Green Frog
'Gung, gung', went the little green frog one day,
'Gung, gung', went the little green frog,
'Gung, gung', went the little green frog one day,
G-R-E-E-N
Blue
(Sung to the blues progression)
B-l-u-e, B-l-u-e, B-l-u-e, B-l-u-e,
B-l-u-e, B-l-u-e,
B-l-u-e, B-l-u-e,
B-l-u-e,
B-l-u-e,
B-l-u-e, B-l-u-e,
Blue
Yellow
(Sung to the tune 'My Bologna Has a First Name')
My favorite color is yellow.
Y-E-L-L-O---W
A banana is yellow.
Y-E-L-L-O---W
Oh, the sunshine is yellow and the sky Carolina blue.
Yellow is a happy color, Y-E-L-L-O-W
We are the Bumble Bees!
(Sung as a march)
We are the Bumble Bees
The mighty, mighty Bumble Bees.
Everywhere we go,
People want to know,
Who we are,
So we tell them.
We are the Bumble Bees
The mighty, mighty Bumble Bees
Everywhere we go,
People want to know,
Who we are,
So we tell them
WE ARE THE BUMBLE BEES!
O-R-A-N-G-E
(Sung to "Shoo Fly")
O-r-a-n-g-e, O-r-a-n-g-e, O-r-a-n-g-e,
An orange is what I like to eat.
Orange, orange,
Oranges are good to eat.
Orange, orange
Oranges are good to eat.
Red
(Sung to the tune of 'Are you sleeping')
R-e-d red
R-e-d red
I spelled red.
I spelled red.
Listen to me,
I'm as smart as can be.
R-e-d
R-e-d
Purple
(Sung to the tune of 'Camp Town Races')
P-u-r-p-l-e
Purple, purple
P-u-r-p-l-e
Purple's what that spells.
Grapes on the vine,
Purple Kool-Aid's fine.
P-u-r-p-l-e
Purple's what that spells.
Brown Dog
(Sung to the tune 'Hound Dog')
He ain't nothing but a brown dog
B-r-o-w-n
He ain't nothing but a brown dog
B-r-o-w-n
He's not black or white,
He's just my brown dog friend
Black
(Sung to the tune, 'She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain')
B-L-A-C-K spells black.
B-L-A-C-K spells black.
Flying bats are black.
Zebra's have a stripe that's black.
Little ants that attack my snack,
Are black!
HOT COCOA
It's C-C-C-C-cold outside.
I'm F-F-F-F-freezing.
My nose is getting runny.
I hope I don't start sneezing.
Ah-Choo!
My T-T-T-T-tootsies are F-R-O-Z-E-N.
That's Frozen.
If I counted
I'm not sure that
I would still have ten.
I want a hot cup of cocoa
with a marshmallow or two.
I want a hot cup of liquid love
only the chocolate kind will do.
I want a hot cup of cocoa
to warm me up from head to toe.
Mix it in a pot,
pour it in a cup,
stir it all together to warm me up,
with a hot, a hot, a hot,
a cup, a cup, a cup,
of co-co-co-co-co-co-co-cocoa.
YEA!
Celebrate it’s a Starry Night!
Sing to the tune of The Entertainer.
Chorus:
Celebrate! It’s a Starry Night!
My family’s here giving me hugs that are tight.
Celebrate! It’s a Starry Night!
Look at all of the candles burning bright!
Celebrate! It’s a Starry Night!
Can’t wait to eat all of the food that’s in sight!
Diwalli comes after the monsoon,
Last for five days and five moons,
Rama saved us from Mean Ravana.
Chorus
Eid Al-Fitar follows a fast,
The three days are a blast.
Allah heard from the Angle Gabriel.
Chorus
Kwanza’s new to us all
Seven days and principals.
African Americans remember their heritage.
Chorus
Hanukkah’s to remind us
Each night light the shamus
Celebrate oil that lasted for eight days.
Chorus
Christmas is more than Santa and trees
It’s about a baby
Who Came to earth to bring us grace.