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Thread #77914 Message #1395967
Posted By: squeezeldy
01-Feb-05 - 03:23 PM
Thread Name: Songs for Special-Needs Kids
Subject: RE: Folklore: Songs for Sp Needs Kids
The ABC song using the manual alphabet song.
Fingerplay songs for non-verbal kids
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Find a recording or print copy of some songs from "Greg and Steve." "The World is a Rainbow," Days of the Week, Months of the Year, (these are also sung in Spanish on the recordings)
Mi Chacra (My Farm) in English, Spanish and sign. I teach my Adaptive Music classes in three languages. That impresses my "regular ed" kids no end.
Add-on songs--"The Tree in the Woods" and so forth
Don't forget "Hokey Pokey" and other movement songs.
These are all so easy that I play them by ear, but there are tons of books available with such things in them. I do recommend the Greg and Steve songs, though.
Anything that you like to play and sing, your kids will, too.