This is a choo choo train!

Dear Preparatory 1 Families,

We are on an exciting journey of exploring train sound, discovering train music and hopping on a train using movements! As children continue to listen and sing to the track Choo choo choo, ask them "Where is the train taking us today?" and see what ideas they come up with. They can also invite families to help build a train (like we do in class.) Simply, families stand in one line and place hands on the shoulder of a person in front of you. The conductor gets to say, "All aboard!"

Children love "This is a choo choo train," a sit-down chant that we do in class with motions. Ask them if they remember and have them share it with you:

This is a choo choo train
Puffing down the track
Now it's going forward
And now it's going back
Now the bell is ringing (ding ding ding)
Now the whistle blows (whoo whoo whoo)
What a lot of noise it makes
Everywhere we go!

Lastly, Sarasponda is a nonsense made up song that children love to say. Please have them listen for an octave leap (low Do to high Do) on "A-dorayo" in the music. They have not learned a high Do yet, but we will explore them next week. See what kind of motions they come up with when listening to this track!

Happy Singing!