choosing children songs and books for preschooler

[Love83]

hi,
I am studying of certi 3 early childhood education and care and looking for any websites or communities to share resources of children songs and books that I am going to use them during the work experience but I have not been able to find a better one so far.
I will be working at preschool for my prac next 2 weeks and heard that they play songs and read books for academic purposes it is making me overwhelmed. TT

[mummyto3]

what about this little cute song it is sang to the tune of row, row, row your boat.

“Pass,pass,pass the color,
This is the game we play!
When this little song is through,
This color’s name we’ll say

This song is great to help teach children colours, the idea is to use a crayon or other object of a certain colour and have the children sitting in a circle passing the coloured item around as each child gets the item they say the colour whiles singing the above song.

you could also use this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beTDz9HSNOM
this song is great for teaching active listening skills as well as shapes.

You could also do the days of the week song sung to twinkle twinkle little star

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday too.
Wednesday, Thursday just for you.
Friday, Saturday that’s the end.
Now let’s say those days again!
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday!

Lastly you could use this counting song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW_30rrk39U

here is a great site for books to use with preschoolers that teach a range of basic concepts Goodluck, now back to my own studies ha ha hopefully I can find the answers I need
http://growingbookbybook.com/books-for- ... -concepts/

[Lorina]

Here are some more songs you could use as well:

Rhymes and Songs

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Lorina

[Lorina]

You mentioned that the centre you're doing prac at uses stories and songs for academic purposes this means that the songs and stories chosen during group time is based on a concept such as counting, numbers, seasons, animals, planets, colours, etc.

You could let us know the songs, stories you have planned so we can let you know if they are suitable...

This may also help:

Group Time With Children In Childcare

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Lorina