“Thank you for a wonderful workshop this afternoon.  Your workshop title and content caught my attention.  Although I had spent all day Friday and Saturday at the Ontario Music Educator's Association (OMEA) conference in London,  I was willing to travel today to Toronto to take part in your workshop and what a reward it was for me!!!  All the way home,  I played your Reach for the Stars Cd - 4 times in fact - due to slow downs in traffic and an accident near Oakville.  I joyfully sang my way home, all 202 Km. and recalled the actions and movements to accompany the melody so they are still fresh and reinforced in my mind.  I'll use some tomorrow as I teach JK-Gr. 3 music part time.  You must be extremely proud of the quality of the performances. The back-up instruments are marvellous and a wonderful focus for students as well as they hear familiar and new sounds”.  Marilyn Loosemore Ontario

Kathy is available to do workshops and keynote addresses. This is her most popular workshop:

Tickles and Tunes - Repertoire and Resources for Early Childhood

 

A 3 hour teaching workshop with Kathy Reid-Naiman

 

Expand your repertoire of fingerplays, knee bounces, repetitive rhymes, songs and singing games. This participatory workshop will supply you with great tried and true material to inspire and energize your baby time, toddler and pre-school programs and music circles.

 

Literacy begins at birth, and an early start with rhymes, fingerplays and music is a key to opening up children's awareness of language. Teachers of new parents and babies need to keep replenishing their supply of new materials so that they will always be enthusiastic about their classes.

 

If a teacher is excited about the songs and games she is presenting, that enthusiasm will be passed on to the children in her class. All of the songs and rhymes and games presented are participatory and all participants are encouraged to try them together. 

 

Handouts will be provided with words for all the material used, as well as an extensive list of resources.

 

 

Benefits of attending this workshop : for professionals

 

1.     to increase your repertoire of songs and games

2.   to re-vitalize your presentations

3.   to re-capture the joy of singing

 

Benefits of attending this workshop : for caregivers

1. to learn songs, fingerplays, knee bounces and tickles to play with your child

2. to reinforce the positive aspects of music and interaction with your child

3. to share the joy of singing with your family

 

Materials to be covered in the workshop:

 

1. Songs

2. Fingerplays and small stories

3. Tickles

4. Knee bounces

5. Simple singing games and dances

6. Simple rhythm instruments

CURRENT WORKSHOP HANDOUT

Here is The Little Boy

Here is the little boy,         [hold up index finger]
Here is his bed.                   [hold out other hand palm up]
Here is his pillow,                             [lay thumb across ‘bed’ palm]
And here is his head.          [put index finger on pillow]
Here are his covers,           [wiggle ‘palm’ fingers]
Pull them up tight.                             [curl fingers over ‘boy’]
Sing him a lullabye,            [rock bed]
And kiss him goodnight.    [kiss ‘boy’]

 

.Cup of Tea

Here's a cup and here's a cup            make a cup with one hand
And here's a pot of tea..                     make teapot with other hand
Pour a cup and pour a cup  pour tea into cup then switch hands & repeat
And drink it up with me.                    Take a sip

Teacup [SS] Kathy Reid-Naiman 2007

Here's a little teacup                                        make a cup with one hand
A saucer and a pot                                            put other hand under ‘cup’ then                                                                              make pot with other hand
Pour some tea                                    pour tea into cup
and take a sip                                      pretend to sip
Be careful 'cause it's hot!                 Stop  and blow on cup

Here's a little cookie                                       hold out hand
With sprinkles on the top                 sprinkle motions
Dunk it slowly in your tea                               dunk the cookie
Then eat it all up!                                              Eat it

This is The Boat [RS]

This is the boat , the golden boat, [cup both hands to make a boat]
That sails on the silvery sea,                    [undulate hands like waves]
And these are   the oars of ivory white,  [interlace finger, palms up]
That lift and dip, that lift and dip              [lower and raise fingers]
Here are  the ten little fairy men             [show ten fingers up high]
Running along, running along,                 [make fingers run]
To take the oars of ivory white    [actions as before for the last lines]
That lift and dip That lift and dip,
That move the boat, the golden boat,
Over the silvery sea.

Tom Thumb [RS]

Now I’ll tell you a story and this story is new,
So listen very carefully, and do as I do.
This is Tom Thumb - and this is Tom Thumb’s house,
These are Tom Thumb’s windows and this is Squeaky Tom Thumb’s mouse.
One morning very early when the sun began to shine;
Squeaky mouse sat up in bed and counted up to nine.
Then Squeaky made a jump and landed right on Tom Thumb’s bed;
She quickly ran up Tom Thumb’s arm and sat on Tom Thumb’s head.
Squeaky pulled his hair and Squeaky pulled his nose,
Until Tom Thumb jumped out of bed and put on all his clothes.
Then they sat down to breakfast
And ate a crust of bread,
And when that was all quite finished
Here’s what Tom Thumb said:
Now I’ll tell you a story and this story is new….

 

Winter Songs

London Hill [MT]

As I went over London Hill, London Hill, London Hill.
As I went over London Hill on a cold frosty Morning.

1.I shivered and shook on London Hill, London Hill, London Hill.
I shivered and shook on  London Hill on a cold frosty Morning.
2. I stamped my feet on London Hill, London Hill, London Hill.
3. I rubbed my fingers on London Hill, London Hill, London Hill.

Button It Up  [SS] © Kathy Reid-Naiman socan  2006

I’ve got a coat, a warm and woolly coat
And I’m going to button it up (repeat)

chorus: Button it up, button it up,

I’m going to button it up

I’ve got a shirt - a pretty purple shirt
And I’m going to button it up (repeat)

chorus: Button it up, button it up,

I’m going to button it up

I’ve got some pants some bright blue pants
And I’m going to pull them right up (repeat)

chorus: Pull them up, pull them up
And I’m going to pull them right up

I’ve got some boots some black buckle boots
And I’m going to buckle them up (repeat)

chorus: Buckle them up buckle them up
And I’m going to buckle them up

Cousin Peter   unknown [SH]

Last evening cousin Peter came,
Last evening cousin Peter came,
Last evening cousin Peter came,
To say that he was here.
2.He hung his hat upon a hook,
3.He took his coat off arm by arm,
4.He kicked his boots off one by one.
5. He danced around in his stocking feet.
6. He stomped around like a grizzly bear.
7.He twirled around on his tippy toes.

 

Snow Flakes  Kathy Reid-Naiman Jan 2008

Snowflakes, snowflakes
Softly falling from the sky
Snowflakes, snowflakes
They’ll be landing by and by
Snowflakes, snowflakes
Whilrling swirling all around
Snowflakes, snowflakes
Gently falling to the ground.
Quietly without a sound.

 

Resources

Recordings:

Tickles and Tunes, More Tickles and Tunes, Say Hello to the Morning, A Smooth Road to London Town,

On My Way to Dreamland, Reaching for the Stars  

Sally Go Round the Sun, Sally Go Round the Moon  Kathy Reid- Naiman                                       www.merriweather.ca

Savez-vous planter des choux?                                                    Hannah Naiman                                              www.merriweather.ca

Up and Over the Moon!  Simply Beautiful                 Debbie Carroll                                                 www.merriweather.ca

Lullabies and LapRhymes                                                                           Sally Jaeger & Erika Webster                       www.merriweather.ca

A Children’s Ceilidh-                                                                    Carol Ashton                                                    www.merriweather.ca

 

*CDs are also available in the USA from Follett Library Resources and CD Baby 

 

Books:

I’m a Little Teapot                                                                                                                     Jane Cobb                                          www.blacksheeppress.com

What’ll I do with the Baby-O?                                                                                   Jane Cobb                                          www.blacksheeppress.com

Bounce Me, Tickle me, Hug me                                                                                 Sandra Carpenter Davis 

Ring Around The Moon, Sally Go Round The Sun                                  Edith Fowke      

This Little Puffin                                                                                                                        Elizabeth Matterson              

The Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes, the Singing Game                        Iona and Peter Opie         

Sally Go Round The Moon                                                                                                        Nancy and John Langstaff             

American Folk Songs for Children,

Animal Folk Songs for Children,

 American Folk Songs for Christmas                                                                        Ruth Crawford-Seeger               www.rounder.com

Your Baby Needs Music                                                                                             Barbara Cass-Beggs         

Down In The Valley, Jump Jim Joe                             New England Dancing Masters productions               www.dancingmasters.com

 

Videos

From Wibbleton to Wobbleton, Mr Bear Says Hello                               Sally Jaeger                                                     www.merriweather.ca

 

CD code:             T: Tickles and Tunes

                              MT: More Tickles and Tunes

                              SH: Say Hello to the Morning

               SR: A Smooth Road to London Town

D: On my way to Dreamland

RS: Reaching for the Stars!

DC: Up and Over the Moon 

W: From Wibbleton to Wobbleton

SS: Sally Go Round the Sun

SM: Sally Go Round the Moon

SB: Simply Beautiful