Kdg Concert - "Let's Learn, Let's Play!"

April 10th, 2012
Kindergarten concerts are always a hoot because...well...they're kindergarteners!  Since we did informances for the first "special music event", this was this group's first time on the big stage...and they were SO EXCITED!!!

There's been a lot of frustration among the kindergarten teachers about the new academic requirements getting put on kindergarten students, particularly in reading and math.  Their frustration is that the kids hardly have any time to play anymore, which actually cuts out a huge learning tool, since kids learn a lot through play.  SO, we titled the kindergarten program "Let's Learn, Let's Play", and talked about things that kindergarteners LOVE to do, that also promote learning.  Their concert included...

We Love Fingerplays - "Two Little Blackbirds", "Five Little Ducks"

We Love to Draw - "Mary Had a Little Lamb", Baa Baa Black Sheep",

"Little Boy Blue", "Itsy Bitsy Spider"

We Love to Dress-Up - "I Can't Pay the Rent", "5 Little Monkeys", "5 Little Soldiers"

We Love to Play with Toys - "Cobbler, Cobbler", "Here Comes Mrs. Macaroni"

We Love to Tell Stories - "Little Bunny Foo Foo"

We Love to Play Outside - "What Do You Do When We All Go Out?"

We Love to Play Games - "Old Black Fly", Here Comes a Bunny Rabbit", 

"Bluebird, Bluebird"

We Love to Make-Believe - "Aiken Drum"

We Love to Dance - "Bow Wow Wow"

We Love to Move - "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes"

Looking very pregnant!

So little and adorable!

The whole crew...

Cobblers tapping their shoes in the front.

They began and ended the concert with this little poem.

We love to play, we love to play.

Any time of any day.

But playing isn't all we do,

While we play we learn stuff too!

WAY TO GO KINDERGARTENERS!!!