The Beat Boppers is an online resource for preschool music. Downloadable songs are accompanied by lesson plans which implement songs. Detailed activities are included. Lists of popular downloads and teaching resources are included in the website. Find many different musical ideas, lesson plans, activities and preschool-appropriate songs at www.beatboppers.com. Some downloads are free; others charge a very low fee for use.
Find recycled items for children to use to create their own music through body movement. Use pie tins for cymbals, overturned coffee cans for drums, empty paper towel rolls and wax paper for kazoos or empty lidded cups and dried beans for maracas. The children can help make these instruments, and they will love marching to the rhythm of their own personalized music. Record a movie of the homemade parade to share with parents.
Find children's songs and printables in alphabetical order at www.theteachersguide.com. Downloads are free for music and accompanying worksheets. Preschool teachers will find mp3s which can be replayed in the classroom or copied to a portable compact disc. Coloring worksheets and interactive activities are available with the songs.
A final valuable and common resource for preschool children is compact discs. Find compact discs at many retail stores, such as "Children's Playtime Songs" or "Preschool Favorites." Some dollar stores as well as record stores or general merchandise stores carry preschool compact discs. Listen to the compact disc before playing in the classroom to ensure the messages of the songs are appropriate. Choose songs from compact discs to accompany current lesson plans.