I'm a new preschool teacher's assistant and this song is a LIFESAVER. The first time I tried it, the children looked at me like I was crazy, but it worked!
I love this because you could replace "sitting" with any other action like walking, whispering, etc and use it as you move throughout the school. thank you!
Hello! I started singing it some weeks ago to my 1st formers and it's fantastic! I teach Ensligh as a second language. At the beginning I spent like 3-4 minutes singing it and thought "well, this ain't going as planned" until they actually understood what was going on and now is almost automatic. They know what I expect from them and their faces light up when I sing their names. Thanks a lot for this tip! Lots of love from Argentina!
I am just finding your videos:) I have been in childcare for 17 years and I have been a nanny for the last 4 years. It's thrown off my usual game since I am now in THEIR home and going by their rules now. It's definitely a change. I've mainly taken care of infants (daycare) and am now dealing with bigger kids that aren't the best at listening to what I have to say. I just decided to look on TH-cam for help after a very long and trying day and your videos are such a breath of fresh air:)
With my 3yo students we love to catch a “noisy bumblebee”. I simply changed a couple of words in a famous song “Baby bumblebee” ( baby - noisy, home - school, mummy - teacher) and got a nice song to make everyone be quite.
As a music teacher, I would like to encourage you to use a much higher pitch (ideally your starting note for this particular song would be E4 or F4, but the absolute lowest D4). There's nothing wrong with your voice, you can pitch and you might find it more enjoyable yourself if you dare to use that lovely singing voice we all have. It is a very important modelling aspect for the children, their comfortable singing range at this age is between C4-A4, extending maybe 2 notes up and 2 notes down for some. They also pick their heads up better when they hear a higher pitched voice. Try to overcome the first barrier - getting to know that different voice - away from any audience, there are also tons of videos that offer some warm up exercises to explore and open up your higher range. Good luck and let me know please if you have tried and tested this.
Cute song. Suggestion to change "I like" (personal pronoun & approval) to something as simple as "Look at way that ______ is sitting" or "Model the way that ________ is sitting."
I used this song in my classroom after watching the video and you're right! It works like a charm! However I find that after we are done with the song Nd start into our lesson they are quick to go back to not following the directions. A few of them go back to their previous behaviors right after they hear their name in the song. How do you handle that?
You may want to add another strategy for after the lesson. Pick two or three children that did well and offer them a sticker (or I use a marker and draw a smiley face on the back of their hand). Make a big fuss that these children sat nickels during the lesson. Tell the children that you will give out stickers (or smiley faces) after each lesson the the children that have sat nicely. That way you get them to the lesson with the song and motivate them to keep their good behavior with a sticker after the lesson. Be very selective on the behavior you want to earn the sticker. Good luck!
I Just want to let you know I love your videos! I would do this song with the kids when I wanted them to line up for gym and it would work! I will be trying it for circle, Also, is there anyway to get a hold of you if I have specific questions. I am a new 3 year old pre K teacher in head start and would like to connect with you. Regardless you are awesome!
Jennifer, thank you so much! I started this channel for new teachers just like you. I monitor my comments regularly and would be happy to answer any questions or trouble-shoot ideas and strategies with you. I worked for Head Start for 7 years (in the 90s) and really believe in their program. Good luck and feel free to reach out through the comment section of my videos.
@@positivepreschooltips Thanks! This is awesome! I like the program so far, but it's challenging my kids have been through 3 teachers in 5 months ( I'm the 4th). So it's been very hard for the children. I am having the most difficulty transitioning. My kids do very well in the morning, I lose them during circle (which is about an hour and half after we get them off the bus). My assistant is also new and we have tried a lot of different strategies. We study conscious discipline where I work and we are always trying that, but I feel like it doesn't work very well with my kids. If you could give me tips for circle time with 3 year olds I would greatly appreciate it. They love doing their welcome song and moving their pictures from home to school, but by the time i'm reading the book for the day they're gone! Circle time is only 15 minutes, but it's still hard. I appreciate any suggestions!
@@jenniferf9446 , three year olds have a very difficult time sitting for 15 minutes! My suggestion would be to do a movement activity (dancing, exercises, etc) to help get the wiggles out before story. If the book allows, have props (puppets,etc) read the story then have the children 're-enact' the story giving each child a role. This will keep them busy and help them retain the story. I often give 'smiley faces' for good listening which is just drawing a smiley face on the back of their hand with a washable marker. You could pick two or three 'good listeners' after story and recognize them by describing the behavior they had (ex.sat quietly with hands in lap) and give them a 'good listener' smiley face. The next day, before you read the book, announce that you (and assistant) will be looking for 'good listeners'. It's amazing how little ones will work for a smiley face :). I don't know if your circle time includes calendar but if so, here are some thoughts: the concept of time and days are really above a three year olds head (today, tomorrow, yesterday). If you are doing calendar, I would suggest pointing to the day of the week and telling the children the day (Today is Wednesday) and sing a little Wednesday song. Add the date and have the children count with you. Another fun idea is to introduce "Zero the Hero". Each time the date has a zero in it (10. 20. 30) Zero the Hero will visit the classroom. This is done by having items that look like a zero (life savers, fruit loops, circle stickers, etc) appear when they are out of the classroom and the children get surprised by what "Zero the Hero" has left them. This will keep them interested in the calendar to track the next Zero the Hero visit (if is on a weekend, you could pick the Friday or Monday for the visit). There are lots of icons on line for Zero the Hero and you can print one to place on the calendar for the children to see when he is coming next. www.pinterest.com/countrycutiepie/zero-the-hero/ The trick is to keep them busy and engaged! Let me know if any of this is helpful or if you need additional suggestions. You don't need to give me your exact location, but I'm curious if you are east coast, west coast, south or mid-west, etc. Good luck!
@@positivepreschooltips Hello, thanks I will try these tips on Monday and let you know. I live on the east coast in NY. I have tried interactive stories before, and they really like it. I might also need some tips to get three year olds to clean up. We are having a hard time getting our kiddos to clean up after free play and before nap time. My boss wants us to have quit toys up before nap, which I did today along with playing calming music and dimming the lights to get ready for nap. However, when it was time to clean up to go to mats the kids would not clean up. We have tried clean up songs races etc but with little luck. I really do appreciate this, I love my job but because of the atmosphere and so many changes in the environment it has been very hard for the kids. It is heartbreaking.
@@jenniferf9446 you seem like a knowledgeable and caring teacher! My suggestion for clean-up is to play a clean up song. Pick a few students that are cleaning and announce, "I see Caiden putting blocks away; he's cleaning like a cleaning-machine!" Then call out other children by name and say what they are doing to be a 'cleaning-machine'. You can also give children that are not cleaning an assignment (Eva your job is to clean up all the baby dolls in homeliving center). After clean up, bring up the 'cleaning-machines' and make a big deal to the class about what they did to be a 'cleaning-machine' (ex. Caiden started cleaning up as soon as the clean up song came on, etc.). This will recognize the children that are doing a good job cleaning up and encourage the other children to clean up to get recognized as a 'cleaning-machine'. I'm so impressed with your patience and dedication to your class!
I would like to request a video on the complaints parents seem to have (preschoolers parents) that when they ask the child what they took in school the child doesnt reply or the child doesnt know the letters etc etc . How would I answer the parent and is there some thing I can do in class to solve that problem ?
Thank you for your comment! This is such a common problem with preschoolers. I tell parents that preschool children do not have the cognitive ability to recall lots of facts from their day. I suggest to the parents to ask specific questions, such as "who did you play with today?" "Did you play in the block center?" "Tell me one fun thing that you did at school today". This will get the children focused on a specific activity and that will help them recall facts of the day. When I have had students that have language issues or struggled with communication, I have taken a picture of the child involved in activity and sent it to the parents so the child would have a picture to talk about and help them recall details of the day. I hope this helps.
Hi there! I was just hired as a preschool teacher and it is in a very well to do neighborhood. I have never worked full time in a preschool before and I haven’t the slightest idea on what to wear. Would you ever be interested in posting a video with suggestions? I really have no idea what to do and there aren’t any tutorials on here that I can find so far. Thank you your videos are great!
Star, if your school does not require a dress code, I would suggest khaki pants and a buttoned down shirt. These clothes would look professional but also be comfortable. They will also wash easily, which is so important for a preschool teacher. Good luck and let me know how things go with your new job!
“what we want them to do” sounds a bit derivative. i understand if you are tying to explain what colors and shapes are, but “what we want them to do” and what we would like are two different things.
Paul, I have been asked this before and the best match I can come up with is an old childhood tune called "One little, two little three little Indians"
Irene, here is a video I did to get children lined up: th-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=J1X13Gc1b4g. Thanks for asking and let me knew if any of them work for you!
Irene, here is a link to a video I did on chants for lining the children up: th-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=J1X13Gc1b4g Let me know if you try any of them.
I'm a new preschool teacher's assistant and this song is a LIFESAVER. The first time I tried it, the children looked at me like I was crazy, but it worked!
Same do u have any other tips
I love this because you could replace "sitting" with any other action like walking, whispering, etc and use it as you move throughout the school. thank you!
Hello! I started singing it some weeks ago to my 1st formers and it's fantastic! I teach Ensligh as a second language. At the beginning I spent like 3-4 minutes singing it and thought "well, this ain't going as planned" until they actually understood what was going on and now is almost automatic. They know what I expect from them and their faces light up when I sing their names. Thanks a lot for this tip! Lots of love from Argentina!
Thanks for this. I start English teaching at a preschool next month 😱 3-4 mins could probably feel like an eternity 😅
❤thank you very much for teach us this song is very helpful to show at my children I will sing them.
You're wonderful ! Having you as a teacher/ mum must be life changing ! Thank a lot !
Thank you so much!
I'm a new Pre-K teacher and tomorrow is my first day!
I'm really nervous but you have given me a lot of useful tips.
Good luck!!!
I am just finding your videos:) I have been in childcare for 17 years and I have been a nanny for the last 4 years. It's thrown off my usual game since I am now in THEIR home and going by their rules now. It's definitely a change. I've mainly taken care of infants (daycare) and am now dealing with bigger kids that aren't the best at listening to what I have to say. I just decided to look on TH-cam for help after a very long and trying day and your videos are such a breath of fresh air:)
Thanks so much for sharing..I was wondering what I could do during that time. Quick, easy, and something I know will be effective.
Thaaannnkkk you that's a great method....and you have a wonderful singing voice by the way....LOL
What a great song! Thanks for sharing!!
I'm a preschool teacher! I'll try this on Monday 💕
Let me know how it goes!!!
I use this song everyday in my preschool class. I works so well, thank you!
I'm so glad! It has been my 'go-to' song for years and years.
I will try this tomorrow thank you!!!😊❣️, Very adorable 💙
I cannot wait to try this simple technique. I can already see it working well! Thank you.
Great! Let me know how it goes.
Great.Thanks for Sharing. Will try it straightaway
I tried this today and it worked like a charm!! Later on in the day the kids kept singing the song, it was funny. Thank you for sharing!
I'm so glad it worked for you! It is my go-to to get a classes attention :)
Thank you so much. Wonderful!!!
How nice song! I love it!
Brilliant! Love it 👍🏼
This is great! Thank you for the resource!
Ohhh yeahhhh this was great 👍🏻
I had them sit like a charm 🥰
I found your channel yesterday and I am enjoying all the ideas. I hope you make more videos soon.
I tried this yesterday and it worked like a charm thank you 💟💟💟💟😻
So glad it worked for you! Thanks for trying it out.
Thank you so much for this! ❤️
Awesome...simple and effective!
Thanks for sharing!
Can't wait to try it. I'm going to pre k again. Thank you and BTW your voice was perfect 🤗
I did this today and it worked like a charm!!!!!! Thank you!
Thank you for letting me know that it worked for you! I appreciate it!!!
I love this! Thanks
i love your voice! thanks for the tip!!
Thank you for this beautiful song I am enjoying it with my toddlers 😍😍
Great information! I'm going to try this in my story time.
Yes it works 💯...thank you ma'am 😊
Yes! I'm so glad you tried it out and it worked! Thanks for letting me know.
I love your ideas.
💗works like a charm
I love it! I'm gonna try it with my kinders tomorrow!
such a nice song,I will really try in my class..thank u for your ideas . I liked all ur ideas.. keep it up
You’ve been such an inspiration for years. I’ve finally started My own channel. 😄
That's awesome! I'll definitely subscribe. Good Luck!
Thank you! 🥰🩹
I am trying this today wish me luck 🤗 btw great singing voice.
Thank you for sharing! BTW, I do like your singing voice!
wow...a great help..thanks for sharing..
How simple and lovely i will try it
Im going to try this !💙
Thank you so much for the tip 🙏 I've just started working in an English speaking pre-school in Poland and I still struggle with discipline 😭😭
Discipline is the hardest part of being a new teacher. Hang in there! I'm glad you found the video helpful
Your videos are awesome!
Good lesson for students. Thanks
Love it!
I love it.🥰
I sing it to my students!! It works! TY😊
That's Great! So glad to hear that.
Thank you! :)
Seriously THANK YOU! You saved me.
You are so welcome!
you are just so awesome.
I’ll try this today!!
Worked like a charm for me!!! Tttttthhhhhhaaanannnkkkkkkk yuyyoooouuuuu!!!!
Gonna try it tonight! Let’s see if it works in the ESL preschool group;)
Sure beats the power over techniques I have seen used at school assemblies.
Hello MS, thanks so much , that's song work so great.
I'm so glad it worked for you! It has been a go-to for me for years :)
It’s the second day we are having the preschool children since COVID and I am going to try this today 😬😬 thank you!
Stay safe and healthy! Good luck!
I tried it and it worked.. Thanks.
Amazing tip!
With my 3yo students we love to catch a “noisy bumblebee”. I simply changed a couple of words in a famous song “Baby bumblebee” ( baby - noisy, home - school, mummy - teacher) and got a nice song to make everyone be quite.
Very cute and creative!
This is great,
As a music teacher, I would like to encourage you to use a much higher pitch (ideally your starting note for this particular song would be E4 or F4, but the absolute lowest D4). There's nothing wrong with your voice, you can pitch and you might find it more enjoyable yourself if you dare to use that lovely singing voice we all have. It is a very important modelling aspect for the children, their comfortable singing range at this age is between C4-A4, extending maybe 2 notes up and 2 notes down for some. They also pick their heads up better when they hear a higher pitched voice. Try to overcome the first barrier - getting to know that different voice - away from any audience, there are also tons of videos that offer some warm up exercises to explore and open up your higher range. Good luck and let me know please if you have tried and tested this.
Wow! great information! Thanks, Cecilia
It worked! Thank you
So glad! It really works like a charm :)
You sound great...."Educators matter"
It's perfect 😍😍💗💗
I will be using this idea
Lovely
Very nice i will try this
Yep
I don’t know where I learned it but I have sang this song for many years!
It works well since I started to use it for my preschoolers. Thank you for sharing 💐😇
I'm glad it worked for you as well! It is my go-to song in the classroom!
My class are getting bored of our attention getters so I will try this...
Wow this is amazing~ I will try this tomorrow...because my preschoolers are getting bored of our original attention grabbers
Good luck and let me know if you have any success.
Brilliant
Thank you for watching!
Cute song. Suggestion to change "I like" (personal pronoun & approval) to something as simple as "Look at way that ______ is sitting" or "Model the way that ________ is sitting."
Love this song and your suggestion.
Love it.. I will do a rap version
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What tune is the song to?
Do you have a transition out song to send children to the bathroom? Thanks
I used this song in my classroom after watching the video and you're right! It works like a charm! However I find that after we are done with the song Nd start into our lesson they are quick to go back to not following the directions. A few of them go back to their previous behaviors right after they hear their name in the song. How do you handle that?
You may want to add another strategy for after the lesson. Pick two or three children that did well and offer them a sticker (or I use a marker and draw a smiley face on the back of their hand). Make a big fuss that these children sat nickels during the lesson. Tell the children that you will give out stickers (or smiley faces) after each lesson the the children that have sat nicely. That way you get them to the lesson with the song and motivate them to keep their good behavior with a sticker after the lesson. Be very selective on the behavior you want to earn the sticker. Good luck!
I Just want to let you know I love your videos! I would do this song with the kids when I wanted them to line up for gym and it would work! I will be trying it for circle, Also, is there anyway to get a hold of you if I have specific questions. I am a new 3 year old pre K teacher in head start and would like to connect with you. Regardless you are awesome!
Jennifer, thank you so much! I started this channel for new teachers just like you. I monitor my comments regularly and would be happy to answer any questions or trouble-shoot ideas and strategies with you. I worked for Head Start for 7 years (in the 90s) and really believe in their program. Good luck and feel free to reach out through the comment section of my videos.
@@positivepreschooltips Thanks! This is awesome! I like the program so far, but it's challenging my kids have been through 3 teachers in 5 months ( I'm the 4th). So it's been very hard for the children. I am having the most difficulty transitioning. My kids do very well in the morning, I lose them during circle (which is about an hour and half after we get them off the bus). My assistant is also new and we have tried a lot of different strategies. We study conscious discipline where I work and we are always trying that, but I feel like it doesn't work very well with my kids. If you could give me tips for circle time with 3 year olds I would greatly appreciate it. They love doing their welcome song and moving their pictures from home to school, but by the time i'm reading the book for the day they're gone! Circle time is only 15 minutes, but it's still hard. I appreciate any suggestions!
@@jenniferf9446 , three year olds have a very difficult time sitting for 15 minutes! My suggestion would be to do a movement activity (dancing, exercises, etc) to help get the wiggles out before story. If the book allows, have props (puppets,etc) read the story then have the children 're-enact' the story giving each child a role. This will keep them busy and help them retain the story. I often give 'smiley faces' for good listening which is just drawing a smiley face on the back of their hand with a washable marker. You could pick two or three 'good listeners' after story and recognize them by describing the behavior they had (ex.sat quietly with hands in lap) and give them a 'good listener' smiley face. The next day, before you read the book, announce that you (and assistant) will be looking for 'good listeners'. It's amazing how little ones will work for a smiley face :).
I don't know if your circle time includes calendar but if so, here are some thoughts: the concept of time and days are really above a three year olds head (today, tomorrow, yesterday). If you are doing calendar, I would suggest pointing to the day of the week and telling the children the day (Today is Wednesday) and sing a little Wednesday song. Add the date and have the children count with you. Another fun idea is to introduce "Zero the Hero". Each time the date has a zero in it (10. 20. 30) Zero the Hero will visit the classroom. This is done by having items that look like a zero (life savers, fruit loops, circle stickers, etc) appear when they are out of the classroom and the children get surprised by what "Zero the Hero" has left them. This will keep them interested in the calendar to track the next Zero the Hero visit (if is on a weekend, you could pick the Friday or Monday for the visit). There are lots of icons on line for Zero the Hero and you can print one to place on the calendar for the children to see when he is coming next.
www.pinterest.com/countrycutiepie/zero-the-hero/
The trick is to keep them busy and engaged! Let me know if any of this is helpful or if you need additional suggestions. You don't need to give me your exact location, but I'm curious if you are east coast, west coast, south or mid-west, etc. Good luck!
@@positivepreschooltips Hello, thanks I will try these tips on Monday and let you know. I live on the east coast in NY. I have tried interactive stories before, and they really like it. I might also need some tips to get three year olds to clean up. We are having a hard time getting our kiddos to clean up after free play and before nap time. My boss wants us to have quit toys up before nap, which I did today along with playing calming music and dimming the lights to get ready for nap. However, when it was time to clean up to go to mats the kids would not clean up. We have tried clean up songs races etc but with little luck. I really do appreciate this, I love my job but because of the atmosphere and so many changes in the environment it has been very hard for the kids. It is heartbreaking.
@@jenniferf9446 you seem like a knowledgeable and caring teacher! My suggestion for clean-up is to play a clean up song. Pick a few students that are cleaning and announce, "I see Caiden putting blocks away; he's cleaning like a cleaning-machine!" Then call out other children by name and say what they are doing to be a 'cleaning-machine'. You can also give children that are not cleaning an assignment (Eva your job is to clean up all the baby dolls in homeliving center). After clean up, bring up the 'cleaning-machines' and make a big deal to the class about what they did to be a 'cleaning-machine' (ex. Caiden started cleaning up as soon as the clean up song came on, etc.). This will recognize the children that are doing a good job cleaning up and encourage the other children to clean up to get recognized as a 'cleaning-machine'. I'm so impressed with your patience and dedication to your class!
I would like to request a video on the complaints parents seem to have (preschoolers parents) that when they ask the child what they took in school the child doesnt reply or the child doesnt know the letters etc etc . How would I answer the parent and is there some thing I can do in class to solve that problem ?
Thank you for your comment! This is such a common problem with preschoolers. I tell parents that preschool children do not have the cognitive ability to recall lots of facts from their day. I suggest to the parents to ask specific questions, such as "who did you play with today?" "Did you play in the block center?" "Tell me one fun thing that you did at school today". This will get the children focused on a specific activity and that will help them recall facts of the day. When I have had students that have language issues or struggled with communication, I have taken a picture of the child involved in activity and sent it to the parents so the child would have a picture to talk about and help them recall details of the day. I hope this helps.
Hi there! I was just hired as a preschool teacher and it is in a very well to do neighborhood. I have never worked full time in a preschool before and I haven’t the slightest idea on what to wear. Would you ever be interested in posting a video with suggestions? I really have no idea what to do and there aren’t any tutorials on here that I can find so far. Thank you your videos are great!
Star, if your school does not require a dress code, I would suggest khaki pants and a buttoned down shirt. These clothes would look professional but also be comfortable. They will also wash easily, which is so important for a preschool teacher. Good luck and let me know how things go with your new job!
i think you have a beautiful singing voice. Maybe you can sing it to me over dinner. I'm a preschool teacher at a Base
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That's wonderful! I will try tomorrow. BTW, what's the name of this song? Thank you!
Thanks so much! Everyone always asks the tune and the best guess I have is "One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians". I hope this helps
@@positivepreschooltips Yay, I find it! That's right! I like watching your video. Thank you so much!
Thank you my teacher ( I don’t know your name )
Can you tell us your CV
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“what we want them to do” sounds a bit derivative. i understand if you are tying to explain what colors and shapes are, but “what we want them to do” and what we would like are two different things.
What’s the name of the tune?
Paul, I have been asked this before and the best match I can come up with is an old childhood tune called "One little, two little three little Indians"
What is the song this tune is
to?
The closest tune I can come up with is "One little, two little, three little Indians"
Hi!Do you know any songs to line up(easy to learn)please?thanks
Irene, here is a video I did to get children lined up: th-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=J1X13Gc1b4g. Thanks for asking and let me knew if any of them work for you!
Irene, here is a link to a video I did on chants for lining the children up: th-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=J1X13Gc1b4g Let me know if you try any of them.
Thanks but the link is wrong,it can not be opened,I don't know why
Sorry Irene, I'm sure that was my error. Let me try it again. th-cam.com/video/J1X13Gc1b4g/w-d-xo.html
Hopefully, this will work.
Hello Ma'am
Where can I follow you or dm you, I am a fan of your videos.
Thank you for your support!
What is this song sang to the tune of? I can not think of it! but I want to be able to write it down for a sub, so they would understand it
Rainbow song: red orange yellow, green blue purple, makes the rainbow bright.
Oh gosh, I'm not sure. I have sang it for so many years I can't think of the original tune. So sorry.
+positivepreschooltips, I think the tune is taken from "this is the way i brush my teeth... early in the morning"
You have a nice singing voice :) we don't all have to be Beyoncés to feel that it's okay to sing aloud!
Thank you! You are so kind!
Please