Videos

00:40 Hickety Pickety Bumblebee

Sing along with Ms. Koplinka-Loehr and Ms. G in one of our favorite songs, "Hickety Pickety Bumblebee!"
Be sure to sing your own name in the song, and you can sing the song with everyone in your family and sing their names, too!

00:37 My Name is Michael

This is the song "My Name Is Michael." The lyrics are:

My name is Michael
I've got a nickel
I've got a nickel
Shiny and new
It's gonna buy me
All kinds of _____ (you choose!)
And then I'll share it
Share it with you!

3:11 The Button and The Key

Please watch the video of Ms. Koplinka-Loehr singing the song "The Button and the Key." You can re-watch the video as many times as you like. Make sure to practice the "Who has the button?" or "Who has the key?" part, and make a guess as to who has which item Zoey has and which item Elliot has! You can sing along when you hear "I have the button!" or "I have the key!"

Next, you can teach this song to anyone in your family or household. You can trade off who sings the question "Who has the button?" and "Who has the key?" and then who responds with the answer "I have the button!" or "I have the key!". Be sure to insert your name into the beginning when you sing the song for "Around comes ___, around comes (s)he!"

Finally, you can also draw a picture of you hiding the button or the key with someone in your household or your family. If you have a lot of stuffed animals, you can even line them all up and then have someone else in your family guess which stuffed animal has the button or the key. Finally, you can hide a button or a key in your household and try to have someone guess where it is, as in, "The couch has the button and the desk has the key." Have fun!

4:56 Danse Macabre

This song is "Danse Macabre," by Camille Saint-Seans. Make sure you copy Ms. Koplinka-Loehr's dance as you listen and move to the song! Don't forget to count to twelve with the harp as the clock chimes midnight, then tiptoe to the graveyard, and play your violin at the beginning of the song. You can show your spookiest version of your skeletons and ghosts if you would like! Next, you can upload a video recording of yourself showing the motions of "Danse Macabre" on your own, or while copying Ms. Koplinka-Loehr. You can show yourself dancing to the whole song, or you can choose just your favorite part to share in a video. Finally, if you want to practice with just the track itself, you can copy and paste the link here to listen and practice "Danse Macabre":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71fZhMXlGT4
Have fun!

3:29 Secret Song: S.B.

This is a secret song! Ms. Koplinka-Loehr will show the solfege motions of the song in her hands...can you guess what song it is? You can pause the video after her hands stop the motions, and re-watch the motions as many times as you like. Once you have figured out the song, you can sing along with Ms. Koplinka-Loehr--or, try singing just after her! You can also make up new motions for the words of the song. Then, you can upload a video or audio recording of yourself singing the song, either by yourself or with someone in your family or in your household, with your new motions. Have fun!

2:15 Secret Song: H.S.H.

This is a secret song! Ms. Koplinka-Loehr will tap out a rhythm...can you guess what song it is? You can pause the video after the taps, and re-listen as many times as you like. Once you have figured out the song, you can sing and dance along with Ms. Koplinka-Loehr. Then, on SeeSaw, you can upload a video or audio recording of you singing and moving to the song, and you can even draw a picture of the animal in the song, and sing along to the picture that you drew! Finally, you can make up your own new words of the song, with a new animal doing a new action, and post a video or audio response, with you singing your new version of the song. Have fun!

00:52 Se Se Se

This is "Se Se Se," or rock, paper, scissors in Japanese. Feel free to practice the game, and then teach it to everyone in your house to play rock, paper, scissors together in Japanese!

00:41 I'm Alabama Bound

This song is "I'm Alabama Bound." Sing along when the bunny sings, and then sing it on your own as the leader and have someone in your family echo you, and then feel free to change the words. Where is your train going to? For example, "I'm Culver City bound..." Have fun!

1:17 "Tikka Takka Wally Woo Woo" Song for 2nd Grade Vocal Music

This is our "Hey There, ____, Someone's On the Phone...Tikka Takka Wally Woo Woo" song for 2nd grade. Feel free to watch as many times as you like to practice the song, and sing along!