Music has always been a valued staple in early childhood environments, whether a teacher plays an instrument or uses a device.
Music can be used to redirect, distract, encourage movement or relaxation, but most remarkably, music can teach a specific concept, starting as early as infancy, and make it stick for life.
Many teachers will arrange lessons in poem form, using familiar tunes (Row, Row, Row, This Old Man, Mary Had a Little Lamb, etc.) to successfully help children remember specific information. My educational music is built on this model: Information in a song–using my own original music designed specifically for each lesson.
Try these songs out and see what you (and your students) think! They will learn quickly and walk away humming the tune…practising newly acquired knowledge as they go, without even trying!
Animal Farm
What’s the Weather?
The Seven Days of the Week
12 Months
The Backwards Alphabet
Planets, Planets
The 7 Continents and 5 Oceans
See more at :
http://www.preschoolinspirations.com/preschool-songs-for-circle-time/