Cross Curricular Connections - Musicplay K-5
Musicplay K
Basic Skills
45 Days of the Week
74 Months of the Year
Colors/Shapes:
19 Color Song
114 Mr. Troll
22 Shape Song
Language Arts
33 Alphabet Action
54 ABC Blues
12 songs are available
as “Little Reproducible Books”
39 poems/chants for
shared reading
Math
3 Count and Go
81 Cheer for 100!
101 Alice the Camel
124 Bubble Gum
45 Days of the Week
74 Months of the Year
All songs and
chants are given
as PowerPoints for
shared reading in the
Digital Resources.
Fairy Tales:
80 Pretty Princess
18 Gingerbread Man
114 Mr. Troll
115 Nanny Goats
Social Studies
Social Studies topics:
Families:
47 Rainbow World
116 Don’t Throw
Your Junk
Science
Science topics:
Bears
39 Can’t Wait to
Hibernate
50 Teddy Bear
49 Bear
Jobs
Dinosaurs
136 Ame Ame (Japan) 105 Dinosaur Ditty83 Arroz con leche
wa
(Spanish)
104 Dinosaurs
142 Debajo del Boton Seasons:
(Sp)
21 Autumn Leaves
168 Hotaru Koi
70 Snowman Joe
(Japan)
Gardens (seeds,
142 Kumbayah (Afplants)
rican)
156 Watch our Garden
155 Los Pollitos
Grow
(Spanish)
Rain:
41 Sambalele (Brazil) 136 Ame Ame
103 San Severino
118 Me and my Kite
(Spanish)
134 Six Inch Boots
Scie le Bois (French) 135 If All the Rain146 Tingalayo (West
drops
120 Indian)
133 Rain Rain
Daily PE
119 Knees Up Mother
Brown
58 Go Round and
Round
69 Ha Ha This-A-Way
88 Willowbee
121 Four in a Boat
163 NaughtyKitty Cat
138 Bluebird
52 Phony Baloney
79 Button Factory
28 London Bridge
173 Draw a Bucket of
Water
46 Old Navy
167 The Mill
Insects:
170 What Shall We
Do?
109 Burnie Bee
Oceans/Beaches:
169 Sammy Salmon
164 Humpback Whale
157 Listen to the
Water
Songs that are Reproducible Little Books
in Musicplay K
We’ve Got The Whole
World
Teddy Bear
She’ll Be Comin’
Round the Mountain
Playground Song
Peanut Butter
Old Navy
Old Macdonald
Miss Polly
Michael Finnigan
London Bridge
If All The Raindrops
Farmer in the Dell
Alice the Camel
Doctor Knickerbocker
Barnacle Bill
Big Class Books email for the template
- kids illustrate them
Moms are Special
Dance
119 Knees Up Mother
Brown
111 Purple Stew
17 Dr. Knickerbocker
58 Go Round and
Round
69 Ha Ha This-A-Way
88 Willowbee
121 Four in a Boat
163 NaughtyKitty Cat
138 Bluebird
52 Phony Baloney
79 Button Factory
28 London Bridge
173 Draw a Bucket of
Water
46 Old Navy
5 Join Into the Game
99 If You’re
Happy
167 The Mill
Health
# Health Songs:
30 Stop! Look and
Listen
34 Brush Your Teeth
58 Germs
98 Head and Shoulders
141 Wear a Helmet
Peanut Butter
Social Skills
14 Do You Want to be
my Friend?
51 Wheat in the Wind
82 It Takes One to
Know One
94 As Friends We’re
Two
100 We Don’t Put Up
with Putdowns
137 We’ve Got the
Whole World
Families:
47 Rainbow World
116 Don’t Throw
Your Junk
Musicplay 1
Language Arts
Drama
Math
Social Studies
Vowel Sounds:
11 Apples & Bananas
Alphabet:
16 Rock Around the
Alphabet
5 Sam the Robot Man
13 Hickory Dickory
Dock
14 Goin to Kentucky
15 Jack & Jill
27 Magic Spell
28 Witch’s Cat
30 Monster Walk
31 Juanito
44 Punchinello
47 Lemonade
Counting:
12 Counting Song
18 Ten in the Bed
Transportation:
3 Little Red Wagon
8 Wheels on the Bus
9 Choo Choo Train
Beginning Sounds:
26 Today is Monday
Rhyming Words:
42 Down by the Bay
Months:
55 Strawberry Shortcake
Nursery Rhymes:
15 Jack & Jill
13 Hickory Dickory
Fairy Tales:
102a. Chicken Little
Story
Science
Insects:
4 Snail Snail
81 Eensy Weensy
Spider
78 Bee Bee BumbleMulticultural Music: bee
14 Goin to Kentucky
79 Bringing Home a
19 Kye Kye Koolay
Baby Bumblebee
(Ghana)
31 Juanito (Spanish)
Bears:
43 Fais do do
38 Goin’ on a Bear
(French)
Hunt
46 Hanukkah Fun
39 The Other Day
54 One Big Family
40 The Bear Went
57 Vive le Compagnie Over the Mountain
64 Un Deux Trois
70 Haul Away Joe
Weather:
(Canada sea chanty)
58 Icicles
74 We are Dancing in
the Forest (Hungary)
Seasons:
80 Lucky Leprechaun 75 I Know a Little
(Ireland)
Pussy (pussywillows)
Animals:
76 My Cat
77 The Old Gray Cat
83 My Dog
88 Five Little Ducks
Daily PE
Dance
Health
Social Skills
1 Dooby Dooby
Dooby Doo
7 The Grand Old
Duke of York
9 Choo Choo Train
14 Goin to Kentucky
23 I Like Turkey
24 Hey Betty Martin
27 Magic Spell
30 Monster Walk
31 Juanito
34 Bounce the Ball
37 Lucy Locket
61 Head and Shoulders Knees and Toes
63 Gonna Have a
Good Time
72 Wishy Washy Wee
74 We are Dancing in
the Forest
85 Feelin’ Alive
106 Charlie Over the
Ocean
1 Dooby Dooby
Dooby Doo
4 Snail Snail
9 Choo Choo Train
14 Goin to Kentucky
27 Magic Spell
31 Juanito
32 Peace in my Heart
35 Thread and Needle
44 Punchinello
46 Hanukkah Fun
50 Ho Ho Ho
63 Gonna Have a
Good Time
64 Un Deux Trois
66 Rig a Jig Jig
68 I like You
72 Wishy Washy Wee
73 When I was One
74 We are Dancing in
the Forest
Healthy Foods:
11 Apples & Bananas
47 Lemonade
109 The Eat Song
10 I Don’t Know
32 Peace in my Heart
Five Little Ducks
Big Class Books email for the template
- kids illustrate them
Goin’ on a Bear Hunt
Dental Health
48 New Teeth for
Christmas
Pedestrian Safety:
59 Little Red Car
Parts of the Body:
61 Head and Shoulders Knees and Toes
Careers:
72 Wishy Washy Wee
47 Lemonade
Environment:
92 Let’s Save Water
Songs that are Reproducible Little Books
in Musicplay 1
Wheels On The Bus
Today Is Monday
Three Little Monkeys
Ten In Bed
Sam the Robot Man
Little Red Wagon
Jack and Jill
Hickory Dickory
Grand Old Duke
Goin’ To Kentucky
Down By The Bay
Counting Song
Bear Hunt
Pussywillow
Goin’ Over The Sea
Little Rabbit Foo Foo
Baby Bumblebee
Miss Lucy
Up On The Houstop
Eensy Weensy Spider
Gardens/Farms
94 Apple Tree
98 Down on Grandpa’s Farm
99 Oats and Beans
and Barley Grow
100 Savez vous
planter les choux
Elevator
Oats and Beans
Aikendrum
Down on Grandpa’s
Farm
Choosing Partners:
66 Rig a Jig Jig
68 I like You
Musicplay 2
Language Arts
Drama
Math
Social Studies
Science
Daily PE
Dance
Health
Social Skills
Writing
24 Witch’s Stew (create verses)
36 Bluebells (write
word chains)
48 Japanese New
Years song (write
haiku)
94 Goin’ on a Picnic
(write verses)
21 What’s That Creature?
22 Birds and Bats
44 Rocks For Christmas
Sea Scene:
53 Haul on the
Bowlin’
65 A Sailor Went To
Sea Sea
Months:
46 Apples, Peaches,
Pears and Plums
2 O Canada
2A My Country ‘tis of Thee
Insects:
6 Poor Little Bug
Five Senses:
15 Thanks A Lot!
30 This Way Thataway
60 Circle ‘Round
Zero
63 I’se the B’y
68 St. Patrick’s Day
Jig
95 Here Comes a
Bluebird
89 Sur le Pont
Careers:
19 I Am A Fine Musician
28 Sing For Peace
29 Make a Difference
Multicultural:
12 Obwisana (Ghana)
31 Peace Like A River (Spiritual)
33 Napoléon (French)
34 Lukey’s Boat (Canadian sea
chanty)
40 O Hanukkah (Hebrew)
42 Holiday Round
47 Trampin’
48 Japanese New Years song
53 Haul on the Bowlin’ (Canadian folk)
56 Gitsagakomim (Blackfoot)
60 Circle ‘Round Zero (African American street game)
63 I’se the B’y (Canadian
folk)
80 Salish Hand Game (Salish)
84 Jugemos en el bosque
85 Japanese Frog Song
89 Sur le Pont (French)
90 Chinese Fan
91 Kagome (Japanese)
92 Canada in my Pocket
4 Engine Engine #9
5 Hill Hill
10 Bounce High
13 Bell Horses
17 I’m The Fastest
Turkey
25 Old Mother Witch
26 Grand Old Duke
Of York
30 This Way Thataway
49 Mouse Mousie
52 Oliver Twist
57 I Sent A Valentine
64 Cut The Cake
72 Father Abraham
81 Oh My Aunt Came
Back
86 Frog In the Middle
97 Let Us Chase The
Squirrel
Big Class Books email for the template
- kids illustrate them
Bought Me a Cat
Rain Scene:
65 A Sailor Went To
Sea Sea
67 Lollipop Tree
70 Ain’t Gonna Rain
No More
71 Rain On the Green
Grass
72a. Rain Poems,
Soundscape
Seasons:
18 Falling Leaves
Environment:
74 Garbage
77 Recycle
Animals:
78 Rabbits
88 Bought Me A Cat
Healthy Eating:
69 A Pizza Hut
73 Hot Cross Buns
Transportation:
3 Ridin’ That New River Train
4 Engine Engine #9
9 I’ve Been Working On The
Railroad
Inuit:
7 Okkitokiunga
Songs that are Reproducible Little Books
in Musicplay 2
Oh My Aunt Came
Back
Lukey’s Boat
Grand Old Duke
Musicplay 3
Language Arts
Drama
Math
Social Studies
Science
Daily PE
Dance
Health
26 Remember Flanders Fields (arrangement of poem)
26a. In Flanders
Fields (poem)
21 Old Woman All
Skin and Bones
22a. In a Dark Dark
Wood (poem)
Coins:
66 Shiny Penny
Multicultural:
18 Indian Summer
19 Ceremonial Dance
23 Trampin’ (Spiritual)
25 Nothing But Peace (Canada)
32 Bonhomme Bonhomme
34 Cod Liver Oil (Canadian
folk)
39 It’s a Holiday (Hanukkah,
Carnival, Chinese New Years)
40 Island Steel Drum (Caribbean)
58 Sakura (Japan)
59 Log Driver’s Waltz (Canada)
61 Ton Moulin (French)
63 Donkey Riding (Canada)
64 E Papa & E Papa Maori version (Maori)
71 Irish Reel
74 Alouette
81 Waltzing Matilda (Australia)
82 Didgeridoo (Australia)
85 El Floron (Spanish)
86 Mariachi (Mexico)
87 Swedish March (Sweden)
88 Inuit Lullaby (Inuit)
89 Tinga Layo (Caribbean)
90 Kaaniiskina (Native)
91 El Burrito Enfermo (Spanish)
94 Old Grandma (Canadian folk
- history)
97 The Provinces (Canada)
99 Feller from Fortune (Newfoundland)
100 Ndinani Na (Africa)
101 Spider Song (Africa)
102 Zulu Dance (Africa)
103 O Canada
104 Star Spangled Banner
Seasons:
13 Seasons
76 The Wind
6 Plainsies Clapsies
(ball bouncing)
10 Turkey Lurkey
15 Third Base
Coaches Dance
37 We Come From
Pluto
55 Head And Shoulders Baby
94 Old Grandma
28 Old Brass Wagon
36 Shake them ‘Simmons
41 Paw Paw Patch
52 Tideo
61 Ton Moulin
63 Donkey Riding
71 Irish Reel
94 Old Grandma
99 Feller from Fortune
Careers:
30 Children Together
59 Log Driver’s Waltz 75 When You Dream
63 Donkey Riding
93 Just Friends
29a. Three Little Pigs
(story)
29a. Three Little Pigs
(story)
Landforms:
77 I Love the Mountains
Animals:
78 Rabbits
Environment:
84 Walk, Run, Ride
a Bike
Healthy Eating:
65 Eating is Fun
Social Skills
Musicplay 4
Language Arts
Drama
Writing:
1 Wake Me! Shake Me!
(create new verses)
53 My Gal’s a Corker
(create new verses)
60 Grandpa’s Whiskers
(create new verses)
95 Camping Song
(create new verses)
31 Crane (Japanese Legend)
Environment
Program:
72 One Planet
72b. Earth Day
Program
88 There’s a Hole
Folk Tales/Legends:
in my Bucket
31 Crane (Japanese Legend)
POEMS IN Musicplay 4:
8a. September, by Mary
Colridge
13a. The Snake by Emily
Dickenson, (1830-1886)
16a. The Women of the
West by George Essex
Evans (1863-1909)
24a. The Birches by Walter
Prichard Eaton
24b. Thanksgiving Wishes
by Arthur Guiterman (18711943)
37a. The First Snow Fall by
James Russell Lowell
41b. The Night Before
Christmas, by Clement
Clarke Moore
42a. Jack Frost
55a. Won’t You Be My
Friend
64a. The Wind by Robert
Louis Stevenson (18501894)
Math
Social Studies
Science
Daily PE
Dance
Health
Social Skills
Multicultural:
1 Wake Me! Shake Me! (Spiritual)
4 Frère Jacques (French)
15 Canoe Song (Canada)
16 Little Old Sod Shanty (Canada
- settlers)
18 Cheki Morena (Puerto Rico)
19 Al Tambor (Spanish)
20 Mariachi (Mexico)
22 Ma Ku Ay (Maori)
24 Sakitohwin (Cree)
30 Land of the Silver Birch (Canada)
31 Crane (Japanese Legend)
32 Koto (Japan)
33 Two Canadian Folk Songs
36 What Did Delaware? (USA)
38 Yesh Li Yadiyim (Hebrew)
39 Sarasponda (Dutch)
40 Huron Carol (Huron)
41a. Cultural awareness worksheet
43 Music is the Language
45 Toc Toc Toc (French)
46 Forty Below (Canada Manitoba)
47 Kookaburra (Australia)
48 Didgeridoo (Australia)
49 Cucú (Spanish)
54 Yankee Doodle Stick Game
(USA)
55 Gens du pays (Quebec)
56 Las Mañanitas (Spanish)
62 Scotland’s Burning (Scotland)
63 Highland Pipes (Scotland)
65 Feller from Fortune (NL)
66 Tue Tue (Africa)
67 African Drumming (Africa)
70 Toembaii (Hebrew)
79 Mi Conejito (Spanish)
81 J’entends le moulin (French)
84 Flunky Jim (Canada folk)
91 Biddy Biddy (Jamaica)
92 Steel Drum (Jamaica)
97 O Canada
98 Star Spangled Banner
Bats:
21 Bats
7 Pizza Pizza
28 Cut the Cake
35 My Bonnie
58 Let’s Catch a
Rooster
89 Built my Lady
1 Wake Me! Shake
Me!
4 Frère Jacques
5 Good Morning
11 Old Joe Clark
14 Topnotcher
38 Yesh Li Yadiyim
44 Clock Round
65 Feller from
Fortune
69 Wallflowers
80 Lost My Partner
81 J’entends le
moulin
82 Billy Billy
87 Happy is the
Miller
96 Loo La
Healthy Eating:
7 Pizza Pizza
27 Shine a Light for
Peace
52 Make New Friends
Seasons/Weather:
61 Springtime
61a. Thunderstorm
Soundscape
71 Mist
Environment:
72 One Planet
72b. Earth Day
Program
77 Compost
78 Walk, Run, Ride
a Bike
Self Esteem:
59 Nobody Likes Me
Musicplay 5
Language Arts
Drama
Social Studies
Social Studies
Science
Daily PE
Dance
Health
Writing:
19 Whistle Daughter Whistle
77 Old Woman
18 Ghost of Tom
20 Skin and Bones
Multicultural:
10 Four White Horses (Caribbean)
11 Steel Drum (Caribbean)
14 Jack was Every Inch a Sailor
(Canadian Folk)
16 Linstead Market (Jamaica)
25 El Torojil (Spanish)
29 Ah! Si mon moine voulait danser!
33 Green Sally Up (African American street game)
35 Ninaskamon (Cree)
36 Banks of the Don (Canada folk)
37 Hevenu Shalom (Hebrew)
39 Charley Marley (Caribbean)
41 Campana Sobre (Spanish)
57 Tom Dooley (American folk)
59 Rainbow Color (Chinese)
60 Chinese Temple (China)
62 Al Citron (Spanish)
66 Girl’s Day (Japan)
67 Digeridoo (Australia)
68 Click go the Shears (Australia)
71 Irish Jig
74 Haida (Hebrew)
75 Funga Alafia (Africa)
76 African Drumming
92 I Let Her Go (Caribbean)
94 Ball Go Round (Caribbean)
99 The Capitals of Canada
100 The Capitals of America
101 O Canada
102 Star Spangled Banner
Renaissance:
82 Hey Ho Nobody Home
83 Drunken Sailor
85 Come Follow
Seasons:
38 Winter is Here
38a The First Snowfall by James Russell
Lowell
44 Snowflakes
8 Ickle Ockle
15 Alabama Gal
28 Our Old Sow
49 George Washington Bridge
10 Four White Horses
15 Alabama Gal
17 Ronald MacDonald
Self Esteem:
7 When I Believe
61 You Gotta Believe
78 Strive for the
Highest
Poems:
8a Autumn, Emily Dickenson
15a. Something Told the Wild
Geese, by Rachel Field
18a. In a Dark Dark Wood
18b. Shadow March by Robert
Louis Stevenson
27a. In Flanders Fields, by
John McCrae
33a Beclouded by Emily
Dickenson
38a The First Snowfall by
James Russell Lowell
77b To Daffodils, by Robert
Herrick
History of Jazz:
47 Follow the Drinkin’ Gourd
48 When the Saints
51 Five Foot Two
Fig Leaf Rag - Listen Kit 5
53 Scoo Be Doo Song
56 Five Four Groove
History of Canada:
34 Ho Ho Watanay (First Nations)
40 C’est l’aviron (Voyageur song)
64 En Roulant (Voyageur song)
69 Brave Wolfe (Battle of the Plains
of Abraham)
73 Un Canadien Errant (1837 Rebellions)
80 Drill Ye Tarriers (Building of the
railway)
86 Riel’s Farewell (Riel rebellion)
91 Clementine (gold rush)
99 The Capitals of Canada
Environment:
81 Show You Care
39 Charley Marley
65 Chumbara
70 Deep and Wide
71 Irish Jig
74 Haida
75 Funga Alafia
79 John Kanaka
88 Waddally Acha
Musicplay 6
Language Arts
Drama
Social Studies
Social Studies
Science
Daily PE
Dance
Health
Poetry:
27 In Flanders Fields
52 Hockey Song
Multicultural:
5 Mango Walk (Caribbean)
11 I Love This Country
21 Above a Plain (Czech)
26 La Bamba (Spanish)
31 Suo Gan (Welsh)
33 Raga 7 (India)
34 Raga 19 (India)
35 Wild Mountain Thyme (Irish)
36 Mary Mac (Irish)
38 Angels (Spiritual)
42 Le Divin Enfant (French)
49 Paper Scissors (Chinese)
51 De Colores (Spanish)
54 She’s Like the Swallow (NL)
55 A Great Big Sea (NL)
58 Hi Ho the Rattlin’ Bog (Irish)
59 Tell my Ma (Irish)
62 Wai Bamba (Africa)
65 Arupusu (Japanese)
67 Fillimiooriay (Irish)
68 Black Socks (Irish)
69 Celtic 1 (Irish)
70 Celtic 2 (Irish)
71 Gypsy Rover (Irish)
72 OO’Kat (Blackfoot)
74 Entendez Vous (French)
75 Tumbalalaika (Hebrew)
76 A Ram Sam (Morrocco)
92 Gerakina (Greek)
93 Tsiftelli (Greek)
94 Tzamiko (Greek)
102 Siyahamba (Africa)
108 Squid Jiggin (Newfoundland)
109 Nova Scotia Song
116 Cockles and Mussels (Irish)
117 Un Élephant (French)
119 Blood on the Saddle (Alberta)
120 Home on the Range (cowboy)
122 O Canada
123 Star Spangled Banner
Renaissance:
22 Scarborough
23 Greensleeves
25 Dona Nobis Pacem
97 Jubilate
20 Dry Bones
7 Love my Baseball
8 Bat Boy
39 Who Did
30 Hanky Panky
41 Hineh Ma Tov
44 Christmas at the
Hop
45 Christmas Line
Dance
46 COFFEE
Writing:
1. Piggyback Songs
78 She Waded in the Water
79 Corner Grocery Store
2. Write a blues song
80 Backporch Blues
81 Cosmopolitan Blues
82 Cosmo Blues
83 Lay Around Blues
84 Backporch Blues
85 Ramsey St. Blues
3. Write a rap
86 Bat Rap
87 Rappin’ with the Animals
88 Hoppin Hops
89 Tone Loco
90 Hopalong Rapsody
Black History Month:
61 Hymn to Freedom
63 Wade in the Water