Mat Time Welcome Songs

All sing the beginning of the song while seated.

Mat time welcome songs.

Welcome train materials needed. These can start the day off right encouraging children to open their minds and be willing to absorb all that the day has for them. Songs include calls to gather together invitations to sit quietly action romps educational games and just plain happy silly fun. Wooden train whistle if desired.

This song signals students to come and sit for circle time. Then when the welcome to child s name verse is sung each child in turn get up and joins a line making the train the welcome train is coming. As a kindergarten teacher i spent years collecting songs and name games that were winners for breaking the ice in a new class during circle time at the beginning of the year. A welcome song helps set the tone for the day.

You can find the come sit down song i use at this post you will find lots of other transition songs there as well. Children sit at a table or on the floor. The continent song versions 1 and 2 7 continents song music with nancy the 7 continents and 5 oceans red white and blue with sign language by debbie clement while you re there if you follow rainbows within reach via networked blogs in the left sidebar debbie will send you a free mp3 of monster spray a fabulous song for helping children overcome fears. 9 never fail name games and songs for circle time.

Download our free printable rhymes songs chants and fingerplays for preschool and kindergarten we want to make it very easy for teachers and parents to share these popular rhymes and songs with young children. A welcome song should be fun engaging and make children feel welcome. Top 33 circle time songs kiboomu music circle of songs with hugh hanley come and make a circle susan salidor the bath song more kids songs super simple songs every 1 counts jack hartmann fingerplays and footplays rosemary hallum and henry glass fingerplays movement story songs colleen and uncle squaty. Circle time songs and rhymes here is a collection of the words for some songs and rhymes that can be used when planning activities and curriculum for circle time for preschool and prek children.

I kept a large stack of index cards of my favorite songs and added to the box as i learned new songs from other teachers.