This song, "Seven Continents on our Globe" was inspired by a similar song I saw on proteacher.net. It's sung to the tune of "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands," but my lyrics are as follows:
We've got seven continents on our globe.
We've got seven continents on our globe.
We've got seven continents on our globe,
Seven continents on our globe.
[North America] is a continent on our globe
[North America] is a continent on our globe
[North America] is a continent on our globe
A continent on our globe.
Repeat 6 more times - or just stick with one continent, if you're organizing a story time around that part of the world.
I haven't printed them up yet, but the clip art I plan to use when this is finally done is from phillipmartin.com, Here are the links:
Africa
Antarctica
Asia
Australia
Europe
North America
South America
There is also a map though I'm not sure I am going to use it. We'll see. I'll be doing this mainly for kids under 5, so I don't want to overwhelm them!
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You are far braver than I am. I'm doing a couple special storytime within the "One World, Many Stories" theme, but I'm not brave enough to try at weekly storytime.
ReplyDeleteI really like this idea though, and will definitely keep it in mind for those special storytimes.
Katie -
ReplyDeleteI am going to try reading one book on the theme each week, and maybe singing one or two related songs. I don't generally do themed story times, so I can just kind of slip it in there each week. I'd like to do special story times, too, but we can't get people to show up for anything outside of the regular weekly schedule. So I have to at least try to get them relating to the theme during the week!
But we'll see how brave I am when it actually starts. I might be too ambitious!
Love it! I am doing a special 7 week storytime through June covering all 7 continents so this is perfect! What other ideas do you have? ;) I'm 'unpacking' a suitcase each week to give them clues of where we'll be traveling next. We leave home for our first destination of Antarctica so I'll 'unpack' a hat, boots, winter coat and a stuffed penguin. Should be lots of fun!
ReplyDeleteiam doing a researsh on the world so this is very helpful!!
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