Bountiful Earth

Product Description

From "Down by the Bay" to "I Love the Mountains," children will sing and learn about our wonderful world. The enclosed CD features 25 fun songs -old favorites and originals-and the book offers more than 300 activities that help children appreciate the amazing planet earth that we call home.

Every song has:

• Literacy Links to teach comprehension skills, letter knowledge, and phonemic awareness.
• Curriculum Connections to integrate the content of the song with curriculum areas such as math, art, sand and water play, science, outdoor play, field trips, and discovery.
• A "Did You Know?" section with fun and interesting facts related to the song.
• A vocabulary list to enhance children's language skills.
• Theme connections.
• Home activities to extend the learning.
• Related children's books.

All children love to sing and learn, so the book includes both English language learner strategies and special needs adaptations.

Songs Include:

1. I Love the Mountains
2. Down by the Bay
3. Autumn Leaves Are Falling Down
4. Down by the Old Mill Stream
5. The Green Grass Grew All Around
6. Johnny Appleseed
7. Mister Moon
8. Winter Is Coming
9. I Made a Pumpkin
10. When I'm Chilly
11. Earth Is Our Home
12. White Coral Bells
13. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
14. Mister Sun
15. Rain, Rain Go Away
16. We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands
17. Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree
18. Little Drop of Dew
19. The Weather Song
20. It's Raining
21. Caps, Mittens, Boots, and Scarf
22. The Seeds Grow
23. Cuckoo Round
24. Swinging Along
25. America the Beautiful