For today's episode we are re-airing one of our favorite episodes from last year. You won't want to miss this one, even if you've already heard it! Join Ms. Elizabeth, Wilder, and Riff the Pig as we share a wonderful piece of music from american composer George Gershwin.

Grab some rhythm sticks and our free printable to extend this activity. The printable includes images of the instruments that we’ll identify as we listen to this piece. Print them on cardstock and mount on popsicle sticks for puppets, or print two sets and use them to play memory with while you listen! Grab it at www.clapforclassics.com/episode22

This activity comes right out of our American Classics course that can be found inside our All Access Membership. Use the code LION to get 50% off your first month!

We teach the theme to Rhapsody in Blue with a silly phrase, and we don’t think you’ll ever hear this piece again without thinking these words!

Fries……… Ketchup and mustard

And don’t forget cheese

On my hamburger dinner today!

Want to extend the fun and learning even more?

Learn more about our American Classics course found inside our All Access Membership.

What your child is learning:

Music credit: Special thanks to Classical.com for licensing the music on this podcast. “Rhapsody in Blue” by George Gershwin, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Christopher O’Riley on piano and Barry Wordsworth conducting

Lyrics to the theme written and performed as "Riff the Pig" by Co-founder Kathryn Lieppman.

Celebrate our 50th episode, and the 4th of July with Forte and Charlotte! They take over the podcast and share a bunch of 4th of July jokes you won't want to miss. 

We finish out the episode with our Patriotic medley, 3 of our favorite patriotic tunes with simple ukulele chords. Grab the free PDF with the arrangement of the medley, ukulele chords and lyrics at www.clapforclassics.com/episode50.

We also have a special coupon for you that is good for 20% on either our membership or our American Classics course. Use the code “PATRIOTIC23” until midnight on July 4th, 2023.

Listen to Episode 22. "Gershwin’s Rhapsody on a Burger and Fries" for a peek into our American Classics! Course and a very fun activity with Gershwin’s wonderful "Rhapsody in Blue". And don’t miss the freebie that goes with this episode as well: www.clapforclassics.com/episode22

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Classical music tracks are licensed for our use by Classical.com

We are thrilled to welcome Stephanie Leavell from Music for Kiddos as a guest teacher on our podcast today. She shares a very fun summery song with us about the juicy summer fruit: Watermelon.

To find out more about Stephanie and what she does check out her website at www.musicforkiddos.com You can find her music on Spotify, or Youtube, or any other music platform that you use.

Get access to all of our musical content for kids ages 2-8 inside our All Access Membership. Use the code “LION” at checkout to get 50% off the first month of your membership.

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Classical music tracks are licensed for our use by Classical.com

Grab our free PDF that accompanies this episode at www.clapforclassics.com/episode48. It is a printable with the instruments in the string family and Peter. Print these on cardstock and mount them on puppets for your little ones to play with while they listen to the episode, a fun way to enhance the learning and development.

Get access to all of our musical content, including our Peter and the Wolf courses for kids ages 2-8 inside our All Access Membership. Use the code “LION” at checkout to get 50% off the first month of your membership.

You can also purchase just the Peter and the Wolf content as a separate bundle, find it in our shop!

Want to listen to more episodes that feature Peter and the Wolf?

Try Episode 3, and Episode 19 and for another one that features the String Family listen to Episode 7.

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Classical music tracks are licensed for our use by Classical.com

Music Credit: Peter and the Wolf, by Sergey Prokofiev (Andrea Licata (Conductor)/ Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir John Gielgud (Narrator)

Over in the meadow

Over in the meadow in the sand in the sun,

lived an Old mother turtle and her Little turtle one.

"Dig," said the mother, "I dig," said the one,

and they Dug all day in the sand in the sun.

Over in the meadow where the Stream runs blue,

lived an Old mother fish and her Little fishies two.

"Swim," said the mother, "We swim," said the two,

and they Swam all day where the stream runs blue.

Over in the meadow in a hole in the tree,

Lived an old mother owl and her Little owls three.

"Whoo," said the mother, "We whoo," said the three,

and they Whooed all day in the hole in the tree.

Over in the meadow by the old barn door,

Lived an old mother frog and her Little froggies four.

"Jump," said the mother, "We jump," said the four,

and they Jumped all day by the old barn door.

Over in the meadow in a snug beehive,

Lived an old mother bee and her Little bees five.

"Buzz," said the mother, "We buzz," said the five,

and they Buzzed all day in the snug beehive.

One little turtle went dig dig dig dig dig

Two little fishies went swim swim swim

Three little owls went whoo--ooo-ooo

Four little froggies went jump jump jump jump jump

Five little bees went bzzz bzzzz bz bz bz bz bz

Join us for this sneak peek inside our summer "Four Seasons" Curriculum. We’ll share a song, learn a bit about Monet, imagine a summery sunball fight, and make a hypothesis about objects that will float or sink.

To join is inside our Four Seasons Curriculum go to www.clapforclassics.com/fourseasons.  Get 20% off the curriculum for a limited time by using the code “SUMMER2023" at checkout.

Optional props for this episode.

STEM: a bunch of small objects that are made of different materials to test if they will sink or float. 

Paddling my Canoe, Traditional Iroquois song (found in Sing through the Seasons: ninety-nine songs for children, compiled and edited by the Society of Brothers)

Gay-o way-o wa-ji-ne_ he-ya he,

Paddling my canoe

Gay-o way-o wa-ji-ne_

He-ya he-ya he,

Paddling my canoe,

Paddling my canoe.

(sing twice)

Sunflakes by Frank Asch 

If sunlight fell like snowflakes,

gleaming yellow and so bright,

we could build a sunman,

we could have a sunball fight,

we could watch the sunflakes drifting in the sky.

We could go sleighing in the middle of July

through sundrifts and sunbanks,

we could ride a sunmobile,

and we could touch sunflakes—

I wonder how they'd feel.

To learn even more details about our Summer Four Seasons Curriculum check out this blog post: https://www.clapforclassics.com/blog/summer

Episode 24 of the podcast includes another song from our summer four seasons course: https://www.clapforclassics.com/podcasts/clap-for-classics/episodes/2147767173

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Thank you to Classical.com for licensing the music for us to use on our podcast and inside our membership!

Grab a ball for this episode and get ready to move your body.

This episode is a great one for all ages, but we especially wanted to feature some activities for our babies.

Did you know we have a music course just for our very youngest musicians?

Check out the details at www.clapforclassics.com/baby

1. Horsey Horsey. For this one either scoop up your little one and clip-clop around the room or pretend to be a horse and trot around. Swish your pretend tail, roll your hands, and don’t forget to freeze on the word “stop.”

Horsey horsey don’t you stop

Just let your feet go clippity clop

Your tail goes swish and the wheels go round

Giddyup we’re homeward bound

We’re not in a hustle, we’re not in a bustle

Don’t go tearing up the road

We’re not in a hurry, we’re not in a flurry

And we don’t have a very heavy load

2. Jeux d’enfants, op. 22, 12. “Le Bal” by french composer Bizet

Grab a ball to play with while you listen to this fast-paced movement from Bizet’s fun set of Children’s Games music.

See if you can keep the ball moving for the whole movement.

If you’re looking for more examples of what our content for babies looks like, check out the following links that include videos and written content that will give you even more ideas of how to enjoy music with your baby.

https://www.clapforclassics.com/blog/baby

https://www.clapforclassics.com/blog/babies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czaFRCFt7EA

Don’t miss Episode 4 of the podcast for more content specifically for babies.

For a free PDF with 8 tips on how to make music with your baby- click on the following link: www.clapforclassics.com/babytips

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We love to feature our listeners on the podcast!

Thank you to Classical.com for licensing the music for us to use on our podcast and inside our membership!

To join our music membership for young kids and start making music with us today, go to www.clapforclassics.com/join. Use the code “LION” for 50% off your first month!

We share 2 activities that both include sticks.  In honor of Earth Day we encourage kids to go outside and use sticks that they find outside.  But rhythm sticks, pencils, or wooden spoons would work fine.

What can we do with our sticks?

We tap our sticks like this

We tap them high (fast)

We tap them low (slow)

What can we do with our sticks?

Have fun exploring all the different ways you can play your rhythm sticks!  Get creative!

 2. Spring: Concerto No. 1 in E Major, 3rd movement by Vivaldi

Want more rhythm stick fun?  Check out our blog post with a rhythm stick mini class and more information of the benefits of playing with rhythm sticks.

https://www.clapforclassics.com/blog/rhythmsticks

Listen to Episode 10 of our podcast for more rhythm stick fun!

https://www.clapforclassics.com/podcasts/clap-for-classics/episodes/2147703461

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To leave Forte and I a message or a joke please record it here: http://www.speakpipe.com/clapforclassics.  We love to feature our listeners on the podcast! 

Thank you to Classical.com for licensing the music for us to use on our podcast and inside our membership!

Come to our free live "Music from Around the World" zoom Class happening on Thursday April 20th at 12pm Eastern Time/ 9 am Pacific. (Recording will be available.)  Sign up at www.clapforclassics.com/liveclass

To join our music membership for young kids and start making music with us today, go to www.clapforclassics.com/join.   Use the code “LION” for 50% off your first month!

Grab some egg shakers for this episode (the more, the better!)

1. Bunny Pokey:

You put your bunny ears in
,

You put your bunny ears out,

You put your bunny ears in,

And you shake them all about.

You do the Bunny Pokey, And you hop yourself around,

That’s what it’s all about.

Additional verses:

2. See the Sleeping Bunnies.

See the sleeping bunnies, sleeping in till noon

Shall we awake them with our merry tune

Are they ill, why so still? (spoken)

Wake up sleeping bunnies and hop hop hop,

Wake up sleeping bunnies and hop hop stop!

3. Shaker Song (Sung to the tune of London Bridge is Falling Down)

Shake your shaker up and down, up and down, up and down,

Shake your shaker up and down, shake your shaker.

Additional verses:

4. Our last activity is a steady beat shaker song, or a hide the eggs seek and find game with Vivaldi’s Spring Concerto, the 1st movement.

Watch a video of me and Charlotte teaching these songs on our YouTube channel.

Episode 14 of the podcast is an episode all about eggs, perfect as a partner to this episode and to add on to your Easter-themed activities. 

Check out Episode 13 where we listen to this same piece of music (1st movement of Vivaldi’s Spring Concerto), but in a completely different way!

Spotify playlists you might enjoy:

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Thank you to Classical.com for licensing the music for us to use on our podcast and inside our membership!

To join our music membership for young kids and start making music with us today, go to www.clapforclassics.com/join.

Use the code “LION” for 50% off your first month!

Today on the episode we’re going on a trip to Brazil!

1. We first share a popular Brazilian folk song: Peixe Vivo, a love song about a fish (kind of). You might want to grab a blue scarf and some fish toys to play with while we sing this song.

How could little fishies live

If they’re outside of the sea?

How could I ever live?

Without you, without you

Without you close to me

Como pode um peixe vivo

Viver fora da agua fria

Como poderei viver

Como poderei viver

Sem a tua, sem a tua

Sem a tua companhia

2. Next we go on a train ride with a beautiful piece by Brazilian composer, Heitor Villa Lobos.

This piece was written to sound like a steam engine traveling through the Brazilian countryside.

Watch a video of Charlotte and I enjoying this fun train activity activity here: https://youtu.be/prR3e6veIA4

How to prepare to listen to this piece:

How to adapt/extend this activity

Note about the music: This piece is entitled “The Little Train of the Caipira” by Heitor Villa-Lobos, from his longer set of pieces: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2. Villa-Lobos wrote nine Bachianas Brasileiras suites, all of which combine Brazilian folk/popular music with styles and techniques of baroque composer JS Bach.

Thank you to Classical.com who has licensed the classical music that we used on this episode and inside our membership.

Be sure to check out another fantastic classical music podcast: Classical Sprouts, geared toward elementary age kids and beyond.

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Grab a free PDF with lyrics and ukulele chords for the two lullabies shared here as well as 4 more lullabies that are found inside our membership. www.clapforclassics.com/episode42

To join our music membership for young kids and start making music with us today, go to www.clapforclassics.com/join. Use the code “LION” for 50% off your first month!

In this episode we share 2 of our favorite lullabies: "Hush Little Baby" and "Baby's Boat's a Silver Moon."  One you might be familiar with and one that might be new! Then we end the episode with a beautiful rendition of Brahms Lullaby.

Snuggle up for this calm episode and enjoy!

To watch a video of another favorite lullaby of ours, Little Boy Blue, check out our youtube channel: https://youtu.be/6aUatEw8pYA

Brahms Lullaby: Op.49 No.4 Wiegenlied / Lullaby performed by the Kiev Chamber Orchestra,Slovak Chamber Orchestra Help more families find out about this podcast by leaving us a review wherever you listen.

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