Caitie is sharing helpful tips for learning in the classroom or at home using the song Sweet Dreams from Super Simple Songs! She sings the song and shows us gestures for the key vocabulary words, too! This a great song for transitions and reset the energy.
Try these ideas in the classroom or at home!
- Sing this song before going to bed or nap time. Encourage your little one to sing the line “goodnight to me”.
- Play this song in the classroom to reset the energy. Encourage your students to take some deep breaths during the instrumental section.
- This song is a great transition song when it’s nap time. Instead of announcing nap time, just press play. After a few times your students will know what to do without you having to say anything.
- The music video for this song features a mama bear and a baby bear as they get ready for sleep and revisit moments from their day, and the song has two voices, one is the mama and the other the baby. Try acting out the song with your own teddy bears, have them say good night to each other, and then put them to bed.