Wild, Wild West

26 Songs and Over 300 Activities for Young Children

From "Oh, Susanna" to "Buffalo Gals," children will sing and learn about the legendary Wild West. The enclosed CD features 26 songs-old favorites and originals-and the book offers more than 300 activities that teach children about cowboys, cowgirls, the rodeo, and life on the prairie.

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. She'll be Comin' 'Round the Mountain
2. I'm a Texas Star
3. Skip to My Lou
4. Dusty
5. Move on, Little Dogies
6. Wait for the Wagon
7. The Rodeo
8. Home on the Range
9. Billy Boy
10. The Yellow Rose of Texas
11. Trigger
12. Buffalo Gals
13. Tiny Cowboy Joe
14. Horsie
15. Oh, Susanna
16. Red River Valley
17. Doodle-Li-Do
18. I've Been Riding on the Range
19. Look Around the Prairie
20. Polly-Wolly-Doodle
21. Five Little Cowboys
22. Let's Go Riding
23. One Rodeo Clown
24. Ram, Sam, Sam: Western Style
25. Turkey in the Straw
26. I've Been Workin' on the Railroad

Other Books in this series

• Critters and Company
• Fabulous Food
• Honk, Honk, Rattle, Rattle
• Me, My Family, and Friends
• Bountiful Earth
• Bugs, Bugs, Bugs
• School Days

Reviews

"Wild, Wild West: 27 Songs and Over 250 Activities for Young Children is my hands-down bookof choice for the thematic units I plan on doing with my son when he's a bitolder. For now, we're making really good use of the CD of songs which come withthe book. For every song on the CD, there is a thematic study unit to go alongwith it....this book is really awesome, providing ideas for games to play, booksto read, crafts to make and songs to sing. I love it, loveit, love it!"