I love and relish in any opportunity to incorporate some fun props into my preschool music enrichment classes.  This week we’re celebrating the Fourth of July holiday.  The little boy to the right is displaying the flags we use during the “Wave Your Flag” song.  The words are:

Wave, wave, wave the flag

Hold it very high

Watch the colors gently wave

Way up in the sky

After we practice waving our flags, I give the children other directions such as “March, march, march around, Hold the flag up high…”  I always ask the children how they’d like to move and hear variations such as hop, spin, fly, crawl, etc.   This song is a great way to get the children up and moving while still working on following 1-step directions and expanding their movement vocabulary.  I hope you enjoy this song as much as we do.

Happy Fourth of July!