I want to say a big thank you to our service men and women both past, present, and future.  On this Memorial Day, we honor your sacrifices.  I pledge never to forget the true meaning of Memorial Day and try to instill that in the lives of the kids I work with each week.

As a special celebration for Memorial Day, I taught the preschoolers a song this week about flags called Wave Your Flag.  Each child was given a flag to use as a prop for the song.  As I sang, we moved our flags in a variety of fun ways.  Examples of ways to move the flag are: up and down, behind your back, in a circle, on body parts, etc.  This song works on following 1-step directions, imitation skills, creative expression, range of motion, movement identification, and of course, Patriotism.

Sung to:  Did You Ever See a Lassie?

Did you ever wave a flag, a flag, a flag?

Did you ever wave a flag, for your country?

Wave this way and that way, and this way and that way.

Did you ever wave a flag, for your country?