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Songs & Strategies for Connection, Movement, and Play
Simple songs families can use at home to support emotional regulation, transitions, movement, participation, and everyday routines.
Hello, My Friends
A playful greeting song that encourages connection, participation, confidence, and listening through personalized names and playful movement.
What this song supports:
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Connection and bonding
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Participation and confidence
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Body awareness
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Following directions
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Predictable routines
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​Try It at Home
Use this song during greetings, playtime, or
transitions. Change the names and motions
each time to encourage participation and
creativity. Encourage your child to sing to
family members, pets, and stuffed animals.
What this song supports:
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Transitions between activities
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Emotional readiness
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Predictable routines
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Group participation
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Attention and focus
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​Try It at Home
Simple transition songs can help children move
more smoothly from one activity to another. Try
using this song before meals, cleanup, bedtime
routines, or leaving the house. Repeating
familiar songs during transitions helps children
know what to expect.
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Girls and Boys, Leave Your Toys
A simple transition song that helps children shift from one activity to another through music, routine, and playful participation.
Clap Your Hands
A playful slow-and-fast movement song that encourages listening, body awareness, self-regulation, and joyful participation.
What this song supports:
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Body awareness
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Self-regulation
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Impulse control
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Following directions
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Movement and coordination
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​Try It at Home
Changing movements and speeds helps children practice controlling their bodies and attention in a playful way. The slow sections also build anticipation, making the fast, silly motions feel especially exciting and rewarding for young children. Try using slow and fast movements like clapping, wiggling, stomping, or marching together.​
What this song supports:
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Body awareness and coordination
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Self-regulation
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Focus and attention
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Movement and rhythm
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Calming through repetitive motion
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​Try It at Home
Try this activity lying on your backs while pedaling your legs in the air together. Pedaling slowly up the hill followed by pedaling quickly down the hill gives children a playful way to experience both calming, repetitive movement and energetic release. Younger children may enjoy having a caregiver gently help pedal their legs.
Pedaling, Pedaling
A playful pedaling activity that supports body awareness, coordination, self-regulation, and calming through repetitive movement and rhythm.
Bonus Songs & Activities
A few extra musical activities families can continue exploring at home.
Bear and Butterfly
A playful listening activity that encourages children to interpret music through movement, imagination, and creative expression.
Moon, Moon
A peaceful lullaby-style song that encourages calm, emotional regulation, quiet listening, and caregiver-child connection through gentle melody and repetition.
Goodbye, My Friends
A comforting goodbye song that helps children transition out of activities with predictability, emotional closure, and playful connection.
Printable Activity
Color, move, and imagine along with the music.
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