Kitty-Orca Music & Piano

Registration is open again for Bunnies & Bubbles! 🐇 🫧. There are slots for just 7 more families left!

*NEW* Saturday music classes at Park Ridge Park District!

New this spring! Kitty-Orca Music & Piano is adding Saturday classes to our weekly parent-tot music classes at Maine Park Leisure Center through the Park Ridge Park District! Our early childhood classes teach REAL music skills for kids birth to age 4. Full of fun surprises, favorite songs, puppets, parachute play, instruments, and bubbles, there's always something new for you and your child to discover together! Register today to launch your child into a lifetime of music-making with Kitty-Orca Music classes!

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And don't miss "Bunnies & Bubbles!" Our spring concert with Miss Jennifer! Saturday, April 11!

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**Free demo for my dynamic and interactive Group Piano classes!**
This Wednesday, Jan 14, 3:40-4:40pm
at my home studio near Canfield & Foster in Chicago (between Park Ridge and Norridge).

We will learn to sing & play along with 4 songs at this first demo class!

Check out my website, https://www.kittyorcamusic.com/group-piano-classes.html for more information, and DM or email me to sign up.

Also!! Kitty-Orca Early Childhood Classes at Park Ridge Park District have started! Don't forget to sign up for classes to launch your child into a lifetime of music! Join the Winter Session now, pro-rated! https://www.kittyorcamusic.com/early-childhood-classes.html

Group Piano Classes Send your: 1) Name and 2) Student's name, 3) grade, & 4) Class/session you are interested in to [email protected] to sign up for a free trial!

Winter Session Early Childhood Music classes start January 12!!

Register today with Park Ridge Park District: https://ilparkridgeweb.myvscloud.com/webtrac/web/search.html?display=detail&module=AR&primarycode=1130132,1130133,1130134&search=yes

The 5:30 Sing-Along is SOLD OUT! There are still a few spots in the 7:00 Sing-Along, so sign up today!

I'm doing a really cool event for the Park District! 🎄A Christmas Pajama Party Sing-Along!🎄🦌

I wanted to give families a chance to take a break from all the stress of the holidays to create a really special Christmas memory. I know the flyer says up to 3rd grade, but I should have told them to write "for kids from 1 to 92!" 🌰+🔥=🎄

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Sign up now for a Christmas Pajama Party with Miss Jennifer!!
www.Prparks.org Activity #1130300

I love that teaching kids means I can get away with ridiculous stuff like wearing a turkey hat! --❤️Miss Jennifer

"THERE'S A SPIDER ON THE FLOOR!" Song and game.

"There's a Spider on the Floor" (Tune: "If You're Happy and You Know It." Lyrics by Rafi (verse 3 by The Kiboomers). Game by Jennifer McCormick of Kitty-Orca Music & Piano)

Verse 1:
There's a spider on the floor, on the floor,
There's a spider on the floor, on the floor,
There's a spider on the floor, who could ask for anything more,
There's a spider on the floor, on the floor!

2. There's a spider on my leg...and he's really, really big!
3. There's a spider on my chest...and it's really not the best!
4. There's a spider on my neck...I think I'm gonna be a wreck!
5. There's a spider on my face...Oh what a big disgrace!
6. There's a spider on my head...I wish I was home in bed!
Eeek--get it off, get it off, get it off!!!!
7. There's a spider on the floor...I think I'll show him the door!

Game:
In class we scrunched up silk play scarves to be our "spider." Start with the spider-scarf on the floor, and move it to each body part as you sing it. Adults should move the scarves on their own bodies, and allow toddlers and preschoolers to move their own scarves on their own bodies. For babies, move the scarf on the baby's body to help them develop tactile awareness of their different body parts as you name them.

Of course you can use a plastic or rubber spider if you have one! But any child-safe object will work!

Did you play this game with your child? Tell us in the comments how much fun you had!

"BLACK AND YELLOW GARDEN SPIDER" Song and Game!

"Black and Yellow Garden Spider" (Sung to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," Lyrics by Jennifer McCormick. Game created by Jennifer McCormick, after Bluey episode "Seesaw," S2, E28)

Black and yellow garden spider,
Spin your web a little wider.
Make it sticky on the side,
So that you can catch that fly!
Black and yellow garden spider,
Spin your web a little wider.

Game: Lay out a blanket, parachute, or use a spider web feature at a park.

Baby/toddler version:
Place child in the middle of the blanket, and tell them they are a fly stuck in the spiderweb. Tell them you will be the spider and catch them in a hug. You go to the edge of the blanket. Start singing the song and creep towards your child with a playful expression on your face. At "so that you can catch that fly," grab kiddo in a gentle hug and pretend to kiss or eat them all up. Kids will giggle! Again!

Preschool/Kindergarten/Elementary version:
Tell your child that they will be the fly. Practice buzzing together and flying silly loop patterns around (but not on) the blanket. When you're ready, your child gets to decide whether they want to be caught, or get away. Tell your child that you will be the spider and try to catch them when they get stuck in the web! Go to the edge of the blanket and wait...
Kids be flies, buzz around, and pretend to get stuck in the web. Everyone sings "Black and yellow garden spider..." and the spider creeps closer to the stuck fly. If the child wants to be caught, catch them at "so that you can catch that fly," and give them a snuggle. If they want to escape, they suddenly become "free" instead of being caught, and buzz away, saying "Not today, Mrs./Mr./Silly Spider!" The spider declares, "Oh, you cheeky fly!"

Then, switch roles, and grownups get to be the fly, and kids get to be the spider! Does your child want you to get away? Or do they want to catch you and eat you up?

Leave a comment and let me know how your game went!!

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