(upbeat music) - Hi, I'm Miss Penny from KidVision Pre-K and we are here to spend a day with a music teacher.

- Hi, Miss Penny, my name is Miss Tracy.

Thank you for having me.

- How long have you been teaching music?

- 16 years.

- A long time.

- Yeah.

- When did you know that you were musically inclined?

- Well, I think I've been singing since about five years old.

I always loved music.

I love singing and dancing in my house.

- Do you play a musical instrument?

- I do, I play the guitar.

I had learned piano but guitar was perfect and I loved that I can bring it with me everywhere I go.

- What does your typical day look like?

- Each morning, I get all of my instruments together, I make sure that everything is clean.

I bring my guitar, I bring my speaker, I bring my phone to play music and I go from place to place and I teach music to either just children or children and families.

- And what type of instruments do kids play with?

- Oh, well, I have rhythm sticks, I have egg shakers.

I use drums and sometimes you just use your body.

- Oh, it sounds like great fun.

- It's so much fun.

- Why did you want to become a music teacher?

- Well, having been a singer myself and just loving music and I saw it as a mom how much fun it was to make music with my children, I decided that I needed to do this for a career.

- It's really nice to have families share music together.

- It is.

It's great.

It's so much fun.

- Do you have any funny stories about kids?

- I do, I do.

You know how children love to sing Old MacDonald Had A Farm or Old MacDonald Had A Zoo.

I always ask children, what animal do you wanna do?

And I'll go around the room.

And inevitably somebody will say giraffe.

And I think, I don't know what a giraffe says, what does a giraffe say?

And they stare at me and I have to go like this.

It's so funny.

- So instead of saying the sound, they all have to stick out-- - Right, because they really don't make a sound.

- But they do have really long tongues.

- They do.

(chuckles) - That's really funny.

- Miss penny, when I start my day, I have to warm up my voice and I warm up my body so I'm ready for singing and moving and I have lots of energy.

And I'm doing a class this afternoon, would you like to warm up with me?

- I'd love to warm up with you.

- Great.

I can't wait.

(playful music) (bells chiming) Miss Penny, you ready to warm up with me?

- I am.

- Okay, great, we're gonna start with our shoulders and roll them back.

Good.

We're gonna stretch our neck to the left.

Stretch our neck to the right.

Let's open up our arms really big.

I always tell the kids, "Pretend you're an airplane."

Good.

And we're gonna stretch our legs to the front.

And we're gonna point our toes and flex our feet.

And point, and flex.

We're gonna reach up high, I'm gonna touch my toes.

You wanna touch your toes too?

Don't worry if you can't get there.

(upbeat music) Oh, that's good.

Great.

And I like to bend.

And stretch.

And just reach my toes one more time.

So my body's ready.

And then I like to warm up my voice.

It's a little silly.

So I'm going to sit criss-cross applesauce.

And I like to hold on to my tummy, it's really your diaphragm, and we're gonna make these silly sounds.

(playful music) (exhaling with sound) And then we're gonna sing some notes.

Okay?

♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪ ♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪ ♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪ ♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪ Great.

Last, we're gonna warm up our lips.

(fluttering lips) (laughing) (upbeat music) And then I'm ready to sing.

- Sounds fun.

I like the warm up.

- Thank you.

(playful music) (bells chiming) You're ready?

You're gonna sing hello with me?

So let me see a tap (guitar music) and find a beat.

There you go.

♪ Hello, everybody, so glad to see you ♪ ♪ Hello, everybody, we're so glad to see you ♪ ♪ Hello to my friends, glad to see you ♪ ♪ Hello to Miss Penny, glad to see you too ♪ ♪ Hello, everybody ♪ ♪ We're so glad to see you ♪ Excellent job.

All right, we are gonna sing Old MacDonald, but I need your help.

You are gonna tell me which animals to sing about.

Okay?

♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪ ♪ Ee i ee i o ♪ ♪ And on that farm, I see a horse ♪ What does a horse say?

(mimics neighing) ♪ Ee i ee i o ♪ ♪ With a neigh, neigh here and a neigh, neigh there ♪ ♪ Here a neigh, there a neigh, everywhere a neigh ♪ ♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪ ♪ Ee i ee i o ♪ Ari, let me see your animal.

Is that a monkey?

(mimics monkey squeaking) ♪ And on that farm, there was a monkey ♪ ♪ Ee i ee i o ♪ ♪ With a ooh, ooh here and a ah-ah there ♪ ♪ Here a ooh, there a ah, everywhere a ooh, ah ♪ ♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪ ♪ Ee i ee i o ♪ ♪ And on that farm there was a koala bear ♪ ♪ Ee i ee i o ♪ ♪ With a (squeaks) here, and a (squeaks) there ♪ ♪ Here a (squeaks) there a (squeaks) everywhere (squeaks) ♪ ♪ Old MacDonald had a farm ♪ ♪ Ee i ee i o ♪ (guitar music) All right, who's got their sticks?

(clicking sticks) Let's make sure our sticks are working.

Miss Penny, you want to play along?

- I do.

- Oh, wow, this is so exciting, Miss Penny's gonna play with us.

All right.

(clicking sticks) Let me see those going like that.

♪ Hey, hey, what do you say ♪ ♪ Let's all click our sticks today ♪ ♪ Badam, bum, bum, badam ♪ ♪ Badam, bum, bum, badam ♪ Let me hear you clicking guys.

♪ Badam, bum, bum, badam ♪ ♪ Bum, bum, badam ♪ ♪ Hey, what do you say ♪ ♪ Let's all click our sticks today ♪ ♪ Badam, bum, bum, badam ♪ ♪ Badam ♪ ♪ Hey, what do you say ♪ ♪ Can you click them fast today ♪ ♪ Bum, bum, bum, badam ♪ ♪ Badam, bum, bum, badam ♪ ♪ Bum, bum, badam ♪ ♪ Hey, what do you say ♪ ♪ Can you play your drums today ♪ Who can tap their table?

(tapping table) ♪ Badam, bum, bum, badam ♪ ♪ Badam ♪ ♪ Hey, what do you say ♪ ♪ McKayla, play your sticks today ♪ ♪ Bum, bum, bum, badam ♪ Let me see those.

♪ Bum, bum, bum, badam ♪ ♪ Badam ♪ ♪ Hey, what do you say ♪ ♪ Time to put your sticks away ♪ ♪ Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye ♪ ♪ Bye, bye, bye ♪ Say bye, bye sticks.

Are you ready to stand up?

All right, let's fly.

♪ Get back in your airplanes and off we go ♪ ♪ Going to California is next, you know ♪ (roars) ♪ Now slow it down and land on the ground ♪ ♪ And when you get out ♪ ♪ You're gonna spin all around ♪ (cool playful music) Let's see our friends spinning.

(cool playful music) Nice spinning, Summer.

(cool playful music) ♪ Get back in your airplanes and off we go ♪ ♪ Going to the park is next, you know ♪ ♪ Now slow it down and land on the ground ♪ ♪ And when you get up ♪ ♪ You're gone to dance all around.

♪ I see everybody dancing.

(cool playful music) Let's go.

Can everybody take out their shakers?

(shaking shakers) Take out your shakers?

Do you know the ABC song?

I bet you do.

(guitar music) So I want you to sing along with me.

♪ A, B, C, D, E, F, G ♪ ♪ H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P ♪ ♪ Q, R, S, T, U, V ♪ ♪ W, X, Y and Z ♪ ♪ Now I know my ABCs ♪ ♪ Next time won't you sing with me ♪ Now, I'm gonna put my guitar down and we're gonna do some things together.

Okay?

Try this.

Let's find some different beats.

Try this.

(tapping shakers) ♪ A, B, C, D, E, F, G ♪ ♪ H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P ♪ Try this.

♪ Q, R, S, T, U, V ♪ ♪ W, X, Y and Z ♪ Ready?

We're gonna go really fast.

(shaking shakers) ♪ Now I know my ABCs ♪ ♪ Next time won't you sing with me ♪ Did you bring a favorite hat?

I brought my favorite hat.

(roars) Who's gonna get up and march with me like dinosaurs.

♪ We are the dinosaurs, marching, marching ♪ ♪ We are the dinosaurs ♪ ♪ What do you think of that ♪ ♪ We are the dinosaurs, marching, marching ♪ ♪ We are the dinosaurs ♪ ♪ We make the earth flat ♪ ♪ We make the earth flat ♪ ♪ We stop then eat our food ♪ ♪ When we're in the mood ♪ ♪ We stop and eat our food ♪ ♪ And then we march around ♪ (roaring) ♪ We are the dinosaurs, marching, marching ♪ ♪ We are the dinosaurs ♪ ♪ What do you think of that ♪ (roaring) ♪ 'Cause we are the dinosaurs ♪ This would be a really good time to play drums.

Why don't we take out drums or tambourines?

Something like that.

We don't always have to have instruments (drumming) we can make them at our house.

We can even use (shaking) macaroni for a shaker.

So follow me.

(tapping) ♪ If you like to play the drums, tap like this ♪ (tapping) ♪ If you like to play the drums, tap like this ♪ (tapping) ♪ If you like to pay the drums, everyone come along ♪ ♪ If you like to play the drums, tap like this ♪ (tapping) Now find this, (taps) this beat (taps) instead.

Barren, let me see you try.

(tapping) ♪ If you like the tap of the drum, tap like this ♪ (tapping) ♪ If you like to tap the drum, tap like this ♪ (tapping) ♪ If you like to tap the drum, ♪ ♪ Come and join me every one ♪ ♪ If you like to tap the drum, drum like this ♪ (tapping) Nice.

Who knows twinkle, twinkle, little star?

I love it.

And what if, you sing along with me?

♪ Twinkle, twinkle ♪ ♪ Little star ♪ ♪ How I wonder what you are ♪ ♪ Twinkle, twinkle, little star ♪ ♪ How I wonder what you are ♪ Beautiful job.

Alright, we're gonna sing goodbye to all of our friends.

(guitar music) You can rock side to side.

(guitar music) ♪ Goodbye, so long, farewell my friends ♪ ♪ Goodbye, so long, farewell ♪ ♪ We'll see you soon again my friends ♪ ♪ So goodbye so long, farewell ♪ (guitar music) Great job everybody (clapping) give yourselves a big hand for participating today.

I love making music with all of you.

I hope that you continue to make music at home.

Bye, thank you for coming today.

(bells chiming) - Miss Tracy, thank you so much for letting us spend a day with a music teacher.

We had an amazing time.

- I had a great time too.

Thank you so much for having me.

- It was our pleasure.

- Thanks.

(upbeat music) (playful music) (bells chiming) - Hi boys and girls, it's Miss Penny.

Put on your thinking caps.

It's time to learn a new word.

(playful music) - [Explainer] Drum.

A drum is a percussion instrument sounded by being struck with sticks or hands.

(tapping) - What was that word?

- [Kids] Drum.

- Good job.

- [Explainer] Egg shaker.

An egg shaker is a percussion instrument that makes noise when shaken.

(shaking shakers) - What was that word?

- [Kids] Egg shaker.

- Good job.

- [Explainer] Music teacher.

A music teacher for young children is a person who leads a class of children in singing and enjoying movement to music.

- What was that word?

- [Kids] Music teacher.

- Good job.

- [Explainer] Percussion instruments.

Percussion instruments are musical instruments that make sounds by being struck, shaken or scraped.

(shaking) - What was that word?

- [Kids] Percussion instruments.

- Good job.

See you next time.

(playful music)