I Bought Me a Cat!

Second graders learned the song "I Bought Me a Cat." In the song, the narrator buys various pets, and some of them say crazy things.  For example, the cat says, "fiddle-i-fee." We added instruments to go with each animal and later talked about the rhythm that went with each animal sound.  We discovered a new note!  The half note, or ta-ah, takes up two beats in common time.  

The kids had a great time singing the song and the crazy sounds the animals made!