Comments on: “A Tooty Ta, A Tooty Ta, A Tooty Ta-Ta”

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:02:14 +0000

what is wrong with you people. theres nothing wrong with kids learning from play. thats the best way for them to learn. Tooty Ta is a great song to sing with children. One – they love it and also for these reasons…….

*Social
-Singing creates positive feelings and a “classroom community.”
-Singing relieves stress and creates feelings of “well being.”
-Relationships between teachers and students are strengthened as they
enjoy something together.
-Children learn to listen and follow directions

Physical
-Singing and dancing oxygenate the brain.
-Singing is multi-sensory and improves gross motor skills and
coordination.
-Cross lateral activities force both sides of the brain to communicate.

Language
-Singing enhances phonological awareness, which is a key to beginning
reading.
-Alliteration, rhyme, and rhythm are developed in a natural way.
-Oral language and auditory memory are nurtured through songs and rhymes.
-Fluency is strengthened through repetition of the words.
-Children get to use their imaginations and create pictures in their
brains, which will help them with comprehension when they read.

Math
-Sequence and patterning skills are developed.
-When you give children a worksheet, they rarely say, “Can I do that
again?”
-With a song and movement activity, they will be motivated to “do it
again.”
-Every song, every poem, every finger play, every chant is building a
foundation for literacy. Above all, they put a smile on children’s
faces and help them fall in love with language!

By: rob menzel

rob menzel — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:18:41 +0000

my daughter is started pre k .and she came home doing this tooty ta .i guess there teaching how to act like a retard .unbeleavable.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:57:22 +0000

I have a 7 year old and they used to sing this silly song in her kindergarten class, and the kids still love it. What is wrong with the teaching kids to enjoy life? How can the teachers teach this to their students if they don’t know how to do it theirselves? YOU are an idiot.

By: Janice Johnston

Janice Johnston — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:32:09 +0000

The money would have been better spent teaching the person that wrote this article that you do not end a sentence with a preposition. Too bad money can’t buy taste or class. I would like to buy the author some of each.

By: larae and destiny

larae and destiny — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:43:24 +0000

your fucking mom

By: tooty ta advocate

tooty ta advocate — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:51:10 +0000

I am absolutely shocked by the language on this page. When you were a child, did you enjoy just being silly sometimes? Did it make the adults more relatable to you when they sang silly songs, and did silly dances with you? If you related to an adult were you more likely to listen better to an adult that you enjoyed to be with. If this is so disgusting for you, why don’t you look at recess, maybe we should take recess away, what a waste of time. God forbid children should use their imaginations and build friendships. Think of what horrible disgusting people you are, you take time out of your useless lives to bash a school district for making learning fun. You are a waste of the tax payers money. Children should enjoy going to school. You people are lower then scum. Why don’t you sit at your desks, look up some porn, and keep out of the lives of children, you do NOT deserve them.

By: Taryn

Taryn — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:08:55 +0000

Seriously you people who are talking trash must not be teachers because if you walk into a pre-school class room and watch the student participate in this song they absolutly love it and have so much fun doing so before you decided to pop off on how lame this song is why dont u do some research on how it teaches them to use there fine motor skills and large motor skills so pardon my language but GO FUCK YOURSELF because you have no idea what your talking about.

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By: NIKKI(:

NIKKI(: — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:02:47 +0000

i actually think this video is really funny, if MY teachers did somethig like this, i would be cracking up. you people need to learn how to take a joke.

By: Tooty-Ta Teacher

Tooty-Ta Teacher — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:31:22 +0000

Oh, I have a message here. As a Kindergarten teacher for 15 years, I can tell you that the most important thing to learning is having fun at what you are learning. It is apparent that the criticisms here are coming from people who are very unhappy in life and yourself. It is very sad and I truly pity you all who have no sense of nonsense, humor, or a desire to see children having fun. Kindergarten is vital to life lessons’. If you have a hard time with Tooty-Ta you may want to go back to Kindergarten with Dr. Jean (songwriter, educator).
Children who are learning Tooty-Ta are also learning many other skills and “pencil pushing.” They have spirit, they have personality, they have courage, they have talent, they have desires to express themselves through music, they have strong verbal and communication skills. They will do exceptionally well in their lives because of wonderful teachers who open their minds and bodies to “nonsense” and whimsical music that gave them the confidence and self-esteem and to not worry about what people like you think who are closed minded without imagination.