Square Song

I'm A Square

My square song features a happy singing square character that lets children not only see a square shape, but also gives them a catchy fun song to sing-a-long with.

The square song and character focus on the characteristics of a square.
1. 4 straight lines
2. 4 equal sides

I wrote this song to be a simple and fun way for kids to remember the basic concepts and features of a square. Have your children sing with our square character and then find squares in their environment to enhance and broaden their experience.

Math All Around Me:
http://www.jackhartmann.com/math-all-around-me-mp3/
http://www.jackhartmann.com/math-all-around-me-cd/

Count to 120 Song

Count to 120 is a video designed to help children learn to count to 120 by 1's. This educational song helps children with number recognition, place holders and counting. All the numbers are pronounced clearly and slowly so even the youngest children can follow along. Also, all the numbers are shown on screen in a large easy to read font.

Count to 120 Song

Get more great educational songs from my website:
www.jackhartmann.com

For math specific songs check out my CD Every 1 Counts:
http://www.jackhartmann.com/every-1-counts-mp3/
http://www.jackhartmann.com/every-1-counts/

2D Shapes Song

This is a fantastic educational song and video for Kindergarten age kids to learn their shapes. PE teachers will love the beat that will keep the kids moving and the math teachers will love how the students draw the shapes in the air with their arms. Lots of active learning in this video!

The song is on the Every 1 Counts album.

Fall Sale!

Fall sale. Good for 30% off each item in your cart except bundles only at www.jackhartmann.com. Expires Sept. 30th, 2013.

Jack Hartmann Giveaway

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Learning Letter Sounds

Here is another video to help with the beginning of the school year. Enjoy!

Pre-Order Jump, Jive & Jiggle

My new album, "Jump, Jive & Jiggle" is now available for Pre-order on my website, http://www.jackhartmann.com/jump-jive-jiggle-cd/.

Skills on the CD:

• Counting to 20 by 1’s
• Classroom Exercise & Fitness
• Recognize & Produce
• Rhyming Words
• Listening & Auditory Repetition
• Identifying a Number or Letter
• Isolating Beginning Sounds
• Alphabet Recognition
• Kindness & Cooperation

Goin' on a Whale Watch

I write 99.9% of my songs, but I particularly like this new one called, "Going on a Whale Watch".

I wrote this song right after going on an Alaskan cruise to celebrate my wife, Lisa and I's, 30th Anniversary. We took a special small boat trip to look for whales. It was a beautiful, cool, and windy day. We saw six or maybe more Humpback whales. Plus, we saw a few more whales from our Holland of America cruise ship while heading back to Seattle, WA.

It was such a fantastic experience; it inspired me to write a song. The song is soon to release on my new album, "Jump, Jive & Jiggle".

You can listen to a sample here.

This song has everything children, teachers, and parents will love:

• movement and action
• repetition
• rhyming
• call and response
• learning about a whale watch
• sequencing
• story re-telling

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Watch http://www.jackhartmann.com/concerts/ for concerts in your area or have Jack come to you.

35th Album

I'm finishing up my 35th album. This one is titled Jump, Jive & Jiggle.

This new CD is filled with fun movement songs and lots of Pre-K & Kindergarten learning. The CD is expected to release next month for the beginning of the new school year!

Skills on the CD include:

• Counting & Numbers
• Exercise & Fitness Fun in the classroom
• Rhyming Skills
• Language Arts & Literacy (Common Core Standard Skills)
• Kindness & Peace
• Alphabet Recognition
• Teacher Appreciation
• and lots more!

Check out my website for updates on ordering and official release date.

www.jackhartmann.com

Back to School Sale!

Back to school sale. 

Buy 2 CD's and Get 1 CD free at www.jackhartmann.com. 

Place three CD's in your shopping cart and during checkout apply the coupon code: Classroom

Sale excludes bundles and expires August 31st, 2013.

New Song - Let's Get Fit to the Alphabet

Check out this really cool letter sounds and exercise song, Let's Get Fit to the Alphabet, on my web site.
https://admin.jackhartmann.com/audio_popup/lets-get-fit.html

Learning one - to - one letter sound correspondence is made to be more fun and healthier for your children. The beat is pumping and the words and letter sounds are clear and accurate!

This fun Hip - Hop song is only one of 29 great new songs focusing on Language Development and Literacy on Jack's new CD, Let's Get Fit to the Alphabet.

Also, check out the extension music and movement activities on the Let's Get Fit Teacher's Tools album available for download from http://www.jackhartmann.com/lets-get-fit-to-the-alphabet-teachers-tools/.

Jump, Jive & Jiggle a New CD from Jack Hartmann

I'm currently in production on a new CD that should be out soon. The CD titled Jump, Jive and Jiggle will focus on Pre-school and use the upcoming Pre-school Common Core standards.

Also, don't forget to check out my latest CD just released in May. Let's Get Fit to the Alphabet is a CD focusing on Literacy Skills using the Common Core standards for Kindergarten.

In addition, we a have a Teacher's Tools version available for download in MP3 format only on our website. The Teacher's Tools CD is comprised of select song extensions from Let's Get Fit to the Alphabet that let children and teachers fill in the blanks.

These are photos from our trip to Alaska.

Click the photo to see more of our trip.

Lights and sounds of a Florida storm before the rain.

New CD by Jack Hartmann

Click the image above to hear samples of the songs on the CD.

Language Arts & Literacy Skills Included On This CD:

• Understand Basic Features of Print
• Recognize & Produce Rhyming Words
• Blend & Segment Onsets & Rimes
• Demonstrate One - to - One Letter - Sound Correspondence
• Read Common High Frequency Words
• Recognize Vowels & Corresponding Sounds
• Pronounce, Blend & Segment Syllables
• Add, Substitute & Isolate Phonemes
• Phoneme Deletion & Identifying Words
• Isolate & Pronounce Initial Sounds
• Identify Characters, Settings & Major Events in a Story
• Recognize Vowels & Corresponding Sounds
• Recognize & Name the Letters of the Alphabet

It's Teacher Appreciation Week

Here is a special thank you to all the teachers out there. The "Reasons I Teach" is a song I wrote for you!

The Reindeer Pokey

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to share some holiday fun with you. Check out my new video, Reindeer Pokey. Enjoy and share with your friends.

Happy Holidays!

FREE Flash Cards

Free Learning Letter Sounds Flash Cards at http://www.jackhartmann.com/activity/

We've had a lot of requests recently from teachers for flash cards to use with the Learning Letter Sounds song on Shake, Rattle n' Read. So we decided to make them. What's better is we're giving them to you for FREE.

All you have to do is print them out. They are designed one letter per page, with the image and word for the letter mentioned in the song. These are the same images that appear on the Learning Rocks Reading Skills DVD and on our wall chart that we sell for $8 on the website. The flash cards print on a standard 8.5" x 11" piece of paper in landscape.

Here is the link to our activities page where you can also find some free terrific coloring pages too.

http://www.jackhartmann.com/activity/

Here is a bundle you can purchase to save you some money while you help your child or classroom learn their letter sounds.

http://www.jackhartmann.com/learning-letter-sounds-bundle/

New Blog

“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” – Albert Einstein

Teachers know the look; the look of amazement when a child understands a concept for the first time. To them there is no greater reward than that look.

Teachers work hard every day to help children reach their potential. Without teachers, we would not have doctors, lawyers, architects, accountants, business people and the list goes on.

This blog is dedicated to helping teachers help children reach their potential. Music is said to be the universal language. Have you ever heard a song that makes you feel something, makes you want to get up and move or motivate you? Imagine using this power to help children learn to read or write. How about music helping a child learn math?

It is possible and I have over 700 songs on 30 CD’s to help you achieve this and more.

Join me as we “turn up the learning” together.

Jack