Daniel Tiger

I work with preschool age students.  I think that everyone has heard a preschooler just randomly break out into song.  They love music.  Cute, catch tunes usually gain their attention.  They also of course love watching cartoons.  I am a huge fan of this little guy.  His name is Daniel Tiger.

I love to find simple songs that help with basic social skills or behavior skills.  Paired with a visual, especially a cartoon is amazing.  The Daniel Tiger cartoon on PBS is a social skills and positive behavior based cartoon.  They have many songs that go along with positive behaviors.

The following is an example of a song about a needed social skills.  It discussing talking about doing something new.




Here is a link to a list of all of Daniel Tiger's songs.  I love the Find a way to play together and When you Feel so Mad you want to Roar.

There are books that just were published outlining many of the Daniel Tiger shows.  They also have the characters for purchase at most toy stores.  They are great for acting out many of the social skills outlined in the show.  I love that Daniel Tiger embraces the multi sensory approach to social skills- visually watch, listen to the songs, move to practice the social skill.