This song teaches about long o (oa and ow) words, and the SEL theme is "Identify one’s likes and dislikes, needs and wants, strengths, and challenges."
This song can be used as spelling word work, vocabulary acquisition, aligns with long o sound books, aligns with Basal reader, higher-order thinking questions, individual/partner/small group work. The different activities can serve as varied literacy centers as well.
Fun and engaging (and secretly educational - like blending veggies into fruit