Musical activities: Put on your hat, and line up (teacher as leader) to get on a safari ride! Note: This video begins sitting down, but can easily be converted to a large movement beginning. Turn on Lead the children in a line around the room on the canoe. Allow them to wander freely around the […]
Musical activities: Distribute shakers and turn on Use shaker variations as you sing and play. Vary between macrobeat and microbeat. Continue a cappella. Ask the children for ideas. Incorporate loud and soft variations. Resting tone play.
Musical activities: Wiggle your fingers and make a silly sound to match the movement. Start and then stop the movement of this opening voice play abruptly, creating a start-and-stop game. Repeat several times. Lead the chant as you did in week 11. Rhythm patterns.
Musical activities: Stand and turn on Move in all areas of space. Change movements on each repetition.• Rock side to side (macrobeat)• Roll hands (macrobeat) • Walk fingers on the floor (microbeat) • Wave high in the air Toss scarves in the air as an invitation to take one. Repeat with scarves. Bounce scarves on the […]
Musical activities: Hammer fist on flat hand to the macrobeat of the song. Say, “Bang!” each time. Continue to pound as you sing. Clasp hands. Push forward and back. Sing: Buzz saw… Return to hammer movement for refrain. Continue variations for each verse: • Hammer: tap one fist on top of the other to the microbeat • Paint […]
Musical activities: Stand. Make a circle and turn on Clap and bounce or spin in place in place each time you sing the refrain. Circle dance during the verses using these movements or other large movements as in video: • Walk right • Walk left • Back out of the circle • Tiptoe into the circle […]
Musical activities: Distribute shakers and turn on Use shaker variations as you sing and play. Use the same movement for two verses. Play to the macrobeat the first time and the microbeat the second time. Continue a cappella. Ask the children for types of pajamas to include. Resting tone play. Invite volunteer leaders.
Musical activities: Move as you did in week 8 for the value of repetition. Pump arms up high and simultaneously say, “Reach, reach, reach.” Move arms to the macrobeat. • Reach: pump arms high over your head to the macrobeat. • Stroke: softly stroke one hand with the other. •Jump: jump fingers high off your […]
Musical activities: Sing the lullaby rocking side to side. Ask the children what movements would work well for the lullaby. Sing it again and allow children to move freely. Tonal patterns. Listen as the children echo the tonal patterns to determine where they are in their musical development. If time, give tonal patterns to small groups or […]
Musical activities: Turn on Spin your arms around each other through the first verse. Walk fingers along your body to the microbeat. Partner up. Clap hands with your partner. Row boats together. Rock side to side. Set expectations for ball use when the music stops. Turn on . Use ball variations to tap to the beat. Roll the balls […]