Musical activities: Use the scarecrow movement you decided upon in week 7. Sing the song incorporating variations. Sing be an elephant (“I’m just a great big elephant, stomping so slow…”) as one of your variations. Sing much more slowly. After this variation, stop and tell the children you changed tempo (speed) to largo, which means […]
Musical activities: Distribute instruments and Begin as in week 5 with drum variations until the end of the song. Create a thunderstorm. Collect drums and ask children to explore the room to find things that might make good sounds for the thunderstorm (ex: drum on the floor for thunder, swirl pencils in a cup for rain). […]
Musical activities: Repeat as you did week 7 for the value of repetition. Tonal patterns Presentation ideas: music play
Musical activities: Review habits of good audience members. Ask the children if anyone would like to share a solo with the group today. They can sing any song they would like. There is no pressure. If no one wants to sing a solo, the children can help choose a song for the teacher to sing. […]
Musical activities: This is a repeated activity. Select a piece of music of our own choosing. Be sure it has a clear beat. The children will play freely to the music encouraging improvisation and movement to the beat and rhythms. Observe musical growth through children’s rhythmic responses, improvisation and instrument choices. Omit this if you […]
Musical activities: Follow the activities in week 6 for the value of repetition. Repeat, replacing pumpkins with other things:a. Squirrels raced out of sightb.Turkeys: gobbled out of sightc. Flowers: floated out of sightd. Roosters: crowed out of sight Ask the children for variations. Accept all ideas. Rhythm patterns Presentation ideas: music play
Musical activities: Show the children the scarecrow. Everyone stands up and moves like a scarecrow. Ask the children to describe how they moved. Was it bouncy? Heavy? Agree on a scarecrow movement and begin the song, making sure to emphasize the 6/8 meter with your movement. Repeat with different characters, such as a squirrel using low space, […]
Musical activities: Distribute instruments. Turn on Shake the jingle bells to the microbeat (little) as the song is sung. Continue with jingle bell variations. Use a new variation at the start of every new verse. Be sure to include high, middle, and low spaces. Continue a cappella and ask children for their movement and nonsense […]
Musical activities: Scoop leaves with one hand, and say “ch, ch, ch”, taking up 3 of the 5 beats. Pat the leaves down with your other hand, and say “dee-dee” to the remaining 2 beats. Make a sound for the leaves falling to the ground. Repeat several times, making sure your movements fill the whole space of macrobeat. Switch sides. Allow […]
Musical activities: Rock to the beat as the lullaby is sung. Repeat. Optional: Ask the children what they enjoyed most during music class today.