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
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Musical activities: Repeat as you did week 7 for the value of repetition.
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
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.
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
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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
Musical activities: Rock to the