Musical activities: Lead as you did week 27. Continue a cappella. Alternate between fast and slow variations. Suggestions: Slow: walk through a swamp, stomp like an elephant, crawl like a turtle Fast: run to the park, hop like a rabbit, race like a speedboat Ask the children for their ideas. When they suggest what to do, ask if you should move […]
Musical activities: Stand. Turn on Begin with directed scarf variations and visual imagry, incorporating all areas of space. Allow the children to move freely for the last few repetitions. Observe carefully to see if they are using all areas of space. If not, suggest a variation that would incorporate the missing space(s). Repeat several times. Collect the […]
Musical activities: Lead as you did week 27. Repeat. Incorporate loud, soft, high, and low vocal variations. Rhythm patterns
Musical activities: Distribute the sticks. Turn on Sing and play. Click your sticks together on the refrain. Incorporate stick variations for each new verse as follows: • Buzz saw: rub one stick horizontally against a vertically held stick • Hammer: tap one stick on top of the other • Paint brush: raise and lower your sticks • Big […]
Musical activities: Squawk loudly. Ask the children whether it was loud or soft. Can anyone remember the musical term? Ask the children to join you. What movement should you use? Will it be big or small? Whoo softly like an owl. Ask the children the same questions: loud or soft? musical term? What movements can be […]
Musical activities: Stand in a circle. Turn on Use various large movements during the verses. Spin during the refrain (la la la). Based on your class and teaching style, remain in place or move freely about the room. • Intro & Verse 1: clap & bounce • Verse 2: stomp • Verse 3: run • Instrumental: clap & bounce […]
Musical activities: Distribute shakers. Ask the children to show different motions they could use during the refrain. Turn on Play and sing. Use the same movement for the verse. Allow the children to improvise during the refrain. Substitute the children’s names for “child” in the song. Children may choose to go in the center of the […]
Musical activities: Lift each finger as you count to 5. Repeat. Close your hand into a fist. Cover with the other hand. Rock covered fist to the macrobeat as you chant. Lift closed fingers from the pod one at a time as the peas begin to sprout. (1 grew, 2 grew, and so did all the rest.) […]
Musical activities: Distribute the jingle bells. Turn on Sing and play, incorporating jingle bell variations for each new verse. Ask the children for ways to play and nonsense syllables to sing. Resting tone play. Put the jingle bells on your head. Use descending vocal play as they fall to the floor. Collect the jingle bells.
Musical activities: Be a cat. Have a cat conversation as you did with duck conversations week 1. Ask the children what other animals they would like to be. Have conversations as several different animals. Partner up. Each partner takes a turn choosing an animal and leading the conversation. Trade so each partner has a turn. Sing […]