Musical activities: Remain standing. Explore different areas of space: Everyone reach up high to the sky and wiggle your fingers. Seated children can still be encouraged to reach up with the familiar “so big” movement. Crouch down and find your toes for low space. Stand up and pat your belly for middle space, saying, “Ha, […]
Musical activities: Make my livin’: begin seated clapping and rocking maintaining steady beat at all times while singing. Raise potatoes: pat floor Paint: sweep arms up and down together Bake: push your arms out in front of you like rolling dough or slide hands on lap for a more tactile experience Wash: make circles with […]
Musical activities: Distribute finger cymbals. Engage the children in a variety of ways to play this instrument. Create a sound with each new movement. Turn on Tap the cymbals together. Alternate playing on macrobeat and microbeat on each repeat substituting a different consonant to begin the lyrics such as: “ning, nong, nooli”, or “ting, tong, […]
Musical activities: Say, “Rain, Rain, Splash!” using the opening movement below. Repeat several times. The children may respond to any part of this or just watch and absorb. Opening movement: Pat lap pat lap lift hands high and shake hands down (all of these movement happen on “1.”) 1 – 2 1 – 2 […]
Musical activities: Turn on Begin using small movements, tapping different body parts on each verse while singing nonsense syllables. Alternate movement between the macrobeat and microbeat. Distribute balls about halfway through the music. Tap different body parts and surfaces such as head, knees, tummy or floor with the balls using microbeat and macrobeat. The younger […]
Musical activities: Make my livin’: begin seated clapping and rocking maintaining steady beat at all times while singing. Raise potatoes: pat floor Paint: sweep arms up and down together Bake: push your arms out in front of you like rolling dough or slide hands on lap for a more tactile experience Wash: make circles with […]
Musical activities: Distribute rhythm sticks or jingle bells. Turn on Tap the rhythm sticks or shake jingle bells alternating between the macrobeat for the verse and microbeat on the refrain throughout this aeolian song. Continue a cappella with changes in dynamics: sing loudly on the verse with a matching movement, contrasted with soft singing on […]
Musical activities: Vocal play: follow lesson plan 26, encouraging all children to participate. Make your beehive. Recite the rhyme and move as instructed in lesson plan 26 for the value of repetition. Repeat rhyme using a soft voice and complimentary rocking. Use a loud voice on “they’re alive” with big movements. Rhythm patterns Encourage the […]
Musical activities: Prepare for a group activity. Distribute shakers. Turn on Shake to the macrobeat throughout one repetition of the song. Shake to the microbeat on the repeat. Use nonsense syllables as much as possible rather than the lyrics for participation and music babble. Alternate between macrobeat and microbeat with each new repetition. Choose a […]
Musical activities: Play Peek-a-Boo, making eye contact with each child. Encourage the children to join in the game. Lead the rhyme as follows: • 1st verse: Peek-a-Boo on the macrobeat • 2nd verse (bee): Tap child on belly and then tap yourself (about chest level) to the macrobeat • 3rd verse (bug): Creep fingers up […]