Musical activities: Lead as you did week 17. Incorporate fast and slow variations to practice musical tempo change adjusting lyrics as suggested. • Slow: Sing the song slowly ending with “Let’s take a nap.” Lyric variations: “creep like a bug,” “let’s write our name.” • Fast: “running a race,” “tickle my friend,” “ski down the hill,” “throw […]
Musical activities: Distribute shakers. Sing the song through several times incorporating shaker variations. Use the same movement for the refrain each time. Split into two groups. Tell each group whether they will be the verse or refrain. • Group 1: Play accompaniment for the verse (allow a student director to choose the movement) • Group 2: Play accompaniment for […]
Musical activities: Stand up. Turn on or lead with guitar, tambourine, or a cappella Jump to the microbeat. On “still” wiggle to represent the fermata. Say freeze and pause to reflect the rest. Repeat with other large movements.
Musical activities: Lead the chant as you did week 12. Work together to describe fingers. Suggested questions: How do our fingers move in this chant? Are they heavy? Do they wiggle around a lot or stay very still? Will they stroke the cat really hard or really gently? Lead the chant, modeling the various weights of each […]
Musical activities: Directed Vocal Movement: • Spin your hands. Start low and gradually move them higher. Say “wooo”, and move your voice upward as a reflection of the movement. • Bring your hands and voice back down. • Repeat several times. • Play a game, moving partially up/down and all the way up/down. • If […]
Musical activities: Lead the activity as in week 16 for the value of repetition. Sing a cappella or turn on Observe the children carefully. Are they moving accurately to the duple meter? Are they singing with accurate pitch or following the contour of the song?
Musical activities: Play the metal part of a pair of finger cymbals once making them ring. Ask the class to slowly stretch their arms up as long as the sound is heard. Click the wooden handles together one time.* Ask the class to wiggle, and stop when the sound stops. Repeat steps 1 & 2 […]
Musical activities: Lead the rhyme as you did in previous weeks for the value of repetition. Take out a pitched instrument* asking the children to crouch down. Play an ascending line as the snowman and children grow taller, and a descending line as the children and snowman melt away. A step bell set works great […]
Musical activities: Stand. Make a circle and distribute scarves. Turn on Lead the dance: • Wave your flag in and out of the circle to the macrobeat • Twirl the scarf and spin like a helicopter • Repeat Invite a few children into the center of the circle for free dance, play, and exploration with […]
Musical activities: Open with “Mmmm…” while rubbing your tummy. Vary the inflection of your voice. Repeat several times. Clap to the macrobeat and sing the song. Pat your tummy to the microbeat from “It’s yum…” and use jazz hands when singing, “Ooo…, so good!” Repeat with different movements and variations for the beginning section. Ask the children for ideas. […]