Musical activities: Sing a cappella while clapping your hands or sing accompanied with piano, guitar or ukulele encouraging the children to sing along. Sway left and right to the triple feel while singing all of the children’s names where indicated.* Limited time? Sing goodbye to the boys, girls, teacher(s) and then into “So long, farewell, I […]
Musical activities: Sing the song inserting each child’s name where indicated. Suggested accompaniment: piano, guitar, ukelele, tambourine or clapping hands. Move around the circle making eye contact with each child when their name is sung. Use a “hello” hand movement when singing the children’s names. Return to clapping hands or your instrument when all the […]
Musical activities: Begin a cappella or turn on Go to each child for a couple of variations. Tap on toes to the macrobeat while singing “Where are my toes…”. Repeat and switch to microbeat on “toes, my toes my special toes…”. Sing about other body parts like elbows, ears, etc., moving as in step […]
Musical activities: Sing a cappella or turn on Pick up one child and make a soft whoo- whoo sound as a train whistle. Sing the song and walk to the macrobeat the child meets each of the other children in the room. Lean in and out to the macrobeat as you greet another child and […]
Musical activities: Distribute finger cymbals. Turn on or sing a cappella.Go to one child at a time. Tap finger cymbals to the macrobeat (big) together throughout one repetition of the song. Switch to the microbeat (little) on the next repetition. Choose additional finger cymbal variations moving as above. Change to other nonsense syllables creating a […]
Musical activities: Go to each child. Slide the palms of your hands up and down the child’s front to the beat while saying “Whoops.” Do this several times. Continue movement and begin rhyme. Slide the palms of your hands horizontally across the child’s tummy to the macrobeat on “Fast out the door…” With fingertips of […]
Musical activities: Turn on Take each child one at a time. You only need one scarf for yourself. Sit and rock the child side to side to experience the triple feel of the song. Lay the child on his/her back and: – lift scarf up and down to the beat – swing scarf sideways above […]
Musical activities: Sing a cappella or turn on Pick up one child and make a soft whoo- whoo sound as a train whistle. Sing the song and walk to the macrobeat the child meets each of the other children in the room. Lean in and out to the macrobeat as you greet another child and […]
Musical activities: Distribute finger cymbals. Turn on or sing a cappella.Go to one child at a time. Tap finger cymbals to the macrobeat (big) together throughout one repetition of the song. Switch to the microbeat (little) on the next repetition. Continue with additional finger cymbal variations such as: ~ tap tummy ~ slide on your legs ~ shimmer one cymbal […]
Musical activities: Go to each child for the whole chant and begin drawing an X on their tummy with the index finger of right hand on the macrobeat (big) saying, “Shhp, shhp” with each stroke of the X. Repeat. Begin this rhyme in duple meter using the above movement. Tiptoe fingers up their bodies to […]