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: Turn on Dance with each child individually and make sure they experience a full verse of macrobeat such as rocking and then the next verse using microbeat as in running feet. Change the movement for each verse when doing the macrobeat, but always return to running feet when doing the microbeat. Have each […]
Musical activities: Repeat as you did in lesson plan 7. Create a thunderstorm. Collect drums and ask children to explore the room to find things that might make good sounds for the thunderstorm (ex: drum on the floor for thunder, swirl pencils in a cup for rain). Create the thunderstorm again using the children’s found […]
Musical activities: Opening: Hold left hand open palm facing up. Draw an X on the open palm 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 your arms to the […]
Musical activities: Go to each child and tap to the uneven feel of 5/8 meter (1-2-3-4-5). Tap legs on beat one saying, “Dee-dle, dee” and lift your hands high to exaggerate the grouping of three beats. Keep the movement big for the 1-2-3 spacing. Be ready to come back down on beat four. Tap hands […]
Musical activities: Turn on Take a turn with each child to dance and let them experience a full verse of large movement moving your body to the macrobeat (big) and then another verse to the microbeat (little). Twist, bounce, fly, spin, dance, etc., into the lyrics. Use one large movement throughout an entire verse. Be sure to use movements encouraging movement in […]
Musical activities: Lay the children on a blanket and/or mat. Distribute drums or Frisbees with head side up on the floor. Turn on Go to each child and model tapping their drum head trying to get them to copy you. You can either put the child on your lap if it’s easier to reach the […]
Musical activities: Begin as in lesson plan six. Incorporate variations with sound words and movement. Tap the child’s head chanting in a high voice. Contrast by tapping their feet using a low voice. Tap their nose chanting with a soft voice changing the sound word to “tap.” Contrast by clapping your hands chanting with a […]
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 at the beginning of the song and then approach each child with eye contact while singing their name.**Limited time? Sing goodbye to the boys, […]
Musical activities: Distribute jingle bells. Use vocal play for a game of shake-and-hide your bells. Shake in front vocalizing with an “oo” or “ah.” Hide the bells abruptly behind your back. Repeat several times. Sing a cappella or turn on Shake to the microbeat (little) throughout one repetition of the song. Shake to the macrobeat […]