Musical activities: Circle your arm in the air and sound the siren! Encourage the children to join in playing with their voices to increase vocal flexibility. Repeat several times. Turn on or lead a cappella. Follow the steps from lesson plan four sitting down as a small movement activity. Invite everyone stand up and sound the […]
Musical activities: Tap head and sing “bim” on A. Tap knees and sing “bam” on D. Repeat several times to the macrobeat. Repeat step 1 with microbeat. Sing “bam” repeatedly on D, while tapping the floor and getting softer and softer. Put your finger to your lips and say, “shhhhh.” Tiptoe to get the bells […]
Musical activities: Count to five lifting a finger for each number. Act out the chant as follows: – Hold up five fingers and rock to macrobeat as you recite the first line. As you count each pumpkin, hold up the appropriate number of fingers. Continue throughout. – Shake your head with your hands on your cheeks […]
Musical activities: Sing the song inserting each child’s name where indicated. Suggested accompaniment: piano, guitar, ukulele, tambourine or clapping hands Invite the children to clap, bounce or tap along, encouraging an active response to music. Model and observe spacing and consistent beat. Move about the circle making eye contact and waving to each child as […]
Musical activities: Distribute instruments. Turn on The children will play freely to the music, displaying improvisation and movement to the beat and rhythms. Model and observe spacing and consistent beat. Observe the children when the music stops to see whether they continue to play or stop. Collect instruments. Allow the children to continue playing for […]
Musical activities: Say, “There are many people in the community that help us. One group of those community helpers are firefighters.” Show the several pictures of firefighters. Engage the children in questions and answers. Ask questions like:- What does a firefighter do?- What equipment does a firefighter use to do his job?- Where do you […]
Musical activities: Ask each child to face another child as their partner. Shake hands or bow to your partner. Turn on or sing a cappella. Each child faces their partner and walks in place. Change lyric to “my friend I chanced to meet…” when each pair will shake hands or bow to their partner in duple […]
Musical activities: Distribute sticks. Turn on Tap one stick on top of the other to the macrobeat throughout first verse of the song. On the refrain, tap to the microbeat. Alternate between the macrobeat and microbeat with each new repetition. Choose a new stick variation at the start of every macrobeat. Observe the class for new variations created by children. Ask the children where they would like to go and […]
Musical activities: Rock left then right to the macrobeat (big) alternating one arm up and the other hand touching the floor while simultaneously chanting “tick, tock, tick tock” with each rock. Do this several times. Pat laps to the microbeat beat repeating “tickity-tock” several times. Continue tapping and begin reciting the rhyme. Run fingers up […]
Musical activities: Distribute instruments. Turn on The children will play freely to the music, displaying improvisation and movement to the beat and rhythms. Model and observe spacing and consistent beat. Observe the children when the music stops to see whether they continue to play or stop. Collect instruments. Allow the children to continue playing for […]