S&S: Instrument Play–5, 6, Beat/Rhythm–4 Musical activities: Distribute rhythm sticks. Turn on Tap sticks to microbeat. Tap to macrobeat on repeat. Sing song several times using nonsense syllables and rhythm stick variations, alternating between microbeat and macrobeat. Observe children and choose variations from the way they choose to play. Continue a cappella, asking the children for their ideas. Resting tone play. Collect sticks.
Musical activities: Playfully “baa” like a sheep, and encourage children to baa with you. Try to draw the children into a conversation using “baa”. Tap lap to macrobeat, and sing a cappella. On “Look here, look there, look all around the square,” shield eyes with one hand and look left and right to macrobeat. Sing, […]
Musical activities: Before starting, hide a small stuffed lamb behind your back or somewhere in the room. Playfully “baa” like a sheep, and encourage children to baa with you. Try to draw the children into a conversation using “baa”. Tap lap to macrobeat, and sing a cappella. On “Look here, look there, look all around […]
Musical activities: Remain standing. Turn on Clap and dance through the first repetition. Spin in a circle through the second. Continue using large movement variations. Note that the track ends with “Rock and Roll.” Continue a cappella with nonsense syllables, incorporating the children’s movements and nonsense syllables.
Musical activities: Stand. Reach high to the sky, and wiggle your fingers. Encourage seated children 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, ha, ha!” Distribute scarves Paint a rainbow in the sky, and […]
Musical activities: Stick fingers out top of head like cow ears, and moo! Draw the children into a mooing conversation as with Two Cats in Lesson Plan 22. Tap lap. Recite the rhyme, changing the movement with each, “This little cow” as follows: Grass: Tap lap (macrobeat) Hay: Tap shoulders (macrobeat) Water: Tap top of […]
Musical activities: Distribute instruments. Turn on Children choose an instrument and play freely to build confidence in improvisation and movement to the beat and rhythms. Play along, and encourage other teachers to do the same. Observe the children when the music stops. Have they continued to play, showing audiation, or did they stop when the music stopped? Collect instruments.
Musical activities: Stand. Sound the elephants call and stomp around the room to the macrobeat. Begin singing the song, replacing the lyrics with “stomping like an elephant.” Repeat the song, incorporating the following variations: Scamper like a mouse: tip toe lightly and quickly to microbeat Flying like a bird: fly lightly to macrobeat Roaring like […]
Musical activities: Distribute shakers. Turn on Shake to the microbeat through the first verse. Choose a new shaker variation at the start of every verse. Replace “Daddy” with the children’s names. Use nonsense syllables for verses where lyrics are not included. Observe the children’s variations, and incorporate these into the accompaniment. If time, continue a cappella, incorporating suggestions from the children. Resting […]
Musical activities: Move to the uneven feel of 7/8 meter (1-2-3-4-5-6-7). In this rhyme, they are grouped into one group of three beats, followed by two groups of two beats (1-2-3, 1-2, 1-2), so all movements are long, short, short. Tap lap on beat 1, and say, “Whoooooo!”. Keep the spacing long to reflect the […]