Musical activities: Sing a cappella. Optional: Move to macrobeat, incorporating verse/refrain as follows: • Verse (I want): Small movement variation (incorporate dynamics) • Refrain (“la, la, la”): Twirl hands Partner up and hold hands. Ask children for ideas or use dyad variations. Observe the children’s responses. Some may be mimicking the suggested movement, while others […]
Musical activities: Vocal play: • Animal sounds: Using sound and movement pretend to be a cat. Invite children to join in. • Animal conversations: Pretend to ask a question using an animal sound. Ex: “Meow, meow meow, meow?” Invite children to respond with an improvised answer. • Repeat with additional animals: horse (neigh), dog (ruff), […]
Musical activities: Turn on Dance and sing, incorporating children’s names. Use movement to reflect verse-refrain as follows: • Verse: Large movement variations, including children’s ideas. Observe movement vocabulary. •Refrain (I’m gonna): Improvised dancing Partner up. Sing a cappella, and observe children’s vocal development. • Verse: Ask children ideas. Optional: Large movement with dyads variations • […]
Musical activities: Popcorn improvisation: Use “Pop!” sounds and body percussion to tell the story of popcorn popping. • Display popcorn pictures: largo, presto, ritardando • Pop slowly, and say, “The popcorn is starting to pop!” Say, “largo,” and point to the picture. • Pop quickly, pointing out that all the kernels are popping. Point to […]
Musical activities: Sing a cappella. Optional: Reinforce verse-refrain musical form using movement • Verse: Small movement variation (adapt lyrics to match) • Refrain (“la, la, la”): Twirl hands around each other Incorporate dynamics and areas of space in verses. Create ideas with children or use suggestions: • Loud: Clap, bang hands on floor, stomp feet […]
Musical activities: Lead as in week 16 for the value of repetition. Take the train around the classroom incorporating train variations. Choose a volunteer engineer (leader) at the start of each repetition. If there are two adults, try making a bridge! Sing on do-sol, “Take it back to your stations. Let’s find our seat please.” […]
Musical activities: Distribute sticks. Turn on Lead as in lesson plan 16. Incorporate dynamics and areas of space as follows: • Soft: Tap ends of the sticks together • Loud: Tap sticks traditionally • High space: Pretend to tap ceiling • Low space: Tap the sticks on floor (alt: shoes) Create additional movements incorporating dynamics […]
Musical activities: Lead as in lesson plan 16 for the value of repetition. *Close circle to clap neighbors’ hands. Suggested movements: • Snowflakes: Reach hands out on either side to clap neighbors’ hands on beat 1 (snow) • Soft, oo: Pat lap twice on beats 4-5 (soft) and 6-7 (oo). • Follow this same pattern […]
Musical activities: Lead as in week 14 for the value of repetition.
Musical activities: Turn on Dance with each child. Incorporate large movement variation as indicated in the lyrics. Observe the other children’s spontaneous responses to the music.