Musical activities: Distribute instruments. Hand instruments to those who are able to hold them. Choose something other than a shaker for yourself. Turn on Model by playing your instrument as you dance from child to child. Use your instrument to engage the child by tapping on their toes or moving the instrument where they […]
Musical activities: Stand up. Turn on March with each child through one verse. Visit the other children to build community. Moving to the macrobeat, lean the child in and out to see each of the other children.
Musical activities: Distribute finger cymbals. Allow free exploration throughout the activity. Hold the finger cymbals up by the handles, and shake for each child. Listen to the sound. Repeat several times. Sing a cappella, or turn on Play finger cymbals (microbeat). Jump finger cymbals off child’s belly (macrobeat). Repeat with each child. Introduce a new finger cymbal variation and nonsense […]
Musical activities: Visit each child*, and count to five, lifting one finger at a time. Repeat with other hand. Swing open fingers left and right (macrobeat), and begin the rhyme. Tell the story expressively, using the following movements for each verse: • 1st: Massage the child’s cheeks with fingertips (macrobeat) • 2nd: Rub belly up and down (microbeat) • 3rd: […]
Musical activities: Sing, “Where are your stars?” on the resting tone, and wiggle fingers as if they are stars. Continue wiggling fingers while singing the resting tone on “ah,” then freeze. Repeat several times, creating a game. Sing a cappella. Rock side to side, and use the following movements: • Twinkle: Wiggle fingers • Up above: Make diamond shape […]
Musical activities: Turn on Sing all call and response parts. Hold each child through the refrain and a verse. Run with joyful urgency during the refrain (“There’s a fire call…”). Lead each verse as instructed below: • Get on the fire gear: Rock side to side • Go real fast: Bounce or jump• Hook up […]
Musical activities: Distribute jingle bells. Shake, and explore different ways to play. Turn on Visit each child, using the following movements*: a. Tap jingle bells on child’s belly on the microbeat (little). On repeat, switch to the macrobeat (big). b. Switch to a nonsense syllable, and shake above the child’s head to the microbeat (little). Start high […]
Musical activities: Visit each child*, and count to five, lifting one finger at a time. Repeat with other hand. Swing open fingers left and right (macrobeat), and begin the rhyme. Tell the story expressively, using the following movements for each verse: • 1st: Massage the child’s cheeks with fingertips (macrobeat) • 2nd: Rub belly up and down (microbeat) […]
Musical activities: Use voice play with each child: Sing “ahhh” on A while tickling the child’s belly. Sing a cappella or turn on Use silly faces and smiles to show the joy of the song. Suggested movements to use with each child: • A ram sam sam: Clap hands (macrobeat) • A rafi: Lift hands off child’s belly (macrobeat) • Guli, guli: Tickle belly (microbeat) […]
Musical activities: Stand up. Turn on Dance with one child at a time using large movement variations. Use the whole body, and move to both macrobeat (large) and microbeat (small) with each child. Continue a cappella. Replace the lyrics with nonsense syllables. Sit down.