Musical activities: Stand up. Turn on Pretend to be in a parade, marching in a circle or freely around the room. Use the following movements:• Verse 1: March with strong arms and legs (macrobeat)• Verse 2: March, and clap (microbeat)• Verse 3: March, and throw candy to the crowd (macrobeat)• Verse 4: March, and wave […]
Musical activities: Distribute jingle bells. Shake, and explore different ways to play. Turn on Play to microbeat for one repetition and macrobeat for the next. Use a new jingle bell variation and nonsense syllable with each microbeat. Resting tone play. Encourage participation. Collect jingle bells.
Musical activities: Vocal play: • Slowly stretch hands up over head, with ascending “oo”. • Bring hands down, with descending “oo”. • Repeat several times. • Incorporate children’s vocal babble for reinforcement of vocal flexibility. Recite the rhyme several times for the value of repetition, using the following movements. • Way up high: Swing up-reached […]
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. Allow the children to trade instruments as they wish. Model, and observe the children’s accompaniments and movements. Collect instruments.
Musical activities: Stand up.Turn on Use one large movement variation throughout an entire verse. Alternate between macrobeat and microbeat. Move entire body. Sing a cappella. Incorporate children’s spontaneous movements as variations. Older two-year-olds may contribute ideas verbally. Sit down.
Musical activities: Lead as in week 1 for the value of repetition. Observe carefully. Celebrate children’s created accompaniments by incorporating them as new variations. Ask children for ideas. Notice whether they express ideas verbally. Tonal patterns . Sing tonal patterns while collecting shakers. Observe the children’s spontaneous responses. Presentation ideas: music play
Musical activities: Vocal play: Jump fingertips off of lap saying, “Jump, jump, jump jump!” Extend with nonsense syllables. Recite rhyme with suggested movements: • 1st verse: Jump fingertips off of knees macrobeat (big). • 2nd verse: Swim macrobeat (big). • 3rd verse: Splash with hands microbeat (little). Repeat several times from step one for the […]
Musical activities: Sing and move to the beat. Accompany with clapping hands, piano, guitar or ukulele. Encourage children to sing along, and observe their music development. Sing names where indicated if time. If needed, sing goodbye to groups (boys, girls, teachers, etc).
Musical activities: Distribute instruments. Turn on Choose an instrument and play freely to build confidence in improvisation and movement to the beat and rhythms. Allow the children to trade instruments as they wish. Model, and observe the children’s accompaniments and movements. Collect instruments.
Musical activities: Stand up. Turn on Sing and dance to lyrics. Use one large movement throughout an entire verse. Move to macrobeat and microbeat with full body. Sit down.