Aug 13, 2024 | Activities
Maximum participation happens when our music lesson is about COSTUMES! You can see and feel the excitement rise when you talk about the fun of seeing trick-or-treaters at your door.
Explain to your class that you would love to know their favorite costume so we will pretend to be groups of trick-or-treaters. Give each child a tone block and mallet. (Allow some exploration time to try different kinds of “knocking”) Ask the kids to find a fun way to be “knocking” at the door by playing on their tone block after you sing each phrase of “Somebody’s knocking at the door.” Check out my class from long, long ago!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaO9HN9_TcM&list=PLcGAMvU2YN-XwhY-UtA-3-7tFCJa2vON3&index=33
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After singing “Who’s that tapping on the window? Who’s that knocking at the door?”, each child in the group can sing their costume “It’s __________.” Repeat the two songs and hear the solos of the next “trick-or-treaters” group. Repeat the songs and solos until each group has sung.
Check out this free download to see our rhyming animals, and the trick-or-treaters. Use them as SMARTBoard or Power Point visuals or print them out.
Teacher “Is it the cat?”
Class or soloist matching the same pitches: “No not the cat.”
Teacher: Is it the bat? Etc…
These two songs can be found in Kids Make Music, Babies Make Music Too!
“Somebody’s Knockin” “Who’s That?” page 79, 97
Music Rhapsody Members: This is in the Kids Make Music Lesson Plans, Module 2.
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Aug 13, 2024 | Activities
Here’s a bit from one of our Rhythm Reader plans showing the movement part of the lesson. This is in lesson 3 & 4, based on half notes for the slow walk to look for frogs (remember, we just had “Froggy Goes to School” to learn our rules and for pitch matching and now we’re moving into our “Jump Frog Jump” lesson) then moving to our jumping frogs.
Have a peek at these rhythmic jumping frogs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6PixNejRY0&index=35&list=PLcGAMvU2YN-XwhY-UtA-3-7tFCJa2vON3
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Training and weekly music lesson plans (with video of me with students doing the activities, all recordings, visuals, are more) is always accessible to Music Rhapsody members. This includes the Music Box membership where right now, we have great topics being discussed and fall lessons highlighted. If you are not a member, you can also get many plans from MusicRhapsody.com.
Aug 13, 2024 | Activities
First of all, big thanks to Gary King and Shenanigans for this, their music is fabulous. This recording, Cross Dance, is from a collection Music Rhapsody uses in all levels of lesson plans, early childhood to elementary, called Our Favorite Shenanigans.
Music Rhapsody Members: This is included with your Rhythm Readers Lesson Recordings Playlists.
Music Box Members: This is a featured product so just click on Our Favorite Shenanigans Super Pack, it includes my favorite activities for each recording, babies-grade 4.
Have a listen to one of the most popular solo singing activities, then see a preschool version, a kindergarten version (wear a belt!) and ukulele chords.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46cu1ag4on0&list=PLcGAMvU2YN-V_1IKQryIUzdwypP2Fd-O9&index=1
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The instrumental version is included on the Farm Songs Book/CD, so much fun for the classroom with the awesome felt set (made by my crafty PhD friend, Carol McDowell! Thanks for doing this Carol!!)
Aug 13, 2024 | Activities
Year after year, I am delighted with the children’s singing and drawing when playing this pumpkin game (this video and activity is from Rhythm Readers Lesson Plans). I’ve never had two finished pumpkins that look alike!
This week, I had a large grade 1 class and the passing game would take too long. I had the children tap the beat on their legs, clapping at the end of the phrases. Then I chose many soloists to come up. After they sang what the pumpkin needed the class echoed “Pumpkin needs a ___________.” That was the length of time the soloist had to draw their answer. Then we repeated the song with a new group of soloists.
So much learning and fun in one activity!
Beat, phrasing
Pitch Matching
Creativity in making up the response and drawing
Instrument playing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9x_x8PToJ8&index=28&list=PLcGAMvU2YN-VW1J18R_XC-Szv9BA1uJF1
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A teacher who attended live training requested a video of the parachute/scarf version of Lt. Kije from Kids Can Listen, Kids Can Move book/CD. This video is now in Music Box Videos.
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Aug 13, 2024 | Activities
This well-known story lends itself well to experiencing tempo changes as the Little Old Lady walks/runs at different speeds. Use Orff instruments and your Italian music vocabulary (lento, adagio, allegro, presto!, etc.) as the mallets play the part of the feet (reminding them of how our feet take turns, now it’s our arms taking turns)! The children love choosing instruments to play each time their item is named.
Here’s a bit from my story time with a Rhythm Readers class. (If you are a Music Rhapsody Member, use your teacher login to access your plans)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQalm0j5HgM&list=PLcGAMvU2YN-XwhY-UtA-3-7tFCJa2vON3&index=36
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It’s so awesome when babies and tots show they understand the music! Check out the picture of this little music maker and I demonstrating the highest notes from “Five Little Leaves” from Toddlers Make Music lesson 7. The song is also found In All Kinds of Weather, Kids Make Music. Felts and scarves make this a huge hit. REPETITION is so important to bring this response as well as language development, we encourage the parents to play the CD at home and in the car.
Holiday Music! Go to Music Box for lots of ideas for holiday lessons. FREE recordings too!
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