Use this song to review personal space, reminding students to stay in their own spot and keep hands and feet to themselves. Practice the song’s movements—clap, pat knees, stomp feet while seated, and tap heads—then sing along with the recording. Explain that it’s a cumulative song and finish with a faster tempo to introduce changing tempo. For an extension, invite students to suggest new seated movements, standing and sitting between each one.

Students echo and follow the shapes and lines on the cards with their voices. For a fun extension, use a flashlight or laser pointer to follow along on the screen.

In this movement activity, the teacher chooses two instruments with contrasting timbres. For example, a woodblock and a triangle. When you play the woodblock, the students will walk. When you play the triangle, the students will tiptoe. Students will move to your instrument, making their feet show what the music tells them to do. If you play faster, they go faster. If you play slower, they go slower. If you stop, they freeze. (You could have them freeze and make a shape.)

Extension: Play rhythms in different meters (2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, etc.).

Option: On the second slide of the activity below select the actions you want students to do with different sounds.

Review "Phony Baloney" and create new movements. Use the chart above to help create new ideas.

Sing along with "Phony Baloney".

While you sing, think up ways that you could move to the music. Choose one student to be the leader and have them create actions that all copy while you sing the song. Choose another student, and play again.

Arrange students in a circle with non-pitched percussion instruments such as sticks, shakers, or drums. Explore musical opposites like fast/slow and loud/quiet, reminding students to handle instruments gently even when playing loudly or quickly. Practice keeping the beat while listening to the song and play as the music directs.

In the previous lesson, students explored high and low pitches. This activity provides another engaging way for students to review and reinforce those concepts this week.

After students are comfortable singing the song, divide the class into two groups—one group sings the first phrase, and the other group echoes it, then switch. To keep the activity playful and engaging, try repeating the song using different voices (whisper, robot, animal sounds) while continuing to reinforce the alphabet.

Teach the song by rote and play the game. This song is a call and response in which the response is an echo.

Have the students make a circle. Choose one student to be the turkey. The "turkey" struts around the outside of the circle while all the students sing the song. At the end of the song, the "turkey" tags a student, who chases and tries to tag the "turkey" before the "turkey" reaches the inside of the circle. Both the “turkey” and the “chaser” sit in the middle of the circle until all the students have had a turn.

Teach the song "Turkey Tango".

Try the movements for "Turkey Tango".

Sing our closing song, "Skinnamarink"