Have you ever used a fly swatter?

When you sing #7 "Poor Little Bug on the Wall", at the end of each line of the song, pretend to swat a fly. You could hit your hand on a desk or maybe you could use an instrument to play "Hit! Hit!".

Sing and play along with #7 "Poor Little Bug on the Wall".

Teach the "I Can Sing a High Note" by rote.
Create movements to show the high and low sounds.

Can you show with arm movements how the sounds go higher and lower?

Sing along and move with the kids in the demo.

Play the High Low game.

Watch how the melody goes high and low.
Can you move to show the high and low sounds?

Find a scarf and copy the movements in the demo video.

Could you hear when the music was high and when it was low?

Teach "Bounce High" as a reading song.
(students read rhythms, solfa, then sing)
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Teach the song by rote

Watch the Kids Demo video and see how students play "Bounce High" with a ball.

Play the game. Start with the teacher in the middle, then try the game with partners.

How many sounds are there on a beat?

Try the next interactive exercises if you like.

We have used the song as the theme of a rondo (A), and made up bouncing patterns as the variations. Some of the bouncing patterns we’ve used include:
A: bounce bounce catch bounce bounce catch (ti-ti ta ti-ti ta)
B: bounce hit throw catch (ta ta ta ta)
C: throw catch hit hit hit (ta ta ti-ti ta)
When we perform the final form becomes: A B A C A D A

Copy the mirror movement in "Grave".
Choose a partner, and have one be the leader and the other the follower. Play the selection again and create movement. Switch leader and follower.

Is this music fast or slow?

What are some instruments that you hear?

Sing the echoes in "The Music Time Is Over".