Kindergarten Lesson 6
Teaching Procedures
Sing the echoes in “Welcome to School”
Sing and move to “Hey! Hey! Look at Me!”
Sing “Hey! Hey! Look at Me” and make up your own movements
Sing the song again, but this time, make up your own verses and movements.
For example: (You will need 5 different ideas)
1. Hey! Hey! Look at me! I am twisting you can see!
2. Hey! Hey! Look at me! I am jumping you can see!
3. Hey! Hey! Look at me! I am swaying you can see!
4. Hey! Hey! Look at me! I am twirling you can see!
5. Hey! Hey! Look at me! I am nodding you can see!
Review “Autumn Leaves”
Review the song "Autumn Leaves" and point to the leaves while you listen.
The leaves show how the song goes higher and lower.
Play it again and sing along.
Sing “Autumn Leaves” and show the body scale while you sing
Sing the song "Autumn Leaves" and show the body scale while you sing.
The body scale shows how the notes go higher and lower.
Make a word rhythm pattern with fall leaves
Make a word rhythm pattern with fall leaves.
You could print the page located in supporting resources or better still, draw your own!
Color your leaves red, yellow, orange, brown or green.
Say the first line of "Autumn Leaves" as your A section:
"Autumn leaves are falling, falling the to ground."
Then say your color words as a B section. Say your words two times.
You could play on an instrument while you say.
For example: Yellow, yellow, yellow, red.
If you are in class, say the A section, then have 2 students say their patterns.
Learn the words to the poem “Criss Cross Applesauce”
Learn the movements to the poem “Criss Cross Applesauce”
Listen and move to “Air” by J. S. Bach
Listen and move to "Air" by J. S. Bach.
Is this music fast or slow?
It's slow!
Make up your own movements to “Air” by J. S. Bach
Make up your own movements to "Air" by J. S. Bach.
You could use two stuffed animals, or you could use scarves.
Find paper plates or cut out circles and move to “Badinerie” by J. S. Bach
Find two paper plates or cut out two circles and move to "Badinerie" by J. S. Bach.
Is this music fast or slow?
It's fast!
Make up your own movements to “Badinerie” by J. S. Bach
Make up your own movements to "Badinerie" by J. S. Bach.
You can dance, move with stuffed animals or paper plates.
Draw shapes on paper plates to use as instruments in the “Shape Song”
Draw shapes on paper plates to use as instruments in the "Shape Song"
Hold up the plate when the shape is called for in the song, and tap on the drum with a dowel or a pencil.
If you don't have paper plates, draw the shapes on construction paper or paper.
Sing and play along with "Shape Song"
Sing and play along with "Shape Song".
Use the paper plate instruments you made in the previous activity.