Kindergarten Lesson 31
Teaching Procedures
Point to the notes for “Rain, Rain Go Away”
Project or copy the pointing page for your students.
Point to the notes as you sing the song.
Print and have the students color the page and point to the umbrellas as they sing the song.
This is included to help students become aware of how the pitches go higher and lower.
Complete beat and rhythm activities for “Rain, Rain Go Away”
Choose activities from the menu that are appropriate for your students.
If students are still practicing steady beat, do activities 1 and 2.
If students are preparing rhythm, do activities 1, 2 and 3.
Activities 4 and 5 are to help students distinguish between beat and rhythm.
Activities 6 and 7 have students label how many sounds are on a beat.
Activity 8 has students create with rhythm.
Teach “Bluebird”
Use this song to show melodic direction. If you have a bird puppet or a blue bird from a craft kit, use it to show how the melody goes. You could make the students bird “responders” by copying the bird printable onto cardstock. Cut them out and glue them to a craft stick and have the students use the responders to show how the melody goes as they sing. Ask them if they can identify the highest note in the song. (Oh) Can they identify the lowest note in the song? (last note or the end of the word tired) Give the students the pointing page that is available as a printable on in the Song List. It shows the melodic direction of the first half of the song. Sing the first eight measures and have the students point to the birds as they sing. Ask them again if they can find the highest and lowest notes in the song. Use the pointing page to find the phrases that are the same and the phrase that is different.
Play the game and sing “Bluebird”
Form a circle with arms raised up. Choose one student to be the “bluebird.” The “bluebird” weaves in and out of the upraised arms until the words “Oh, Johnny aren’t you tired?” The student then chooses a partner and taps him on the shoulder. Both of them are “bluebirds” when the song repeats.
Teacher note: We don't have a kids demo for "Bluebird". If your students would like to see themselves on MusicplayOnline please review the submission requirements here: https://help.musicplay.ca/can-i-submit-a-kids-demo
Teach “Grandma Moses”
Teach the song "Grandma Moses"
Teach by rote. Say or Play align and help the students say it back.
Optional: Do the actions while singing “Grandma Moses”
Watch the Kids Demo video.
Choose a student to be the grandma that is sick in bed. The student lays down on the floor pretending to be sick. The other students/parents gather around the grandma and sing the song to them, substituting the student’s name for “Grandma Moses.” For example, “Matthew, Matthew sick in bed.”
Teach “Grandma and Grandpa”
Teachers: You may want to save this song for Learn a song for a Grandparents Day performance (September - or whenever you have grandparents or great parents day).
Read a line of the words to the students. Have them repeat the words back to you.
Read another line. Have the student repeat back.
Continue in this way until you've read the whole song.
Teachers may want to save this song for when they celebrate Grandparents Day (or Great Friends Day).
Sing “Grandma and Grandpa”
Teachers: You may want to save this song for Learn a song for a Grandparents Day performance (September - or whenever you have grandparents or great parents day).
Sing along with "Grandma and Grandpa"
Ask the student to tell you how it makes them feel.
Teach “Wear a Helmet”
This song is included to reinforce your message about bike (and roller blade, skateboard, tobogganing, skiing, snow boarding) safety. This song would be fun to perform with students wearing the helmets used in different sporting activities. Divide the class into four sections. Have each section crouch down in turn, then they all come up at the same time.
Sing “Wear a Helmet”
Listen to song "Wear a Helmet".
As the weather gets nicer, more and more students are out on bikes, and we should be reviewing bike safety with them.
Invite students to make up actions or movements to go with the song.
Try singing just the chorus:
Wear a helmet when you ride,
when you ride.
Wear a helmet when you ride,
when you ride.
Keep your brains all safe
from harm inside
and wear a helmet when you ride,
when you ride.
Part of the song is performed in a singing voice and part in a speaking voice. Can you tell the difference?
