PreK Extra May Lesson
Teaching Procedures
Sing the echoes for “Time for Music”
Review different instruments using the “Mystery Box”
Warm Up Your Voice!
Say Animal Rhythms
Review the poem “Five Little Kitties”
Review the movement for “Five Little Kitties”
Say the poem and do the movements for “Five Little Kitties”
Review “Trot Old Joe”
Listen to “Wild Horseman”
Review “Old Gray Cat”
Review the game for “Old Gray Cat”
Sing and play the game “Old Gray Cat”
Sing “Skinnamarink”
Sing the echoes for “Time for Music”
Song Used: Time for Music
Sing Time for Music with the lyrics video.
Count the beats at the end of each verse.
Count the beats out loud.
Think up new ways that you could keep a beat, and sing your new verses.
Numeracy: Counting is numeracy! Duplicate the beat strips in supporting resources and give one strip to each child.
Review different instruments using the “Mystery Box”
Song Used: Mystery Box
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Talk about timbre of instruments. Ask the students if the sound of the instrument is high or low - this is difficult for PreK. Instruments to use: triangle, sticks, finger cymbal, egg shakers, drum, frog guiro
Warm Up Your Voice!
Practice Item Used: Warm Ups
Say Animal Rhythms
Practice Item Used: Warm Ups
Review the poem “Five Little Kitties”
Song Used: Five Little Kitties
Listen to the poem "Five Little Kitties". Say the poem with the recording.
Review the movement for “Five Little Kitties”
Song Used: Five Little Kitties
Watch the kids demo video of five little kitty.
Can you act out the Five Little Kitties poem like the kids in the video?
Say the poem and do the movements for “Five Little Kitties”
Song Used: Five Little Kitties
Review “Trot Old Joe”
Listen to “Wild Horseman”
Review “Old Gray Cat”
Review the game for “Old Gray Cat”
Song Used: Old Gray Cat
Sing and play the game “Old Gray Cat”
Song Used: Old Gray Cat
Sing “Skinnamarink”
Song Used: Skinnamarink
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