Make Me a Circle chant is a way to have students make a circle quickly. Chant the poem starting quietly and getting louder, then count how many beats it takes to make a circle. You might have to count higher than 10 the first time!
Each time you make a circle, use the chant and see how quickly your students can make a circle!

This game is a fun way to learn the names of the students and to get to know each other.

In this game, pat a steady beat. Pat-pat - then gesture with hands out 2 times.
When the hands go "out" you say your name.

Say names, favorite food, a sport they like, someplace they went in the summer etc.

Move to the beat with music by Mozart.

Copy the teacher in the video.

Play the video again and make up your movements to the beat.

Do the body percussion that's shown.

Listen to the song "Grand Old Duke of York."

How does the music change? It gets faster!

Sing and move to the song "Grand Old Duke of York."

Copy what the kids in the video do.

Teach the song by rote and sing with the lyrics video showing the melodic direction with arm motions or using the body scale.

Demonstrate how the melody moves in the song using the body scale to show the melodic direction.

Sing the echoes in our closing song "The Music Time is Over."