Sing "Welcome Welcome"

Listen to the song.
Play the video again and sing along!
New! If you have Orff instruments - teach the children how to hold the mallets and have them play a solid bordun on C-G.

Extensions:
1. Say "Welcome" to each student in your class and have the rest of class echo the same way you said it.
2. Use a high voice for one student, and a low voice for the next. The students who echo will experience high/low. Try loud/quiet, fast/slow, and singing using a variety of tone sets.
3. Keep a beat while you say the welcome. The first time, clap or pat the beat. In future weeks, play the beat on an instrument.
4. Discuss with the students the instrument that you used. For example if you use rhythm sticks, as the students questions such as:
• What are these called?
• What are they made of?
• How can I make sound on them? Try out different ways - tapping, clicking, drumming, scraping
• Classify the instrument as a wood, metal, shake/scrape or drum
In this way the students will learn about many of the classroom instruments!

Say "Whoops Johnny" with student names

Say the poem, then say the poem with your students names. Ask students if they want to do the poem loud or quiet. (or fast/slow)

If you are not sure how to do the activity, watch the video below.

Watch the kids do "Whoops Johnny !"

If you are not sure how to do the activity, watch the video.

Teach/Review procedures

Teach/Review - or - skip ahead

Move to the song, "Music in Me" (new JJ)

Move with John and his jumparoos to the music.

Teach/Review "I've Got the Beat"

To teach by rote: Play a phrase and have students echo.

Sing the song, "I've got the Beat"

Sing the whole song!

Do the Movements with JJ to the song, "I've Got the Beat"

Copy the movements!

Teach the song, "A Place to Learn and Grow"

There is no recording of this song.
This will be a teacher led activity.
Teach the song by rote.

Have students tell what they should "bee"

Have students tell what they should "bee"
Examples:
Be kind
Be safe
Be respectful
Be a good listener

Use 2-4 of the suggestions as a B section.

Sing the song as the A theme.
Say the Be.... statements as the B section.

If time permits, have each child tell how they should "be" and then illustrate it.

Listen to the story, "All Are Welcome" (or skip ahead if you've done it)

Pause the video and sing the welcome song each time you hear the words, "All are welcome here."

This is a lovely, diverse storybook. If you are able to, order your own copy of it.
All Are Welcomeby Alexandra Penfold (Author), Suzanne Kaufman (Illustrator)

If you started in August Week 1 and have already read this story, read the So-Me Goes Missing Storybook instead. (below)

Story option 2 - So-me Goes Missing (or skip ahead)

Listen to the story.
Every time there is a part that's sung, pause the video and echo the singing.

This book includes many sounds in the environment - sounds around us.
Create sound effects to go with the sound words in the story - eg. drip, drip, drip, drip or Buzz....
Have students close eyes for 20-30 seconds and listen.
Make a list of all the sounds the students can hear in the classroom.

Jump ahead if you've already read the story.

Story option 3 - The Listening Walk

If you've already read stories 1-2, Read "The Listening Walk" to your students.

Then do a "listen" in your classroom and create a list of all the things you can hear.

Sing our closing song "Twinkle Twinkle"