Sing "Welcome Welcome"

This will be our welcome song for August - welcome to music class!

Listen to the story, "All Are Welcome"

Listen to the story, "All Are Welcome."
Pause the video and sing the welcome song each time you hear the words, "All are welcome here."

Optional Orff Arrangement "Welcome Welcome"

If you have Orff instruments in your classroom you can use this to teach the arrangement.

How to.... What if?

Talk to the students about how they should enter/leave, sit, and what happens in the event of fire drill or lockdown.

Teach "Say Hello" by rote

Teach "Say Hello" by rote.

If you prefer, you could use the video that follows to teach the song by rote. Play a phrase, pause and have students echo it. Continue until the students have learned the entire song.

Learn "Say Hello"

Learn to sing a hello song in different languages.

Create Rhythms with Vegetable Rhythms

Watch the video. Say the vegetable rhythms and clap right after the teacher.
You'll say the rhythms with the students on the recording.

Create your own vegetable rhythms!

The pdf with vegetable cards is in the resources of this lesson. Copy it to cardstock and cut out the cards. (or have students cut them out). Give each student or groups of students a set of cards and let them create their own word rhythms. Choose instruments to play your rhythms. You could label one sound on a beat or two sounds on a beat using your preferred counting system. (ta, ti-ti, du du-day, etc)

Learn the Healthy Habits Song "Wash Your Hands"

Watch the video to learn the "Wash Your Hands" song.

Play the video again and sing along!

Complete the All About Me Worksheet

Complete the worksheet All About Me from Supporting Resources.
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Save paper and make your own "All About Me" page to send to your teacher!

Teachers - this will help you to get to know your students.

Learn to Sing "The Music Time Is Over"

Listen to the video and sing the echoes!