Elmer Elephant
Teaching Procedures
Read the story Elmer Elephant
Color Elmer's patchwork
Color Elmer's Patchwork
Improvise questions as you sing to Melody Elephant
Sing a theme, then sing your colors.
Sing Melody and Elmer's Favorite song, "Elephants Have Wrinkles"
Say the poem, "The Elephant Goes"
Watch the Elephant from Carnival of the Animals
Move to the Elephant from Carnival of the Animals
Read the story Elmer Elephant
It's best if you have your own copy of the story to read to the student.
If you don't have this book, listen to the story on the video.
Color Elmer's patchwork
Color the squares of Elmer's patchwork.
Say the colors that you've chosen.
Choose an instrument or found sound and play the colors.
Color Elmer's Patchwork
Improvise questions as you sing to Melody Elephant
Melody is a special elephant.
If you use your singing voice to ask her questions, she'll do what you ask.
eg. Melody, jump up and down.
or - Melody do a flip!
Sing a theme, then sing your colors.
Teach the little melody by rote.
Sing the little melody as a theme, then have a student sing the colors in their patchword elephant.
Sing Melody and Elmer's Favorite song, "Elephants Have Wrinkles"
Say the poem, "The Elephant Goes"
Create actions to go with the poem.
Watch the Elephant from Carnival of the Animals
- watch the elephants in the video move to the music
Move to the Elephant from Carnival of the Animals
Copy the leader.
Listen again and create your own movement.
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