Echo the body percussion that you see.

Listen to the song.
Play the video again and sing along!

Pause the video and sing the welcome song each time you here the words, "All are welcome here." If you have the storybook, accompany the refrain on C-G or D-A on Orff instruments. Then, you can use this as a way to review how to hold mallets and play the instruments.

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

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!

Learn the names of the students in your class with this simple name game!
Continue to use this activity until you know your students names - and they know each other's names. Try the variations!

Teach the song by rote, showing with arm motions how the notes go higher and lower. Play the game.

The students stand in a circle with a “cat” on the inside and a “farmer” on the outside. At the word “scat,” everyone claps and the cat goes outside the circle to be chased by the farmer. The class claps and counts to ten, the time limit for the chase. Choose a new cat and farmer and continue the game.

Pat the beat. Tap the beats on a beat strip as you say the poem or use Activity 1. Clap the rhythm of the words showing the beats as you clap (Activity 3). You may want to do this with picture/word cards. The students could do this with heart shapes and popsicle sticks as you model it for them.

Clap the word “naughty” and ask the students how many sounds they heard. (two) Tell them that two sounds on a beat is called ti-ti and draw two lines in the hearts. (or the notes) Clap the word “kitty” and ask the students how many sounds they heard. (two) This is also a ti-ti. Clap the word “cat” and ask them how many sounds they heard. (one) Tell them that one sound on a beat is called ta and draw a line in the heart (or the note as shown). The beat with no sound is a rest.

Complete and colour the All About Me worksheet.
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Save paper and ink and draw your own pictures on plain paper and write all about you!

Share your "All About Me" sheet with your teacher or someone in your family!

Watch the video and sing along!