This is a reading song. Students should be able to read the rhythms, and you can use the melody to have them show melodic contour. If you are teaching solfa, this song will be preparation for la. Sing the song for the students reading and tracking the words while you sing. Sing and play the game.

Play the game "Strawberry Shortcake"

Sing the song, then chant the months of the year. When you come to the month in which you have a birthday, stand up.

Divide the class into 6 groups.
Give each group 2 of the months. ie. January-February

With student input, decide what instruments to play on the months

Show how the notes go higher and lower in "Strawberry Shortcake"

Optional: Teach the Orff arrangement for "Strawberry Shortcake"

Teach the bass part with the words: "short cake tastes so good"
Simplify the SX-SM part as needed. Consider simplifying the rhythm in bar 4 and 8 to match the rhythm of the triangle.
Teach the triangle part using the word "Yum!" after "short cake tastes so good"

Playing and Creating: Choose different instruments to play for each month of the year. For example: Play January on a woodblock. Play February on a hand drum. You could sing and play the song as the theme or the A section, and use the months as a B section.
This could be performed as a rondo:
A - song B - first 4 months A - song C - next 4 months A - song D - last 4 months A - song

A pdf of the months is given in supporting resources

Listen to the song. Keep a beat as you listen. The teacher can lead the beat by tapping knee, shoe, head, nose, or clapping, or any way you can think of. Switching at the end of each section will keep kids engaged. Ask the students to count how many languages that they hear in the song as they keep the beat. Teach the students the echoes and the chorus.

Everyone comes from a different place.
Everyone has a different face.
Everyone does different things, you see,
But together we’re one big family.

They can listen to the singer in the introduction and echo with the children.
This song introduces the "Music Around the World" theme.
Sing the song again, and the second time, sing the chorus.

Pimpón is a song in Spanish. Teach the song by rote. Teach the song by rote. If you do not speak Spanish, use the recording to teach the students. Teach only one verse each music class. Add the actions that are suggested by the words of the song.

Use the translation to create movements for the song "Pimpón".

1. He likes to wash his face with soap and lots of water.
2. Wash your hands with soap and water.
3. Pimpón fixes his hair with a comb or with a brush
4. Pimpón closes his eyes, and he whispers, Good night.

“Vive le compagnie” is a traditional song in French, but the words are altered slightly in this arrangement to teach students the parts of the body in French. Add actions to the song to show the various parts of the body. During the chorus, have the students create a dance. They could put left heel out and back, then right heel out and back, or get as complex as you like.

Do the movements to "Vive la Compagnie"

Copy the kids in the demo video.

Sing "The Music Time is Over"