Can you make up your own patterns for Bobo to sing?

Select 4 "egg" rhythm patterns.

Decide how to perform them.

You could use body percussion or instruments!

Manipulative eggs are available in the supplemental resources.

Move to “Bunny Rabbit Boogie”

Write the rhythms for the song on the board (or read them from the projectable slides). Read the rhythms. Ask the students which phrases are the same and which are different. Use shapes or letters to show the form. The phrase form for this song is abab.

Note: If students in your class don't celebrate Easter, change the lyrics to "Little bunny, little bunny..."

Have the students form a circle. Choose one student to be the Easter Bunny. The bunny hops around the outside of the circle while all the students sing the song. At the end of the song, the bunny tags a student who hops after the bunny. If the bunny gets tagged, s/he is “caught.” If the bunny makes it to the middle before the student who is chasing, the bunny wins.

Creative Ideas: Set up the instruments in C pentatonic and have the children improvise melodies that might suggest the running of the bunny or the kids sneaking up on the bunny. Use the improvisations as a B section between repetitions of the song.

Sing or play the song for the students. Students can read the rhythms, words and melody from the projectable slides. Explain how the game is played. Be sure that the students don’t shout when they are singing loud. They should always sing with a nice sound. The students should be able to read the rhythm for the song if you write it on the board. If you are teaching solfa, this is a great m sl reading song.