Do the body percussion shown in the video.

Cut out the cards in supporting resources. (or draw your own)

Create 4 or 8 beat body percussion patterns.

Try your own body percussion patterns with the music in activity 2.

A coquí is a very small frog that is found in Puerto Rico.

At night it makes a sound like “coqui, coqui, coqui.”

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Listen to the song "El coquí" and rock your stuffed animal to sleep.

Listen to the sound a Coquí makes!

Dora the Explorer met a little frog that sings the last part of the song.

Watch the video.

Play "El coquí" again and rock your stuffed animal.

Can you sing the last part of the song with the frog sounds?

"Coqui, Coqui."

You can use the video to teach the refrain of the song. Listen to the first three lines and tell the students what the words mean. Encourage the students to learn to sing the refrain in the last two lines of the song. Pause the video after each of the last two lines, and have the student repeat the refrain.

Do you remember the words to "Oats and Beans and Barley Grow"?

Sing along with the video.

Can you sing and do the movements for "Oats and Beans and Barley Grow"?

Invite the students to make their stuffed animals dance to the song. Ask them to sing wherever a part is echoed.

Ask the students questions about the song: What makes the singer jumpy or grumpy? Make a list of things on the board. These will become key words to help your students learn the lyrics to the song. Ask the students to tell you how the song makes them feel. Do they ever feel funny when they have to take a test or go on a roller coaster?

Have them create an illustration that shows how the song makes them feel or what the song makes them think of.

Listen and watch for places in the music where one animal returns, and places where all the animals march in a parade

If you have a printer, print and complete the Finale worksheet.

If you've done all the worksheets, you can make a booklet of the Carnival of the Animals.

Optional: If time permits, watch a full performance of "Carnival of the Animals."

If the link doesn't work, google "Carnival of the Animals Mormon Youth Symphony"