Copy the movements in the video.
Use your hands to copy the movements.
If time permits, or in another lesson, give the students plates to move with.

Review or teach the Music Room Rules
Have the students give examples of good choices, being responsible, good manners, etc.

This song can be used to introduce tempo terms. Teach the song by rote. Sing the song at the different tempos. Repeat with all the actions.

This is a singing game from Hungary. It is an excellent song for reading rhythms and melody and for teaching form. It will also provide an opportunity for students to create and play accompaniments, and dramatize a song. Teach the song either by having the students read it, or by rote, and play the game.

One student pretends to be the wolf and hides. Form a circle with the others and circle around the room. At the end of the song the students ask, “Wolf, are you there?” The wolf makes up answers like, “I’m brushing my teeth,” or “I’m
combing my hair.” When the wolf says, “I’m coming to eat you!” he runs toward the students, trying to catch one, while they try to reach the safety of the “den.” The student who is caught then becomes a wolf too, and the game continues
until all the players have been captured.

Denise Tip: In my classroom we’ve adapted the game so that the wolf has a time limit (seven seconds) to eat (tag) as many students as he can. Each student that is tagged sits down so we can count how many students the wolf ate. Then we choose a new wolf. We keep score, and the wolf who tags the most students is the winner.

Creative Ideas: Create a B section for the song by having students suggest things that the wolf could be doing. Wolf is getting dressed. Wolf is driving in his car. Wolf is taking a short nap. Wolf is practicing piano. You could say the B section (speech) or transfer the rhythms to non-pitched instruments and say and play.

Listen to the video and sing the echoes!