This song gives the students the opportunity to sing a Spanish Easter song and to play an Easter game. Teach the song by rote

Sing the song and play the game.

Game Directions: Copy the rhythm eggs, find five colored balloons, or use five plastic Easter eggs. Choose five students to hide the eggs while the others close their eyes and sing the song. When the song is over, hunt for the eggs. The finders become the new Easter bunnies and hide the eggs. If an egg hasn’t been found, the hider gets to hide it again. The eggs must be hidden in plain sight.

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Have groups of students make a 4 bar pattern and decide how to perform it using body percussion, instruments, desk drumming or other found sounds.

Hold a group practice. Practice again until all students are successful.

You could try performing the rhythm patterns with either the rhythm play-along music, or the song.

Create rhythm compositions as a class with the interactive tool. Try performing it in as many ways as you can think of.
For example:
- perform with body percussion
- perform with sticks and drums
- perform with woods and metals
Discuss which way you like best and decide on the final form.

Option 1: Compose an Easter Melody

The student printable for this activity is in supporting resources.

- or - do this composition as a class

There are options to use do-re-mi, CDE, do re mi so la, or CDE GA
The NEXT button is in the bottom right corner of the slide (blends in with the frame)

Option 2: Compose a Spring Melody.

The student printable for this activity is in supporting resources.

- or - do this composition as a class

There are options to use do-re-mi, CDE, do re mi so la, or CDE GA
The NEXT button is in the bottom right corner of the slide (blends in with the frame).

Have students try out their compositions on the virtual glockenspiel.

Use this song to review tempo terms and to practice reading the dotted quarter-eighth note rhythm. Read the rhythms and sing the melody using note names or solfege. When the students have learned the melody, sing the song.

Teach the actions and sing the song with actions.

Use this song to present the dotted quarter note-eighth note rhythm. Teach the students that a dot after a not increases its value by half of the value of the note. Lois Choksy taught that you add the value of a dot by adding the sound “m” to the note. Thus, ta when dotted would become ta-m. You would read this rhythm: ta-m ti (or use the rhythm names you prefer.) Read the rhythms and sing the melody using note names or solfa.