Kindergarten Extra September Lesson
StartDynamics, Tempo, Timbre of Unpitched InstrumentsThemes(s):
Eras in Music, Classical
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Holidays
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Introduction
In this lesson, you will:
- Echo sing “Welcome to School”
- Review the “Music Room Rules”
- Review “Cookie Jar Chant”
- Say the “Make Me a Circle” chant
- Play the “Hello Circle Name Game”
- Review the names of some of the classroom instruments
- Play along with “Play the Instruments Quickly”
- Play along with “Play and Stop!”
- Keep the beat with “Vivace” by Handel
- Echo Fruit Rhythms
- Create Fruit Rhythms Using Manipulatives
- Optional: Play Trivia Wheel
- Review “Follow, Follow Me”
- Review the actions for “Follow, Follow Me”
- Do the actions and sing “Follow, Follow Me”
- Review the actions for “Skinnamarink”
- Do the actions and sing “Skinnamarink”
Extensions
Objectives
- I can sing and move to music.
- I can play instruments.
- I can create new rhythm patterns.
Teaching Procedures
Echo sing “Welcome to School”
Copy LinkSing the echoes in the song.
Review the “Music Room Rules”
Copy LinkReview “Cookie Jar Chant”
Copy LinkThis song is included to help the music teacher learn the names of all the students, and for the students to learn each other’s names and experience speaking a solo. Introduce the chant by listening to the recording. Then the teacher leads the chant and uses each student’s name in turn. Ask the students to tell you if they are using a singing voice or a speaking voice (speaking).
Denise Tip: One year in December we modified the words a little to reflect the holiday season. We included a recording of the students saying the poem on a Christmas fundraising CD. Parents had a lasting memory of how their child sounded when they were in kindergarten.
Play the “Hello Circle Name Game”
Copy LinkThis game is a fun way to learn the names of the students and to get to know each other.
In this game, pat a steady beat. Pat-pat - then gesture with hands out 2 times.
When the hands go "out" you say your name.
Say names, favorite food, a sport they like, someplace they went in the summer etc.
Review the names of some of the classroom instruments
Copy LinkTeach the names of some of the classroom instruments.
Choose an instrument that you can give to the students. Show them how it is held and played.
Play along with “Play the Instruments Quickly”
Copy LinkHand the instrument you've chosen out to the class. I like to have the students close their eyes while I hand out instruments as quickly as possible.
The second they open their eyes, play the instruments with the chant.
If you do this chant every time you hand out instruments, it not only manages behaviors and instantly engages kids, they get to explore the instrument right away.
Play along with “Play and Stop!”
Copy LinkThis is a song in Musicplay PreK, but students in k-3 all love it.
Play along with the music.
Keep the beat with “Vivace” by Handel
Copy LinkFind ways to keep the beat with the music from "Vivace".
You could use body percussion, but better still, play with the instrument you've given out.
This is music written by Handel.
Echo Fruit Rhythms
Copy LinkCreate Fruit Rhythms Using Manipulatives
Copy LinkHave students create their own fruit rhythms using the manipulatives below.
Optional: Play Trivia Wheel
Copy LinkReview “Follow, Follow Me”
Copy LinkThis song will give students an opportunity to explore different ways of moving. Choose a leader and have all the students follow the leader doing the action that the leader performs. Stop and freeze at the end. The leader moves to the end of the line, and the student at the head of the line becomes the new leader. Repeat as many times as the students can think up new ways to move. Sing without the audio and try it faster/slower and louder/quieter. You can also use this song to have students line-up to. Begin the line-up with the teacher as leader, and the students make a line
without chaos.
Review the actions for “Follow, Follow Me”
Copy LinkDo the actions and sing “Follow, Follow Me”
Copy LinkReview the actions for “Skinnamarink”
Copy LinkDo the actions and sing “Skinnamarink”
Copy LinkSing our closing song, "Skinnamarink".