Kindergarten Lesson 1
StartBeat, Melodic Direction (high-middle-low)Themes(s):
Food Songs
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Holidays
Learning Module Category
Introduction
In this lesson, you will:
- Sing “Welcome to School”
- Discuss How Tos and What ifs
- Teach the “Make Me a Circle” chant
- Play the “Hello Circle Name Game”
- Echo Vegetable Rhythms
- Do a fun vocal warmup with animal sounds
- Sing and move to “Music in Me”
- Teach “Count and Go”
- Do the movements while singing “Count and Go”
- Teach “Join into the Game”
- Listen and do the movements for “Join Into the Game”
- Teach “You’ve Got to Sing”
- Sing and do movements with “You’ve Got to Sing”
- Create your own verses for “You’ve Got to Sing”
- Optional: Complete the “All About Me” Worksheet
- Learn the actions for “Skinnamarink”
- Do the actions and sing “Skinnamarink”
Extensions
Musicplay is a menu. The teacher is not expected to teach every song or activity. Choose the songs and activities from the list that will best fit your schedule and the needs of your students.
Objectives
- I can sing and move to music.
- I can echo rhythm and melody patterns.
- I can create new verses.
Teaching Procedures
Sing “Welcome to School”
Copy LinkSing the echoes in the song.
Discuss How Tos and What ifs
Copy LinkTeaching procedures is important.
If this is your first or second class discuss them.
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.
Echo Vegetable Rhythms
Copy LinkEcho the vegetable word rhythms.
Do a fun vocal warmup with animal sounds
Copy LinkSing and move to “Music in Me”
Copy LinkDo the movements with John as he sings "Music in Me."
Can you sing along?
Teach “Count and Go”
Copy LinkThis song is included to have the students learn to count to twenty. It is also a very good way to have them learn to listen and follow directions. The students are moving to the beat in a wide variety of ways. When having students do any kind of movement activities, give them your expectations for behavior before you begin.
Denise Tip: I show them the boundaries of where they are allowed to move with my "laser" finger. (My finger isn’t really a laser - I just tell them that it is to get their attention.) I tell the students that they are to keep their eyes wide open so they don’t bump into anyone. I tell them that anyone who bumps into someone - even if it’s accidental - will sit down. Then I do exactly what I’ve said. We begin the movement activity. If anyone is behaving inappropriately or bumping into other students, I go right up to them and tell them that they’ll have to watch for a while until they can remember to use their own space.
Do the movements while singing “Count and Go”
Copy LinkDo the movements to the "Count and Go" song.
Teach “Join into the Game”
Copy LinkThis song is included to help students learn to listen and follow directions as indicated in the song. Listen to the words of the song and perform the actions that are indicated.
Listen and do the movements for “Join Into the Game”
Copy LinkListen and do the movements for the song "Join Into the Game".
Play the video again, sing and do the movements.
Teach “You’ve Got to Sing”
Copy LinkThis song is included to help students learn to listen and follow directions as indicated in the song. This song also encourages the students to sing with energy and enthusiasm. Singing with energy will help the students develop the ability to match pitch. Listen to the words of the song and perform the actions that are indicated.
Sing and do movements with “You’ve Got to Sing”
Copy LinkCreate your own verses for “You’ve Got to Sing”
Copy LinkMake up your own verses for the song "You've Got to Sing".
You could twist, jump, hop, drum - or use any ideas you can think of!
Optional: Complete the “All About Me” Worksheet
Copy LinkLearn the actions for “Skinnamarink”
Copy LinkDo the actions and sing “Skinnamarink”
Copy LinkSing our closing song, "Skinnamarink".