Teach "Phony Baloney"

Teach "Phony Baloney" by rote. This song gives the students the opportunity to create movement. In addition to having the students create movement in game songs where they create actions, you should give the students many opportunities in music and in physical education to create movement to various kinds of music.

Create movement with "Phony Baloney"

Sing along with "Phony Baloney".

While you sing, think up ways that you could move to the music. Choose one student to be the leader and have them create actions that all copy while you sing the song. Choose another student, and play again.

Teach "Barnacle Bill"

Teach the song by rote and do the actions as suggested by the words. Each time there is a number, hold up the correct
number of fingers. You could put the number words in the pocket chart and point to them as you sing the song.

Create new lyrics for "Barnacle Bill"

Create: Create new verses for the numbers 6-10.
For example: When Barnacle Bill was six, he learned to drum with sticks.

Review "Old King Glory"

Teach the song by rote.

High-Low: This song is good for reinforcing the concept of high low because of the big jump in pitch that happens on the words “first one.” Ask the students to sing the song and to tell you where the very highest part of the song is. (On the word “first”) Have the students show how the melody goes with arm motions.

Play the "Old King Glory" game

Form a circle. Choose one student to be the “king.” The king walks around the outside of the circle. On the words “touch the first one, the second one, the third follow me” the king touches three students who leave the circle and follow him. Sing the song again and repeat. On the repeat, each student in the line touches 3 more students who join the line. Continue in this way until there is only one student left. That student becomes the new king.

Review "Teddy Bear"

Review the song "Teddy Bear".

Play the video again and sing along.

Make up movements to go the song.

Review the interactive activities for "Teddy Bear"

Review the interactive activities for the song "Teddy Bear"

The series of interactive activities below will help students to understand how pitches move higher and lower.

Review the Which Pattern Game for "Teddy Bear"

Review the Which Pattern Game for "Teddy Bear".

Teach "ABC Blues"

This is an echo song so you could teach it by having the students listen to the phrase and then echo what they heard. This kind of song is important to include in Kindergarten classes. ESL students or any students who have language learning difficulties find it easier to learn a song when they only have to remember a short fragment. Since this is a song that teaches the alphabet, the students may find the lyrics even easier to learn. After singing the entire song as an echo song, the song is repeated without the echoes.

Echo the following patterns

The projectable slide include a definition of echo, and encourage the teacher to do rhythm patterns on a neutral syllable (ba) that the students echo. Here are some additional ideas for patterns to echo.
1. ba-ba ba ba-ba ba
2. ba ba-ba ba-ba ba
3. ba ba ba-ba ba
4. ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba ba

Echo vocables to help the students develop their singing voices.
- zip zip zah! (on zah descend from high to low)
- lip bubbles - bbb bbb bbbb
- Oo-ee, oo-ee, oo-ee, ah
- Fire engine - oo oo oo oo
- Finger fun: t t t t whooo (descend from high to low)

Play "Walk, Tiptoe, Stop!"

In this movement activity, the teacher chooses two instruments with contrasting timbres. For example, a woodblock and a triangle. When you play the woodblock, the students will walk. When you play the triangle, the students will tiptoe. Students will move to your instrument, making their feet show what the music tells them to do. If you play faster, they go faster. If you play slower, they go slower. If you stop, they freeze. (You could have them freeze and make a shape.)

Extension: Play rhythms in different meters (2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, etc.).

Option: On the second slide of the activity below select the actions you want students to do with different sounds.

Sing "Skinnamarink"

Sing our closing song, "Skinnamarink".