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Looking to use Kindergarten Lesson 16 in your Kindergarten classroom?

While teaching this learning module you will cover multiple concepts including: Beat, Dynamics, Expression, Melodic Direction (high-middle-low)

You'll also cover the themes of: Winter, Outdoor Activities

Kindergarten Lesson 16

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Introduction

In this lesson, you will

  1. Sing the echoes in “Welcome to School”
  2. Keep the beat with “The Sewing Machine”
  3. Keep the beat with “The Sewing Machine” using sticks
  4. Learn about “The Sewing Machine”
  5. Teach “Statue Game”
  6. Play the “Statue Game”
  7. Teach “Ha Ha This-a-way”
  8. Play the game for “Ha Ha This-a-way” with partners
  9. Teach “Snowman Joe”
  10. Move to show how “Snowman Joe” goes higher and lower
  11. Play the Up, Down, Same activity
  12. Play “Which Way Do the Notes Go?”
  13. Optional: Color “Snowman Joe”
  14. Optional: Play “Snowman Joe” on Boomwhackers
  15. Optional: Read the storybook “The Biggest, Best Snowman” by Margery Cuyler and Will Hillenbrand
  16. Teach “Bogannin’ Hill”
  17. Sing and move to “Skinnamarink”

Objectives

  • I can sing and move to music.
  • I can keep a steady beat with movement and instruments.
  • I can move/point to show high and low sounds.

Sing the echoes in "Welcome to School"

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Song Used: Welcome to School

Sing the echoes in "Welcome to School".

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Keep the beat with “The Sewing Machine”

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Song Used: The Sewing Machine

Tap a beat with the music. Is the music fast or slow? In music, the beat of a song may be fast, slow, or somewhere in between. The word tempo is used to describe how fast or slow to play or sing a song.

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Keep the beat with “The Sewing Machine” using sticks

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Keep the beat with “The Sewing Machine” using sticks.

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Learn about "The Sewing Machine"

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Song Used: The Sewing Machine

Learn about the selection.

Learn about a sewing machine and how the music is made to sound like a sewing machine.

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Teach "Statue Game"

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Song Used: Statue Game

Do just what the words of the song tell you to do. Move freely to the music – “You can run or jump or hop, but when I say “statue” you stop!” Freeze like a statue, and don’t move until you hear the instruction to “scratch” whatever body part is itchy.

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Play the "Statue Game"

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Teach "Ha Ha This-a-way"

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Song Used: Ha Ha This-A-Way

Teach the song by rote. This song can be used to review loud and quiet. The tiptoe verse is sung “quietly” and the stomping verse is sung “loudly.” This song is a very clear example of AB form. When you do the movement, you are doing a different movement for each section so you are already showing the form. You could point this out to the students by explaining that the music has two sections and they do a different movement for each section. You could label the sections A and B if you wish, or omit the symbols until grade one. Whenever possible in Kindergarten, ask the children if the music (phrase or section) is the same or different.

Play the game for "Ha Ha This-a-way" with partners

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Song Used: Ha Ha This-A-Way

In the first part of the song (Ha, ha, this-a-way) the students should each have a partner and play a clapping game with their partner. They should clap own hands, then partner’s hands, own hands, partner’s, etc. On the verses they should move as the music suggests.

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Teach “Snowman Joe”

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Song Used: Snowman Joe

This song is included to have the students experience melodic direction and high/low. Have them show the melodic direction with movement. You may need to model the movement for your students.
1. Listen to the song, and have the children show how the melody moves using arm motions.
2. Teach the song by rote, one measure at a time, showing with arm motions the melodic direction.
3. Have the children sing the melody while you play it on step bells. Step bells a great visual to show the children how the melody moves higher and lower. If you don’t have barred instruments, use the interactive xylophone or metallophone on Musicplayonline.
4. Give the children scarves or streamers and have them create movement that shows the melodic direction. Try using both non-locomotor and locomotor movement.
5. Teach the body scale and have students show the notes on the body scale while they sing the song

Move to show how "Snowman Joe" goes higher and lower

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Song Used: Snowman Joe

Move to show how Snowman Joe goes higher and lower.

The body scale that is used is, from low to high: toes/floor, ankles, knees, thighs, tummy, shoulders, head, reach.

There is an option to slow the video (gearwheel). It will be easier for students if you slow the video or if you sing it a cappella.

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Play the Up, Down, Same activity

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Game Used: Up, Down, or Same?

Play the Up, Down, Same activity.

Play "Which Way Do the Notes Go?"

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Play the "Which Way do the Notes Go?" interactive.

Optional: Color "Snowman Joe"

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Song Used: Snowman Joe

Color each level of Snowman Joe a different color.

Point to the parts of the snowman as you sing the song.

Then do the body scale on YOU as you sing!

Optional: Play "Snowman Joe" on Boomwhackers

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Instrument Song Used: Snowman Joe

Play the melody on Boomwhackers. Sit the children in 8 groups and give out the notes C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C'
Sing the song and play the Boomwhackers with your singing.

Optional: Read the storybook "The Biggest, Best Snowman" by Margery Cuyler and Will Hillenbrand

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Song Used: Snowman Joe

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Teach “Bogannin’ Hill”

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Song Used: Bogannin’ Hill

This song is a repertoire song giving you a song about a favorite winter activity. Teach the chorus of the song by rote. You can continue to reinforce the idea of melodic direction in the part of the song that goes “’til you been down Bogannin’ Hill.” The melody moves down each time this is song. Show this with arm motions each time you come to that part of the song. The spoken part has an accompaniment that moves higher step by step - sort of like climbing up a hill. Show how the accompaniment moves up with arm motions.

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Sing and move to “Skinnamarink”

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Sing and move to “Skinnamarink”.

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