Copy the movements to the song.

This song will be familiar to most students. Sing the traditional version first. Then give out instruments and use the accompaniment tracks to sing the instrument version. Substitute the instrument sounds for the animal sounds in this version. You could also play instruments on E-I-E-I-O. Use different instruments if you wish.

Color the animals from the song "Old Macdonald".
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Draw and color your favorite animal.

This song should be familiar to most students. Sing the song and play the game.

Form a single circle with hands joined. One student, the “farmer” is in the center. The students circle around the farmer. Verse two, the farmer chooses a wife to join him in the center of the circle. The game is continued until the last verse when all but the cheese gather around the cheese and clap hands as they sing.

Denise Tips: I find the choosing can be a problem with some classes. As an alternative to having the student make a choice, you can have the chooser close their eyes and point. The rest of the class circles around the pointing finger and whoever is in front of the finger at the end of the song is the one “chosen.” If you play the game twice and have a few students who haven’t been chosen, invite them all to be the “cheese.”

Another alternative to choosing would be to make picture-word cards with the characters pictured on them. Give one card to nine students. Then, when the farmer calls in the wife, the student with the “wife” picture on it would come in. This helps them to recognize the words as well as eliminating any student being left out of the game.

This is a great song to use to get students singing and speaking expressively. Introduce this as a listening example. Ask the students questions about the text of the song. Teach them the chorus by rote. Listen to the verses again and sing
the chorus. Add the movements for the verses and teach the lyrics. Use this song to review what speaking and singing voices are. Have the students identify the part of the song that is spoken and the part of the song that is sung.

Sing along with the students.

Copy the movements.

Move the way the video tells you to move.

Play it again. Do you remember all the ways to move to the instruments?

Give out instruments and play along.

If you have them, give one group woods, one group metals and one group drums.

If switching instruments is possible, try to give students turns to play all three kinds of instruments.

If you have them, give one group woods, one group metals and one group drums.

If switching instruments is possible, try to give students turns to play all three kinds of instruments.

In this song, the woods, metals and drums play in turn.

If time permits, review song "Moms are Special".