PreK Extra May Lesson
StartBeat, Form, Tempo, Timbre of Unpitched InstrumentsThemes(s):
Animal Songs
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Introduction
In this lesson, you will:
- Sing the echoes for “Time for Music”
- Review different instruments using the “Mystery Box”
- Warm Up Your Voice!
- Say Animal Rhythms
- Review to the poem “Five Little Kitties”
- Review the movement for “Five Little Kitties”
- Say the poem and do the movements for “Five Little Kitties”
- Review “Trot Old Joe”
- Listen to “Wild Horseman”
- Review “Old Gray Cat”
- Review the game for “Old Gray Cat”
- Sing and play the game “Old Gray Cat”
- Sing “Skinnamarink”
Objectives
- I can sing and move to music.
- I can perform, move, and respond to fast/slow.
- I can identify different instrument timbres.
Teaching Procedures
Sing the echoes for “Time for Music”
Copy LinkSing Time for Music with the lyrics video.
Count the beats at the end of each verse.
Count the beats out loud.
Think up new ways that you could keep a beat, and sing your new verses.
Numeracy: Counting is numeracy! Duplicate the beat strips in supporting resources and give one strip to each child.
Review different instruments using the “Mystery Box”
Copy LinkTalk about timbre of instruments. Ask the students if the sound of the instrument is high or low - this is difficult for PreK. Instruments to use: triangle, sticks, finger cymbal, egg shakers, drum, frog guiro
Warm Up Your Voice!
Copy LinkSay Animal Rhythms
Copy LinkReview to the poem “Five Little Kitties”
Copy LinkListen to the poem "Five Little Kitties". Say the poem with the recording.
Review the movement for “Five Little Kitties”
Copy LinkWatch the kids demo video of five little kitty.
Can you act out the Five Little Kitties poem like the kids in the video?
Say the poem and do the movements for “Five Little Kitties”
Copy LinkReview “Trot Old Joe”
Copy LinkSith stick horses, discuss which parts of the song were fast and slow.
Listen to “Wild Horseman”
Copy LinkDemonstrate the AABA form with a white and a brown horse.