PreK Lesson 26
StartBeatThemes(s):
Bunnies, Animal Songs, Garden, Food Songs, Alphabet Songs
Extra Details:
Concepts
Rhythm
Grades
Curriculum Links
Holidays
Learning Module Category
Introduction
In this lesson, you will:
- Sing the echoes for “Time for Music”
- Say the “Hello Beat Chant”
- Sing to Bobo
- Review “I Like Leprechauns”
- Teach “Little Rabbit Foo Foo”
- Learn the actions for “Little Rabbit Foo Foo”
- Sing and do the actions for “Little Rabbit Foo Foo”
- Read the “Jump! Jackrabbit Jump!” story
- Teach “Letter J”
- Teach “Jump! Jackrabbit Jump!”
- Sing “Jump! Jackrabbit Jump!” and copy the movements
- Optional: Practice printing the letter J
- Echo the vegetable rhythms
- Use the vegetable rhythm cards in the game or to compose
- Use the word rhythm generator to create an interactive vegetable rhythm
- Teach “John the Rabbit”
- Learn the “John the Rabbit” game
- Sing and play the “John the Rabbit” game
- Sing “Skinnamarink”
Extensions:
- Irish Washerwoman – review
- St. Patrick’s Day Unit
- Sleepy Bunnies
- Come and Sail
- Theme from Overture to William Tell, by Rossini
- Easter Unit
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 move to the beat.
- I can identify and perform loud and quiet.
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. For example: Time for Music tap your nose, pat your tummy.
Numeracy: Counting is numeracy! Cut out 8 hearts and have children tap on the hearts as they count. Take 2 away. Have them count the hearts now - 1-2-3-4-5-6.
In a study at Northwestern University, researchers have linked the ability to keep a beat to reading and language skills.
Read more here: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2013/09/the-importance-of-keeping-the-beat/
Say the “Hello Beat Chant”
Copy LinkSing to Bobo
Copy LinkReview “I Like Leprechauns”
Copy LinkReview "I Like Leprechauns"
Optional: Play a guessing game with a shamrock. Invite one child to be the guesser. The guesser hides eyes. The guesser sings "Who has the shamrock?" (s mm s m) Give a shamrock to a student who sings, "I have the shamrock" (s mm s m). The guesser gets 3 tries to figure out who sang. This is the same game played at Valentines Day - "Who Has the Valentine?"
Teach “Little Rabbit Foo Foo”
Copy LinkWatch and Listen to "Little Rabbit Foo Foo".
Sing along when you feel ready.
“Little Rabbit Foo Foo” is good for encouraging children to use a variety of
expressions and for going from high to low. When you say, “Down came the good fairy” show high-low with your hands and voice. Teach the actions and sing the song with actions. There are storybooks written using this song as the text.
Learn the actions for “Little Rabbit Foo Foo”
Copy LinkSing along and do the actions with the kids demo!
Sing and do the actions for “Little Rabbit Foo Foo”
Copy LinkRead the “Jump! Jackrabbit Jump!” story
Copy LinkListen to Mrs. Herro read the Letter J story or read the story.
John the Jackrabbit loved to jump. He never walked anywhere. Why would he walk when he could jump? Jumping was a lot more fun than walking. John jumped so much that his jumps got higher and higher and higher.
The Jackrabbit family liked to visit Farmer Brown’s garden and nibble on his lettuce and carrots. Farmer Brown didn’t like the Jackrabbits. He didn’t want to share his lettuce and carrots with them. He wanted to eat all those vegetables himself because vegetables are full of vitamins and good nutrients that make you healthy. When he saw the Jackrabbit family in his garden, he’d run to the garden and chase them out, trying to hit them with his hoe.
Farmer Brown decided to set a trap for the Jackrabbits. He wanted to catch them and take them to a place far, far away from his garden. On a bright sunny day, the Jackrabbit family went to have breakfast in Farmer Brown’s garden. When they got into the garden, the gate swung closed.
They were trapped.
“Oh no!” cried Mrs. Jackrabbit. “How will we get out?”
Jumping Jackrabbit had an idea. “I think that I can jump right over the fence,” he said. “Well, bless my soul, I think you might be able to,” said Mrs. Jackrabbit. And that’s what he did. Jumping Jackrabbit took a few jumps and then a really, really big jump, and he jumped right over the fence. Then he jumped around and opened the gate to let the rest of the Jackrabbit family out.
Farmer Brown decided to let the Jackrabbit family share his garden. After all, he was such a good farmer that he had grown enough lettuce and carrots for the Brown family and for the Jackrabbit family.
Teach “Letter J”
Copy LinkSing with the Letter J song
Teach “Jump! Jackrabbit Jump!”
Copy LinkSing and move to "Jump Jackrabbit"
If you need movement ideas, the kids demo follows.
Sing “Jump! Jackrabbit Jump!” and copy the movements
Copy LinkWatch and sing along with the kids demo of Jump Jackrabbit!
Play the song again and sing and move!
Optional: Practice printing the letter J
Copy LinkEcho the vegetable rhythms
Copy LinkEcho the vegetable rhythms
Use the vegetable rhythm cards in the game or to compose
Copy LinkUse the vegetable rhythm cards in the game.
Hold up the cards as you sing the vegetables in the song.
Then, compose vegetable word rhythm patterns.
In Supporting resources there are both color and black/white versions to print.
Cut out the cards and make patterns with the words.
Example: Corn Carrots Peas Beans. (would = ta ti-ti ta ta)
Use the word rhythm generator to create an interactive vegetable rhythm
Copy LinkTeach “John the Rabbit”
Copy LinkWatch and Sing the song "John the Rabbit".
Every time you hear, "Yes, ma'am" sing along.
Learn the “John the Rabbit” game
Copy LinkWatch the kides demo for John the Rabbit.
Play the game!
Choose one to be Farmer Brown. Everyone else is a rabbit.
Each time the rabbits sing, "Yes, Ma'am" the rabbits take a little jump closer to the farmer.
At the end of the song, the farmer shoos all the bunnies out of the garden. Have fun!
Sing and play the “John the Rabbit” game
Copy LinkLine the children up on one side of the room. They are the little “bunnies.” Each time they sign the response they take one small hop closer to you, the “farmer.” At the end of the song, the farmer “shoos” the bunnies out of the garden.