PreK Extra March Lesson
Teaching Procedures
Sing the echoes for “Time for Music”
Sing the echoes for “Time for Music”
Sing 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! 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”
Say the “Hello Beat Chant”
Sing hellos in different ways, pat the beat or play on tone block.
Review all the instruments using the “Mystery Box”
Review all the instruments using the “Mystery Box”
This month we used a guiro, sticks, tone block, and finger cymbals.
Say and do the fingerplay with “Ten Little Fingers”
Review “Jump! Jackrabbit Jump!”
Review “Jump! Jackrabbit Jump!”
Sing and move to "Jump Jackrabbit"
If you need movement ideas, the kids demo follows.
Sing “Jump! Jackrabbit Jump!” and copy the movements
Optional: Practice printing the letter J
Use the vegetable rhythm cards in the game or to compose
Use the word rhythm generator to create an interactive vegetable rhythm
Use the word rhythm generator to create an interactive vegetable rhythm
Review “John the Rabbit”
Review “John the Rabbit”
Play the game using the vegetable cards to substitute for the words in the song. Make word rhythms with the vegetable cards. Say and play.
Review the game with “John the Rabbit”
Review the game with “John the Rabbit”
Watch 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
Review “Sleepy Bunnies”
Review “Sleepy Bunnies”
Use this song to discuss dynamics - quiet and loud sounds with the students. Ask them to think of loud sounds. (balloon popping, rocket ship, lion’s roar) Ask them to think of some quiet sounds. (breathing, clock ticking) Have them listen to the sounds around them and list as many sounds as they can.
Review the actions for “Sleepy Bunnies”
Review the actions for “Sleepy Bunnies”
Part One: Have the students pretend to be sleeping bunnies. They should lay on the floor. Part Two: After the bunnies have been woken up, they should get up and hop around.