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While teaching this learning module you will cover multiple concepts including: Beat, Dynamics, Tempo, Timbre of Unpitched Instruments, Timbre of Voices
Lesson Activities
1. “Time for Music
2. Do a vocal warmup 1 with Bobo
3. “Keep the Beat 1”
4. “Wash Your Hands”
5/6. “One Potato” – fast, quiet, loud
7/8 “Farmer Brown had 5 Red Apples” – print and color 5 apples to use in the song
9/10/11 “Letter M” and “Morgan the Monkey” – story, action song, worksheets or draw
12/13 Monkeys (review)
14. Shake it Together (review)
15. Skinnamarink”
Sing, "Time for Music"
Count the beats at the end of each verse.
Do the actions that are in the words of the song.
Warmup your voice by echoing what Bobo sings.
Copy the teacher in the video.
When you copy the teacher you are keeping a steady beat.
Sing the Healthy Habits song "Wash Your Hands"
Say the poem and do the movements to the poem "One Potato".
Print or draw five apples for the song "Farmer Brown Had Five Red Apples".
Listen to the song "Farmer Brown Had Five Red Apples"
Put all five apples in front of you. When Farmer Brown picks an apple in the song, pretend to eat your apple, then put it behind you.
Sing the "Letter M" song.
Optional: There is a letter M worksheet in Supporting Resources.
Sing along with "Morgan the Monkey".
Think of ways you could move to the song!
Sing and move to the song "Morgan the Monkey".
Review the song "Monkeys".
This song was written by April and Susan and celebrates one of our favorite animals that live in jungles and in zoos!
Can you make up movements to the song?
Sing the song "Monkeys" and do the movements that you see the kids in the video doing.
Shake and jump and twist to the song "Shake it Together".
Listen and do the movements that the words suggest.