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While teaching this learning module you will cover multiple concepts including: Beat, Timbre of Voices
You'll also cover the themes of: Alphabet Songs, Animal Songs
In this lesson, you will:
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! Duplicate the beat strips in supporting resources and give one strip to each child.
Use high/low, fast/slow, and loud/quiet voices.
Hide a bunny and sing, "Where is Bunny?" When the child sings, "Come out!" reveal the bunny and tickle the child's nose with the bunny. Practice solo singing.
- do the body percussion as shown in the video
- you can speed up or slow down the video using the "gear wheel" in the bottom right corner
Warm up your voice making animal sounds!
Print and cut out the animal sounds cards or save paper and ink, and make your own. Listen to the song "When Cats Get up in the Morning".
Put your animal cards in order as you sing the song.
After singing the song, make patterns with animal sounds. Say or say and play the patterns with body percussion and/or instruments.
Teach the song "Old Gray Cat".
Pretend to be the cat and then the mouse in this song.
Watch the kids play the "Old Gray Cat" game.
The kids are pretending to be the cat and the mouse.
Play the video again and act out the song like the kids in the video.
Watch Mrs. Herro to hear the story and learn the songs.
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Download the PDF from supporting resources and read the story yourself to your students. Then teach the songs by rote yourself.
Listen to the song. Then play the video again and sing along.
Watch the kids in the video and do the movements that they do.
Sing and do the movements.
- copy the worksheet and have students complete it
- if printing isn't possible, practice printing Q and draw two things that start with the letter q