PreK Lesson 8
StartIntroduction
In this lesson, you will:
- Sing and move to “Time for Music”
- Spooky voices – echo the puppet
- Freeze dance or play along with the music
- Learn the fingerplay “Criss Cross Applesauce”
- Do the actions for “Criss Cross Applesauce”
- Listen to “High and Low Sounds”
- Move to show high, middle, and low sounds with “Get You Moving”
- Learn to sing “Five Little Pumpkins”
- Optional: Create an Illustration of the song “Five Little Pumpkins”
- Review the poem “Little Miss Muffet”
- Review the movements for “Little Miss Muffet”
- Review the song “Spider on the Floor”
- Review “Eensy Weensy Spider”
- Sing the Letter C song
- Review “Cool Cat”
- Review “Bony Skeletons”
- Sing our closing song “Skinnamarink”
Objectives
- I can sing and move to music.
- I can show which are high and which are low sounds.
Teaching Procedures
Sing and move to "Time for Music"
Copy LinkSing and move to "Time for Music".
Can you think up new verses?
Spooky voices - echo the puppet
Copy LinkFreeze dance or play along with the music
Copy LinkLearn the fingerplay "Criss Cross Applesauce"
Copy LinkSay the poem. Teach the actions demonstrating on a child. Have the children make a line so that each child can draw on the back of the child in front of them. The teacher draws on the back of the last child in the line. Say the poem using different voice levels - high, medium, and low. Actions can be found in the song activities under this song in the song list.
Do the actions for "Criss Cross Applesauce"
Copy LinkListen to "High and Low Sounds"
Copy LinkYou could do this activity in your class without the video - play high/low sounds on a xylophone or a big drum, small drum.
If using the video, have students identify the sounds and tell if they are high or low.
This is a difficult concept for little ones to grasp. It might take all year for some kids to understand high and low.
Move to show high, middle, and low sounds with "Get You Moving"
Copy LinkLet's Get You Moving - move to show high, middle and low sounds
Listen and move as the song suggests. Then remember how to move to the music without the words.
Learn to sing "Five Little Pumpkins"
Copy LinkLearn to sing "Five Little Pumpkins".
This setting was written to give the children practice singing so-mi pitches.
This setting is non-Halloween as it uses the words "leaves in the air".
If you have Orff instruments, have the children accompany their singing with a C-G bordun.
Optional: Create an Illustration of the song "Five Little Pumpkins"
Copy LinkOptional - Create an Illustration of the song "Five Little Pumpkins"
This is an "Ask Me" page. You can send this home with students to encourage them to sing the songs from class at home too!
Review the poem "Little Miss Muffet"
Copy LinkReview the poem "Little Miss Muffet".
Review the movements for "Little Miss Muffet"
Copy LinkReview the movements for "Little Miss Muffet".
Can you say the poem by yourself?
Review the song "Spider on the Floor"
Copy LinkReview the song "Spider on the Floor".
Review "Eensy Weensy Spider"
Copy LinkReview "Eensy Weensy Spider".
Sing the Letter C song
Copy LinkReview "Cool Cat"
Copy LinkReview the song "Cool Cat".
Review "Bony Skeletons"
Copy LinkReview "Bony Skeletons".
Can you make up movements to go with the song?
Sing our closing song "Skinnamarink"
Copy LinkSing our closing song "Skinnamarink".