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Looking to use PreK Lesson 8 in your PreK classroom?

While teaching this learning module you will cover multiple concepts including: Beat

PreK Lesson 8

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Concepts(s):
Beat
Tone Set(s):
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Introduction

In this lesson, you will:

  1. Sing and move to “Time for Music”
  2. Spooky voices – echo the puppet
  3. Freeze dance or play along with the music
  4. Learn the fingerplay “Criss Cross Applesauce”
  5. Do the actions for “Criss Cross Applesauce”
  6. Listen to “High and Low Sounds”
  7. Move to show high, middle, and low sounds with “Get You Moving”
  8. Learn to sing “Five Little Pumpkins”
  9. Optional: Create an Illustration of the song “Five Little Pumpkins”
  10. Review the poem “Little Miss Muffet”
  11. Review the movements for “Little Miss Muffet”
  12. Review the song “Spider on the Floor”
  13. Review “Eensy Weensy Spider”
  14. Sing the Letter C song
  15. Review “Cool Cat”
  16. Review “Bony Skeletons”
  17. Sing our closing song “Skinnamarink”

Objectives

  • I can sing and move to music.
  • I can show which are high and which are low sounds.

Sing and move to "Time for Music"

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Song Used: Time for Music

Sing and move to "Time for Music".

Can you think up new verses?

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Spooky voices - echo the puppet

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Practice Item Used: Warm Ups

Warm up voices by echoing what the first puppet says.

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Freeze dance or play along with the music

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Freeze dance or play along with the music

Play freeze dance with the selection.
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Play instruments with the music.
Play the beat. (not rhythm patterns with PreK)

Learn the fingerplay "Criss Cross Applesauce"

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Song Used: Criss Cross Applesauce

Say 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.

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Do the actions for "Criss Cross Applesauce"

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Song Used: Criss Cross Applesauce

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Listen to "High and Low Sounds"

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Song Used: High and Low Sounds

You 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.

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Move to show high, middle, and low sounds with "Get You Moving"

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Song Used: Get You Moving

Let'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.

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Learn to sing "Five Little Pumpkins"

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Song Used: Five Little Pumpkins

Learn 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.

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Optional: Create an Illustration of the song "Five Little Pumpkins"

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Song Used: Five Little Pumpkins

Optional - 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"

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Song Used: Little Miss Muffet

Review the poem "Little Miss Muffet".

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Review the movements for "Little Miss Muffet"

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Song Used: Little Miss Muffet

Review the movements for "Little Miss Muffet".

Can you say the poem by yourself?

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Review the song "Spider on the Floor"

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Song Used: Spider on the Floor

Review the song "Spider on the Floor".

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Review "Eensy Weensy Spider"

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Song Used: Eensy Weensy Spider

Review "Eensy Weensy Spider".

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Sing the Letter C song

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Song Used: C – Cool Cat

Sing the Letter C song.

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Review "Cool Cat"

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Song Used: C – Cool Cat

Review the song "Cool Cat".

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Review "Bony Skeletons"

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Song Used: Bony Skeletons

Review "Bony Skeletons".

Can you make up movements to go with the song?

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Sing our closing song "Skinnamarink"

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Song Used: Skinnamarink

Sing our closing song "Skinnamarink".

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