1 Listen to the Song #56 "New Shoes"

Listen to the song.

In-person: choose 3 kinds of shoes. Choose 1, 2 or 3 guessers. At the end of the song say/sing "Who has the tennis shoe?" And the person with that kind of shoes sings/says "I have the tennis shoe." The guesser for that shoe, guesses who has it. If you have just one guesser they have to try guess all 3 shoe holders. If you have 3 guessers, one will guess solo 1, one guesses solo 2, one guesses solo 3.

Zoom: You need to have 3 guessers, one will guess solo 1, one guesses solo 2, one guesses solo 3. And you need 3 children to do solos. You could ask kids to find a shoe in their house to sing about.

2 Create a Rondo with Different Kinds of Shoes

Use the interactive activity, or use real shoes to create a word rhythm pattern.

For example: Slipper, slipper, boot, boot.
Sandal, flip-flop, clog.

Have students choose instruments (or find DIY instruments at home) and decide how to play it.

Sing the song as the A section, and sing the shoe rhythm as the B.

If each student or groups of students (in-person) creates a rhythm, you could create a rondo.

There is an Orff arrangement of the song, so if in-person and allowed, you could teach the arrangement.

3 Have Students Do a Rhythm Sort for the Song "New Shoes"

This activity is available as a rhythm assessment in Supporting Resources. (optional)

4 Name the Solfa Notes in "New Shoes"

5 Review Song #54 “Yummy Yum Yum”

In this song you can sing the responses.

The only words you need to remember are "meatballs and spaghetti."

Can you think of new verses for this song?

6 Review #55 “Head and Shoulders Baby”

Copy the movements that you see in the video.

Think about your own verses for the song.

7 Review #55 “Head and Shoulders Baby” and be "Partners" with the Teacher

Zoom: Sing. Everyone is the teachers partner "in the air."

In-Person: Listen to the recording. Everyone is the teachers partner "in the air."

8 Review #58 “Sakura” and Create Movements with Your Fan

Move with your fans to the music.

Can you sing along?

9 Learn About the Shakuhachi

Read the slides to learn about the shakuhachi.

10 Learn About Shakuhachi 2

Read the slides to learn about the shakuhachi.

11 Watch a Video About the Shakuhachi

Watch the short shakuhachi video. The video shows how the shakuhachi is played and what the notation looks like.

This is a Safeshare link.

If the link doesn't work for you, google "shakuhachi."