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1 Sing the echoes in our welcome song
Sing the echoes in our welcome song
In this lesson you will
Sing #1 “Welcome to School”
Thanksgiving Options for our USA teachers are at the end of the lesson.
Move to the Beat 2
Sing #46. “Old Navy” – sing and move
Sing #44. “Take My Little Car” – learn about fast and slow
Fast Slow game
Listen and sing #47. “Rainbow World” – create movement with scarves
review: #42 Kumbaya, #40 Tommy
Thanksgiving options: review “Turkey Tango” (PreK), Word Rhythm (unit)
Song #27 “I’m Glad I have a Nose”
Supporting Resources
Objectives
- I can sing and move to music
- I can identify fast and slow
Teaching Procedure
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2 Move to the Beat 2
Move to the Beat 2
Copy the teacher in the video.
The audio is given below so you can make up your own movements or play Freeze Dance.
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3 Make up your own movements or play freeze dance
Make up your own movements or play freeze dance
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4 Sing and move to #46. “Old Navy”
Sing and move to #46. “Old Navy”
Create movements to go with the words. A demo video with movements follows.
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5 Copy the movements for "Old Navy"
Copy the movements for "Old Navy"
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6 Sing and Move to the song, "Take My Little Car"
Sing and move to the song, "Take My Little Car"
Create your own movements for the song!
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7 Play the Fast Slow game
Play the Fast Slow game
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8 Listen to the song "Rainbow World" and with paper plates or scarves.
Listen to the song "Rainbow World" and move with paper plates or scarves.
The kids demo shows a lovely performance using paper plates.
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9 Watch the kids demo for movement ideas with paper plates
Watch the kids demo for movement ideas with paper plates
Sing along with the chorus if you can!
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10 Review the song "Tommy Thumb" and do the movements with the demo
Review the song "Tommy Thumb" and do the movements with the demo
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11 Review song #42 "Can't Wait to Hibernate"
Review song #42 "Can't Wait to Hibernate"
Copy the movements to go with the chorus. For example:
Invite children to choose an instrument to play along with the verses.
Play again, and sing along on all the choruses.
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12 Review song #42 "Kumbaya" (optional)
Review song #42 "Kumbaya" (optional)
Invite the children to choose instruments and play along with the song.
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13 Thanksgiving Options: Do the Turkey Tango
Thanksgiving Options: Do the Turkey Tango
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14 Thanksgiving Options: Learn the dance for the Turkey Tango
Learn the dance for the Turkey Tango
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15 Thanksgiving Options: Song #27 "I'm Glad I Have a Nose"
Thanksgiving Options: Song #27 "I'm Glad I Have a Nose"
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16 Thanksgiving Options: Do the Thanksgiving Word Rhythm Activity from UNITS
Thanksgiving Options: Do the Thanksgiving Word Rhythm Activity (Activity #3) from UNITS
17 Sing our closing song, "Skinamarink"
Sing our closing song, "Skinamarink"
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