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SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
TUNEFUL - PITCH
TUNEFUL - PITCH
Follow the Rainbow, echoing on neutral syllables, using our bodies to show expressive elements and to internalize the concepts of high, low, and same
Follow the Rainbow, echoing on neutral syllables, using our bodies to show expressive elements and to internalize the concepts of high, low, and same
Explore Our Voices ~ Slide Whistle
SIMPLE SONG
SIMPLE SONG
Hop Old Squirrel
Verse 1 – One student is the “squirrel” (“It”) who hops around the outside of the circle as students pat the steady beat while singing. Everyone freezes on the last word “dee.” “It” stops behind one person, who becomes the new “It.”
Verse 2 – “It” jumps (on two feet) around the outside of the circle and stops on “dee.” “It” stops behind one person, who becomes the new “It.”
Verse 3 – “It” runs around the outside of the circle and stops on “dee.” “It” stops behind one person, who becomes the new “It.”
Verse 4 – Students sitting in the circle close their eyes while “It” hides behind a piece of furniture in the room. At the end of the song, students in circle ask, “Where are you, old squirrel?” The hiding squirrel makes a squeak, and students in circle point to where they think the sound came from. “It” comes out of hiding and shows if they are correct
BEATFUL - BEAT
BEATFUL - BEAT
Echo 4 beat patterns Du, Du-De, Rest
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
Little Sally Walker
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
All De People Like Bananas
All de people like bananas. All de people like bananas
All de people like bananas All de people like bananas
XXX likes 'em (BANANA!). XXX likes 'em (BANANA!)
XXX likes 'em (BANANA!) XXX likes 'em (BANANA!)
Banana, banana, banana, ALL....
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
"Carnivalito" with stretchie bands!
Noble Duke of York
As we learn the choreography to this folk dance we are also practicing spatial awareness, recognition of musical sections, and teamwork. Plus, we love to "peel"!
SONGTALE
SONGTALE
The Tailor and the Mouse
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Doe a Deer
OCTOBER
OCTOBER
TUNEFUL - PITCH
TUNEFUL - PITCH
Owls, Witches, and Ghosts - Oh, My!
ECHO/RESPONSE - BEAT
ECHO/RESPONSE - BEAT
Echo 4 beat melodic phrases using D, R, M. We will decode these patterns onto our whiteboards using appropriate music notation.
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
Pumpkin, Pumpkin Round and Fat - body percussion
Music for Form & Expression
Music for Form & Expression
Spooky Looby Loo
We like to use our parachute with this fun song from last year!
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
The Comedians, Op. 26: Pantomime - Move It ~ with black lights!
"Skeleton Dance"
"Skeleton Dance"
Red circles = Drums
Orange Xs = Rhythm Sticks
Yellow Circles = Tambourines
Blue Circles = Triangles
SONGTALE
SONGTALE
There Was an Old Woman - accompany with PP borduns
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Senor Don Gato
Oh, Senor Don Gato was a cat. On a high red roof Don Gato sat,
He went there to read a letter (meow, meow, meow), where the reading light was better (meow, meow, meow).
'Twas a love note for Don Gato!
I adore you, wrote the lady cat, who was fluffy, white, and nice and fat,
Oh there was no sweeter kitty, (meow, meow meow), in the country or the city (meow, meow, meow)
And she said she'd wed Don Gato.
Oh Don Gato jumped so happily, he fell off the roof and broke his knee,
Broke his ribs and all his whiskers, (meow, meow meow), and his little solar plexis, (meow, meow, meow),
"Ay caramba!" cried Don Gato.
Well the doctors all came on the run, just to see if something could be done,
But in spite of everything they tried, (mewo, meow, meow) poor senor Don Gato up and died, (mewo, meow, meow).
Twas the ending of Don Gato
When the funeral passed the market square, such a smell of fish was in the air,
Though his burial was slated, (meow meow meow) he became reanimated, (meow, meow, meow)
He came back to life, Don Gato! Ole!
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER
TUNEFUL - PITCH
TUNEFUL - PITCH
Head Voice vs Chest Voice
SIMPLE SONG
SIMPLE SONG
Apples and Bananas (vowel practice)
I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas (repeat)
Ay layk tay ayt, ayt, ayt aypples aynd baynaynays (repeat)
Ee leek tee eet, eet, eet, eepples eend eend beeneenees (repeat)
I like tie ite, ite, ite īpples īnd bīnīnīs (repeat)
Oh loke toh ote, ote, ote oples ohnd bononos (repeat)
Oo luke to ute, ute, ute oopples oond boonoonoos (repeat)
Learning about
Lunar/Chinese New Year
SONGTALE
SONGTALE
It's a Marshmallow World in the Winter
It's a marshmallow world in the winter when the snow comes to cover the ground.
It's a time for play, it's a whipped cream day. I wait for it the whole year round.
Those are marshmallow clouds being friendly in the arms of the evergreen trees
And the sun is red like a pumpkin head it's shining so your nose won't freeze.
The world is your snowball, see how it grows. That’s how it goes whenever it snows.
The world is your snowball just for a song. Get out and roll it along.
It's a yum yummy world made for Sweet Tarts, take a walk with your favorite pal.
It’s a sugar day. Want to come and play? In winter it's a marshmallow world! (3x)
DANCE
DANCE
"Fjaskern" - Swedish Folk Dance
"Fjaskern" - Swedish Folk Dance
Explore AB form through movement and then by accompanying on unpitched percussion instruments
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DECEMBER
DECEMBER
TUNEFUL - PITCH
TUNEFUL - PITCH
Head Voive vs Chest Voice ~ Yoo Hoo ~
SIMPLE SONG
SIMPLE SONG
Continue to work on music for the Winter Holiday Celebration
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
Over the River
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
The Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker Suite
DANCE
DANCE
Sleighride Move-It Activity
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JANUARY
JANUARY
Simple Song
Simple Song
Do You Know the Muffin Man?
ECHO/RESPONSE
ECHO/RESPONSE
Shoo Lie Loo
BEATFUL - BEAT
BEATFUL - BEAT
Percussion Call and Response
I Have, Who Has - Du, Du-De, Rest
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
Parachute Moves
This activity challenges students to move to contrasting tempos and to anticipate the changes by listening for phrases and form
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
Pai pi qiu (Bouncing Balls) - Mandarin children's song let's us bounce on the downbeats and catch on the upbeats
SONGTALE
SONGTALE
"Dance of the Hours" from Ponchielli's opera La Giocanda
Routine with Instruments
DANCE
DANCE
Bo Diddly
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We can decode some rhythms in this one!
Yankee Doodle
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY
TUNEFUL - PITCH
TUNEFUL - PITCH
Echo 4 beat melodic phrases using D, R, M - Begin to decode aural patterns onto boards
Yoo Hoo
SIMPLE SONG
SIMPLE SONG
Closet Key - ID high and low pitches
I Like You _ We'll decode rhythm patterns to this fun movement activity
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
Jump, jump, jump Jim Joe
Shake your head and nod your head and tap your toe
Round, round, round you'll then you find another partner and you jump Jim Joe
Jump Jim Joe
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
Naranja - traditional Mexican song about sweet oranges. We use playground balls with this activity!
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The Noble Duke of York
The Noble Duke of York
- find familar melodic patterns using D, R, M
- find familar melodic patterns using D, R, M
MARCH
MARCH
TUNEFUL - PITCH
TUNEFUL - PITCH
Echo 4 beat melodic phrases using D, R, M, F - Decode aural patterns onto boards
Singing Conversations - with changing groups
ECHO/RESPONSE
ECHO/RESPONSE
Class: Doggie, doggie, where's your bone?
Someone stole it from your home!
Doggie: Who has my bone?
Thief: I have your bone!
BEATFUL - BEAT
BEATFUL - BEAT
Echo 4 beat patterns Du, Du-De, Rest, add Du-u (half note = 2 beats of sound)
Pass the Shoe "Geef jij mij die schoen"
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
Naughty Tabby Cat - introduce the game to this familiar song
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
This song will definitely give us all a workout!
Mother Gooney Bird had 7 chicks
7 chicks had Mother Gooney Bird
and she never laughed (ha ha!)
and she never cried (boo hoo!)
All she did was go like this -
One wing
The other wing
One leg
The other leg
Bob your head
Shake your tail
Sit down!
SONGTALE
SONGTALE
Mama's Soup Surprise
The classic by...Bruce Springsteen?
"Oh, chicken lips and lizard hips and alligator eyes, monkey legs and buzzard eggs and salamander thighs,
Rabbit ears and camel rears and tasty toenail pies. Stir 'em all together, it's mama's soup surprise"
Oh, when I was a little kid, I never liked to eat
Mom would put things on my plate and I'd dump them on her feet
But then one day she made this soup, I ate it all in bed
I asked her what she put in it and this is what she said:
"Oh, chicken lips and lizard hips and alligator eyes, monkey legs and buzzard eggs and salamander thighs,
Rabbit ears and camel rears and tasty toenail pies. Stir 'em all together, it's mama's soup surprise"
I went into the bathroom and I stood beside the sink
I said, "I'm feeling slightly ill. I think I'd like a drink"
Mama said, "I've just the thing, I'll get it in a wink
It's full of lots of protein and vitamins, I think"
"Oh, chicken lips and lizard hips and alligator eyes, monkey legs and buzzard eggs and salamander thighs,
Rabbit ears and camel rears and tasty toenail pies. Stir 'em all together, it's mama's soup surprise"
Stir 'em all together, it's mama's soup surprise"
DANCE
DANCE
Alabama Gal
Come through in a hurry. Come through in a hurry. Come through in a hurry Alabama Gal
I don't know how, how. I don't know how, how. I don't know how, how, Alabama Gal
I'll show you how, how. I'll show you how, how. I'll show you how, how, Alabama Gal
Ain't I rock candy? Ain't I rock candy? Ain't I rock candy, Alabama Gal?
Ain't I rock candy? Ain't I rock candy? Ain't I rock candy, Alabama Gal?
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APRIL
APRIL
TUNEFUL - PITCH
TUNEFUL - PITCH
Echo 4 beat melodic phrases using D, R, M, F, S - Decode aural patterns onto boards
Animal Match Up Game
SIMPLE SONG
SIMPLE SONG
Decode melody of Closet Key - where does it rise and where does it fall?
Fais Dodo
Fais Dodo
This lullaby in 3/4 time is sung in French-speaking areas of Europe, Canada, and Haiti, as well as in the Cajun areas of Louisiana in the United States. A fais do-do is also a Cajun dance party.
ECHO/RESPONSE
ECHO/RESPONSE
Pancake, Pancake
Decode & write the 2 beat patterns below
Plain Blueberry
Cinnamon Chocolate Chip
Apple Banana Nut
Oatmeal Nutella
BEATFUL - BEAT
BEATFUL - BEAT
Echo 4 beat patterns Du, Du-De, Rest, add Du-u (half note = 2 beats of sound)
Pass the Shoe "Geef jij mij die schoen"
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
Rumble Ball
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
Following the melodic line in
Mozart's "Rondo Alla Turca"
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Take Me Out to the Ballgame
MAY
MAY
TUNEFUL - PITCH
TUNEFUL - PITCH
Echo 4 beat melodic phrases using D, R, M
Decode aural patterns onto boards
SIMPLE SONG
SIMPLE SONG
Make New Friends
ECHO/RESPONSE
ECHO/RESPONSE
Rhythm Q and A on Hand drums
There's A Hole in the Bucket
BEATFUL - BEAT
BEATFUL - BEAT
Poison Rhythms
I Have, Who Has - level 2 with half notes
Pai pi qiu (Bouncing Balls) bounce on down beats
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
MOVEMENT EXPLORATION
The Monkey Stomps
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
Rhythm Play A Longs from "Carmen" (2)
SONGTALE
SONGTALE
Froggie Went a Courtin'
DANCE
DANCE
Heel and Toe Polka
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O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country love And mercy more than life!
America! America! May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness, And every gain divine!
O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years,
Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!
JUNE
JUNE
TUNEFUL - PITCH
TUNEFUL - PITCH
Echo 4 beat melodic phrases using D, R, M, F, S - Decode aural patterns onto boards
SIMPLE SONG
SIMPLE SONG
A sailor went to chop, chop, chop...
A sailor went to knee, knee, knee...
A sailor went to tap, tap, tap...
A sailor went to ooh - watchee - wah...
ECHO/RESPONSE
ECHO/RESPONSE
Don't-cha Just Know It?
I can't lose with the stuff I use (don't you just know it?)
Baby, don't believe I wear two left shoes (don't you just know it?)
CHORUS: Ah-ha-ha-ha (ah-ha-ha-ha) ~ Ay-ay-oh (ay-ay-oh)
Gooba-gooba-gooba-gooba (gooba-gooba-gooba-gooba)
Ah-ha-ha-ha (ah-ha-ha-ha) ~ Ah-ha-ha-ha (ah-ha-ha-ha) ~ Ay-ay-oh (ay-ay-oh)
Hey pretty baby, can we go strollin'? (Don't you just know it?)
You got me rockin' when I oughta be rollin' (don't you just know it?)
CHORUS
Baby, baby, you're my blue heaven (don't you just know it?)
You got me pushin' when I oughta be shovin' (don't you just know it?)
CHORUS
Heart of mine is cool as a breeze (don't you just know it?)
Younger the couple the tighter they squeeze (don't you just know it?)
CHORUS
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
MOVEMENT FOR FORM & EXPRESSION
In a Cabin in the Wood
1. In a cabin, in the wood
2. Little man by the window stood
3. Saw a rabbit hopping by
4. Knocking at his door
5. "Help me! Help me! Help me!" he said
6. "It's cold out here and I might freeze!"
7. "Come little rabbit come inside
8. Safely we will hide".
SONGTALE
SONGTALE
DANCE
DANCE
"Highland Gates"
"Highland Gates"
This fun folk dance of unknown origins which can be done as a "leader" dance or a "snowball" where more and more kids get involved on every repetition
This fun folk dance of unknown origins which can be done as a "leader" dance or a "snowball" where more and more kids get involved on every repetition
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Frère Jacques
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