Music through Childrens Literature: Musical Activities with Childrens Literature: Grades Pre K-6

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Introduce the song lyrics identifying the meaning of the …. Students will relay the different sounds associated with the percussive instruments. This poem is a great way to have kinesthetic and auditory learners participate …. Bullying skit with music. Bullying General Goal s: To help students identify the different types of bullying.

And a source for the …. This lesson plan is designed to teach students the concept of rhythm in a song, by listening to music and playing instruments to represent actions.

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This will quickly get their attention and they will be finding the beat of the rhyme as well as thinking about what they are supposed to be doing. The first lesson is …. Ask children if they can describe what you are doing and invite them to join in and create the pattern too.


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  7. Ask children to describe how the pattern has changed and to try to imitate it. Encourage children to clap along to the rhythm of the song. Then, ask them to keep the beat using other body parts.

    Activity Plan Mixed Ages: Musical Patterns

    Encourage them to create different patterns with their instruments. Repeat the activity so children have more opportunities to experience and understand the concept of rhythm patterns. Ask children to take turns forming pathways on the floor with the footprints. Clap out a rhythm and invite children to follow the footprint path in time to your rhythmic clapping pattern. Plan an outdoor walk with the children to find patterns. Take along a camera or clipboards so the children can draw or photograph the different patterns that they see.

    An adult can write down children's comments and the names of the patterned things.