Music Lesson Plans

MUSIC- KINDERGARTEN
DYNAMICS
Louds and Softs of the Seasons

Lesson # 1
CONTENT STANDARDS
1.2 Identify and describe basic elements in music – loud/soft
TOPICAL QUESTIONS
• What do I have to know in order to identify and demonstrate loud and soft sounds in music?
• How do I use my singing voice to match pitches and use dynamics appropriately?
OBJECTIVES & STUDENT OUTCOMES

• Students will be able to hear the differences between loud and soft sounds.
• Students will begin to use their singing voices, matching pitches, using dynamics of loud and soft.
ASSESSMENT (Various strategies to evaluate effectiveness of instruction and student learning)

• Feedback for Teacher
o Observe which students will need to develop language skills to understand loud and soft.
o Some students may have problems matching the pitches of the song. Use the extension lesson,
Grizzly Bear to practice echoing short sections of the song.
• Feedback for Student
o Provide pictures of various sounds for students to sort at desks.
o Have students work together in placing cards and making corrections.
WORDS TO KNOW
• loud: not quiet, strong sound
• soft: quiet
• dynamics: varying degrees of volume in the performance of music
• volume: the degree of loudness or the intensity of a sound
MATERIALS NEEDED
• Making Music, Silver Burdett, CD 1:3 – Louds and Softs of the Season
• Making Music, Silver Burdett, CD 1:4 – Seasons, page 4.
• CD player
• Making Music, Teacher’s Edition, Kindergarten, page 4
• Loud and Soft flashcards from the Resource Book
RESOURCES
• Making Music, Silver Burdett, Sacramento, California, Pearson, Scott Foresman, 2008 Edition
Resource book, page G-4.
WARM UP (Engage students, access prior learning, review, hook or activity to focus the student for
learning)
• Discuss with students sounds that are loud: e.g. thunder, fireworks, car horns.
• Ask the students what sounds are soft: e.g. rain falling, whispering.
• Look for sounds in the classroom that are loud or soft, (e.g., walking on a carpet, writing on the board)
or loud. (e.g., shutting the door, moving chairs)
MODELING (Presentation of new material, demonstration of the process, direct instruction)
• Write the words Loud and Soft on the board. Have the flashcards from the Resource Book (page G-4)
ready.
• Listen to the CD 1:3, Louds and Softs of the Seasons and have the students identify the dynamic of
each sound. (loud or soft)
• Have students place the flashcard of sound under the appropriate loud or soft column.
GUIDED PRACTICE (Application of knowledge, problem solving, corrective feedback)

• Explain that loud and soft sounds occur in music.
• Play Seasons, CD 1-4 and ask the students to raise their hands and then lower them when they hear a
loud sound.
• Have students softly recite the last line of the verse, “Fall is the time when the leaves fall down” and
then with a louder voice. (not shouting) Adding more students will increase the volume.
• Have the students sing the song.
• Have students find pictures in magazines that represent loud and soft sounds.
• Have students sort the pictures into loud and soft categories.
DEBRIEF & REFLECT (Identify problems encountered, ask and answer questions, discuss solutions
and learning that took place, did students meet outcomes?)
• Ask the students what could they do to make louder and softer sounds (start with a few voices and then
add more voices, use “whisper voices” when singing, then add “speaking voices”).
EXTENSION (Expectations created by the teacher that encourage students to participate in further
research, make connections, and apply understanding and skills previously learned to personal
experiences)
• Create movements to follow each verse (Verse 1- Fall …leaves fall down, have hands in air and ‘flutter’
down; Verse 2 – Winter… cold wind blows, have students hug themselves as in being cold; Verse 3 –
Spring…flowers bloom, have students begin with hands at middle and move upwards; Verse 4-
Summer…sun shines hot, have students make a circle with hands held over their heads.)
• Have the students listen to and then sing “Hello There” page 6 CD 1-6 using louder voices followed by
softer voices for the echo.
• Reinforce this learning with “Grizzly Bear”, page 33, CD 2-3.
MUSIC- KINDERGARTEN
DYNAMICS
Hello, There!
Lesson 2
CONTENT STANDARDS
1.2 Identify and describe basic elements in music – loud/soft/echo
2.2 Sing age appropriate songs from memory.
TOPICAL QUESTIONS
• What is an echo and how is it used in music?
• How can I demonstrate loud and soft sounds in music?
• What skills do I need in order to memorize a simple song?

• Students will be able to identify and duplicate an echo.
• Students will be able to demonstrate loud and soft sounds.
• Students will be able to participate in a song by singing it by memory.

o Observe which students are struggling to match pitches (echo).
o Observe which students understand how to produce loud and soft sounds at the appropriate time.
o Have students draw pictures of what might be soft and loud sounds and share with a partner.
o Have students participate as the echo using dynamics of loud and soft.
WORDS TO KNOW
• dynamics: Varying degrees of volume in the performance of music
• soft: quiet
• echo: the repeating of a sound; to hear again from another source, bouncing back
MATERIALS
• CD Player
• Making Music, Silver Burdett, Kindergarten book
• Making Music, Silver Burdett, Sacramento, CD 1:6 Hello, There, page 7
• Making Music, Silver Burdett, CD 1:8 Wind Song
RESOURCES
• Making Music, Kindergarten, Silver Burdett, Sacramento, California, Pearson, Scott Foresman, 2008
Edition,
learning)
• Clap a simple pattern and have the students listen and clap your pattern. This may take several
attempts for them to understand to wait and listen first before they clap. (e.g., long, short, short, long,
long)
• Explain that when students are listening and repeating your claps, they are echoing your sound.
• Have the students echo you as you say or sing words such as “Hello, It’s Monday, How are you?” etc.
• Once the students begin to echo you, say something softly and have the students echo you softly.
Then repeat it loudly with the students echoing loudly.
• Ask the students: “What was the difference between something said softly and loudly?” Explain that
this difference is called dynamics.

• Have the students listen to “Hello, There” and raise their hands when they think they hear the echo.
• Ask the students if the echo was louder or softer. (softer)
• Have the students sing softly with the recording, listening to the first voice and singing as the echo.

• Listen again to the recording and have the students clap the echo.
• Once the students are able to clap the echo part, have them clap a soft echo part first, then repeat
the song and have them clap a loud echo part.
• Have the students add percussion instruments as the echo, playing first softly, then loudly.
• Remind the students that playing soft or loud sounds is called dynamics.
• Ask the students to explain what they did with the instruments to make soft or loud sounds. (e.g.,
Hit/played lighter or harder, added more people, etc.)
• Once the students are familiar with the song, divide the class into a leaders group and an echo group.
First sing the song with the two groups singing their parts and then add instruments as a variety.
• Have groups switch groups as time allows.
and learning that took place. Did students meet outcomes?)
• Talk to the students about what made the sounds loud or soft when singing. Compare and contrast
that with when they were playing the instruments.
• Which dynamic (loud or soft) was the best for the song and why?
experiences)
• Read the poem, Wind Song, page 7, and on CD 1:8.
• Have the students listen again and identify words that mean loud or soft. Write those words on the
board- or draw pictures to identify the words.
• Have the students classify which words represent loud and which words represent soft.
• Students may be able to dramatize the poem using their voices or instruments.
MUSIC- KINDERGARTEN
RHYTHM AND MOTION
Juba
Lesson #3
CONTENT STANDARDS
2.2 Sing age appropriate songs from memory
3.2 Sing and play simple singing games from various cultures
4.1 Create movements that correspond to specific music
TOPICAL QUESTIONS
• How do I coordinate my movements to the fast and slow beats in a song?
• What is a circle game and what do I have to know in order to participate?
• How do I create appropriate movements that respond to the music?
• What are the steps to memorizing a piece of music?

• Students will be able to duplicate a slow and fast steady beat.
• Students will be able to learn a simple circle game.
• Students will be able to create movements that respond to the music.
• Students will be able to memorize a simple song, Juba.

o Observe which students are having difficulty following the different beat patterns.
o Observe which students need direction to be able to play and work together in the circle game.
o Have students demonstrate different cat movements moving slowly and quickly. Ask how these
movements could be used during the dance/game.
o Have the students describe the difference between the “walk” and “running” beat. (speed)
WORDS TO KNOW
• beat: rhythmic unit of measure
• interlude: a section of music played between verses
MATERIALS
• CD Player
• Making Music, Silver Burdett, Kindergarten, CD 1:13 Juba, page 13.
• Making Music, Silver Burdett, Kindergarten, Teachers Manual, pages 12-13 and 362.
RESOURCES
• http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/winter02-03/music.cfm (African American songs)
• http://www.singers.com/sweethoney.html (Sweet Honey on the Rock)
learning)
• Have the students stand in a circle with plenty of room to move around.
• Explain that you will be playing a variety of beat patterns and they will be moving to the beat.
• Let the students listen first to the different patterns. Ask what they think the beat is telling them to do.
(e.g., steady slow tapping =walk; shaking the tambourine = running; uneven tapping =
jumping/hopping; loud hit = stop and listen, etc.)
• Use a tambourine and tap a steady beat. Have the students walk around in the circle stepping in time
to the beat. Alternate the beat patterns watching to see if students react appropriately.
• Ask students to identify things that have a steady beat. (e.g., clock ticking, heart beating, rain on the
roof, music on a radio, etc.)

• Ask the students to pat a slow steady beat (like walking) on their knees. Then have them pat a fast
steady beat (like running). Make sure every one keeps a steady beat.
• Have the students sit in a circle and listen while you play “Juba”, CD 1:13.
• Play the song again and have the students pat a slow steady beat on their knees.
• Teach the students the words of the song by having them repeat short phrases,
• Play Juba again and have the students sing with the music. Repeat as necessary.
• Have the students stand and walk in a circle to a slow steady beat to the music.

• Explain that Juba is a very old song sung by African American Slaves and was a dance or game.
• One of the students will act like a cat. Have students demonstrate how cats move their bodies.
• Choose one child to be Juba and another child to be the yellow cat.
• The students stand in a circle holding hands, while Juba stands on the outside of the circle and the
“yellow cat” inside the circle.
• As the children sing the first verse, Juba walks a steady beat around the circle looking for the “cat”.
• During the interlude, Juba jumps up and down in a steady beat.
• When the students sing the verse the second time, they drop their hands and Juba chases the “cat” in
and out of the circle.
• At the end of the song, Juba catches the cat and both stand in the circle.
• Have the students share the different ways Juba might clap or pat his legs when walking a steady
beat during the game.
• Discuss how the “cat” could imitate what Juba was doing or how the “cat” could create movements
that represent what a real cat might do.
• Play the CD 1:15 of Sweet Honey in the Rock’s version of Juba. Ask the students to keep a steady
beat while listening.
• Ask: “What special sound is keeping the beat on the recording?” (the singers clapping and slapping
their thighs)
experiences)
• Extend the lesson with Go Around the Cat’s Eye CD 1:17, dance page 362.
• Play the Duck, Duck Goose game, another circle game of catching a person.
MUSIC- KINDERGARTEN
STEADY BEAT
My Head and My Shoulders

Lesson 4
CONTENT STANDARDS
2.3 Play instruments and move or verbalize to demonstrate awareness of beat, tempo, dynamics and
melodic direction
4.1 Create movements that correspond to specific music
TOPICAL QUESTIONS
• What skills do I need in order to connect a steady beat with parts of my body?
• What do I have to know in order to create movements that fit specific pieces of music?

• Students are able to know the names of their body parts and move on the steady beat as the song
tells them.
• Students are able to add more names of body parts and create movements to correspond to the
music.

o Have a full body picture of a person or labeled picture cards to assist all students in
naming/labeling their body parts.
o Have the students add new body part words to pictures, substituting the body parts into the song,
adding movements.
o Draw a picture of your body, adding head, shoulders, middle, legs and feet.
o Lay on a large piece of paper and draw an outline your body.
WORDS TO KNOW
• steady beat: a steady unit of measure of rhythmic time
• echo: The repeating of a sound; to hear again from another source, bouncing back
MATERIALS
• Making Music, Silver Burdett, Kindergarten, Teachers Manual, page 14
• CD Player
• CD 1-21
• Making Music, Silver Burdett, Kindergarten, Resource Book: D-3
• Optional: Name the Parts of the Body (attached)
RESOURCES
• Refer to Lesson #3 on how to practice moving to a steady beat.
Resource Book: Music Reading Worksheet D-3, icons help students keep the beat as they practice
saying 1234 poem.
learning)
• Have the students practice with identifying parts of their body (head, shoulders, chest, middle, knees
and toes) by saying something such as “Here is my head” placing your hands on your head. Have the
students echo, “Here is my head” and place their hands on their head. Continue using the listed
body parts in the song. (e.g., head, shoulders, chest, middle, knees and toes, etc.)
• Make a “game” where you call out the body part area listed in the song. Have the students place
their hands on that body part.
• Repeat as necessary until familiar with the parts of the body. This activity is excellent for English
Language Learners.

• Model the 1234 rhyme on page 15. Pat a steady beat on your knees as you recite the poem.
• Have the students join you in patting a steady beat on their knees as you recite the poem.
• Have the students pat their knees in a steady beat as you recite the 1234 rhyme in sections with the
students echoing each section.
• Repeat as necessary.

• Recite the words to “My Head and My Shoulders” on page 14. Have students pat a steady beat.
• Ask the students to put their hands on the appropriate parts of their bodies while you repeat the
words of the song.
• Recite each line separately. Have the students echo you and place their hands on the appropriate
parts of the body.
• Have the students listen to the song, “My Head and My Shoulders”. CD 1:21
• Sing the song several times with them, having the students place their hands on their body as
indicated in the song.
• Each time you sing the song, remain silent on a body part to assess their learning.
• Encourage the students to move their hands with a steady beat during the song.
• Divide the students into two groups. Have each group perform the “My Head and Shoulders Song”
for the other group. Explain that a good audience (the ones who are not singing) must listen politely
and quietly when other students sing.
• Switch groups and repeat, reminding the new “listeners” to practice being “a good audience”.
• Once the students are familiar with the song, challenge the students by saying the words of the song
at different tempos.
experiences)
• Extend the students abilities by having the students practice learning the “Patty Cake” nursery rhyme.
“Patty cake, patty cake, Baker’s man, Bake me a cake as fast as you can. Roll it and pat it and mark
it with a “B”, and put it in the oven for Baby and me.”
• Add actions and have the students alternate patting their laps and then clapping their hands in a
steady beat as they learn the rhyme.
• Another game that has a strong sense of beat is “Andy Pandy”, page 46.
Name the Parts of the Body
leg arm knee

foot neck hand
eye ear nose
MUSIC- KINDERGARTEN
MELODY
I’m Tall, I’m Small

Lesson 5
CONTENT STANDARDS
1.2 Identify and describe basic elements in music (high/low)
melodic direction
TOPICAL QUESTIONS
• How can I move safely in order to respect the personal space of others?
• What skills do I need to have in order to identify high and low sounds?
• What does it look like to dramatize and move to high and low sounds?

• Students will recognize sounds that are high and low.
• Students will be able to dramatize/move to sounds that are high/low.

o Help students develop self-discipline by modeling how they need to respect each other’s personal
space.
o Have students draw a family picture labeling who is tallest and smallest. Have the students
compare which voices are highest and lowest.
o As the students draw a picture of their family, have them work as teams discussing which family
member has the highest voice and lowest.
o Who is the tallest and shortest person? Who has the highest and lowest voice?
WORDS TO KNOW
• staff: a set of 5 horizontal lines with 4 corresponding spaces between them on which music is written
• high: a sound notated near the top of the staff
• low: a sound notated near the bottom of the staff
• pitch: the location of a note related to its highness or lowness
MATERIALS
• Making Music, Silver Burdett, Kindergarten, Teachers Manual, page 18.
• CD player
• CD 1: 26
• Making Music, Silver Burdett, Kindergarten, Resource Book, page E-5
• Barred instrument- xylophone
• Blocks of different sizes
RESOURCES
Edition
Edition, Resource Book, page E-5
• For more on the xylophone: http://www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID=170
• Pictures of barred instruments (attached)
learning)
• Ask the students to look around the classroom and tell you what is high in the classroom. (e.g.,
ceiling, lights, ABC charts above the board, ceiling fans, etc)
• Ask the students to look again and find what is low in the classroom. (e.g., floor, carpet, low tables,
etc.)
• Ask the students to find what is in-between the high and low or in the middle of the classroom. (e.g.,
windows, bookcases, doors, etc)

• Explain that there are things that we can hear that are high and low, called pitch.
• Ask the students to name some high sounds that they know (e.g., whistle, children’s voices, recess
bells, etc.) and low sounds (e.g., thunder, a man’s voice, fog horn, etc.)
• Show the class a barred instrument (xylophone), holding the smallest end at the top.
• Optional: For more on the xylophone: http://www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID=170
• Explain that some of the musical sounds are high (smallest end) and some are low (at the bottom),
and some sounds are in the middle. Demonstrate each sound as you talk.
• Have a student(s) come and play a note and ask the class if it is high, middle or low.
• Have the students stand allowing sufficient “personal space” (room to move without touching another
person).
• As you play different notes, have students move their hands in high, middle or low positions.

• Have the students sit and listen to CD 1:26, “I’m Tall, I’m Small”.
• Ask the students: “When we heard the word “tall” in the song, was it a high or low sound?” (high)
“And when we heard the word “small” was it a high or low sound?” (low)
• Listen again and have the students sing and move their hands as appropriate. (tall/high, small/low)
• Repeat as necessary.
• Read “My Shadow” on page 19 and identify the movement words. (in and out, jump, shoots up, gets
so little)
• Help the students dramatize the poem with high and low movements (“in and out with me”- hands
move forward and backwards; “heels up…head”- indicate areas of body; “jump”- jump; “shoots up
taller”- hands move up over head; “gets so little”- hands are lowered.)
• Use a variety of blocks of varied sizes. Have the students place the blocks according to longest and
shortest. Have them work in teams to help each other.
• Explain that they have created a representation of a xylophone.
• Ask students: “Which blocks do you think will produce higher sounds? (the smaller blocks) Which
blocks do you think will produce lower sounds?” (the longer blocks)
experiences)
• Science: Create shadows using a flashlight. Have the students make tall or small shadows as they
move. Compare to sunlight and their shadows.
• Another idea may be to fill bottles with varying amounts of water and strike the bottles with a spoon to
produce various pitches.
MUSIC- KINDERGARTEN
HIGH/LOW PITCHES
The Three Little Pigs

Lesson #6
CONTENT STANDARDS
1.2 Identify and describe basic elements in music: high/low
2.2 Sing age appropriate songs from memory.
TOPICAL QUESTIONS
• What prior knowledge do I have to have in order to imitate high and low sounds with my voice?
• What are the steps to memorizing a song?

• Students will be able to imitate high and low sounds with their voices.
• Students will be able to use high and low voice sounds appropriately in a song and story.
• Students will be able to sing an age appropriate song by memory.

o As students join in and tell the story of The Three Little Pigs” observe whether they use their high
and low voices appropriately.
o Add actions to the song to assist students remembering the words.
o Draw pictures telling the story of the Three Little Pigs.
WORDS TO KNOW
• high: a sound notated near the top of the staff
• low: a sound notated near the bottom of the staff
• pitch: location of a note related to its highness and lowness
• steady beat: a steady unit of measure of rhythmic time
• sow: (rhymes with “cow”) a female pig
MATERIALS NEEDED
• Making Music, Silver Burdett, Kindergarten, Teacher’s Manual, page 21
• CD player
• CD 1:28 “Three Little Pigs”
• Story of “The Three Little Pigs” (attached)
RESOURCES
Kindergarten Resource Book: D-4, G-5
• Lesson #5 – “I’m Tall, I’m Small”
• Attached: clip art images of pigs and a wolf
• http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/three_little_pigs.html
learning)
• Read a version of “The Three Little Pigs” using high voices when speaking in the characters of the
pigs and a lower voice when speaking in the character of the wolf.
• Ask students: “Why did I use a high voice for the pigs and a lower voice for the wolf?” (e.g., smaller
animals might have smaller voices, etc.)
• Ask students to compare the voices and sizes of the animals in the story to the pitches and bar sizes
on a xylophone. “What sizes generally result in higher pitches and what sizes generally result in
lower pitches?”
• If needed, review Lesson #5 discussing how some sounds are high and some are low.
• Ask students to identify other instances when a large object might make a low pitch and a small
object might make a higher pitch (man’s voice / boy’s voice; big dog bark/ small dog bark).

• Explain that you have a song that tells a different story about three little pigs. (You may want to
explain that in this song the mother pig is properly called a sow.)
• Have students listen to CD 1:28, “Three Little Pigs”, as they tap a steady beat on their laps.
• Ask the students to tell you what the piglets wanted to change in the song. (The little pigs wanted to
sound like their mother.)
• Ask students” “What did the song say was the difference between the mother’s voice (lower) and the
piglets’ voices?” (higher)

• Play the recording again, and have the students join in on the “oink, oink, oink” and “wee, wee, wee”.
• Teach the words verse 1 of the song to the students in short sections, with the “oink” said with a low
pitch, and the “wee” said with a high pitch. Continue teaching verse 2.
• Have students sing the song with the CD, singing with high and low pitches on the “oink and wee”
words.
• Recite the poem “Hickory, Dickory, Dare” on page 20, and have the students keep a steady beat by
tapping on their laps. Make your voice rise in pitch as the pig goes up in the air, and then fall back
down as the pig comes down.
• Have the students echo each line, until able to repeat the poem, using high and low voices. Add
actions to assist the memorization.
• Choose 3 students to be the 3 pigs and 1 student as the wolf to act out the story of “The Three Little
Pigs”.
• Work with the class to repeat the simple high and low pitched dialog that is inserted into the story of
the Three Little Pigs. (e.g., “Little pig, little pig let me in.” –wolf and “Not by the hair on my chiny-chin-
chin!” “Then I’ll huff and puff and blow your house down!”)
• Have the students use higher voices for the pigs and a lower voice for the wolf.
• Begin and end the story with the song.
experiences)
• Focus on ordinal positions (first, second, third)
• Learn about real pigs, what they eat, characteristics, how they live, etc.
The Three Little Pigs
(Edited version by Dawn Andrews)
Once upon a time there were three little pigs that lived with their mother. As the pigs began
to grow up, the mother realized it was time for them to find their own home.
Now two of the pigs were silly pigs, who loved to laugh and play all day. The third little pig
was a serious fellow and liked to play but always did his work first.
The first little pig went into the market and found a man selling straw. The first little pig said
to himself, “My house will be so easy to build! I’ll quickly make a house of straw and have
lots of time to play!” And he did make his house of straw.
The second little pig went into the market and found a man selling sticks. The second little
pig said to himself, “My house will be so easy to build! I’ll quickly make a house of sticks
and have lots of time to play!” And he did make his house of sticks.
The third little pig was a serious pig and knew he would need to make his house of bricks.
Bricks were strong and would last a long time. He would not be able to play until his house
was built.
The first two pigs were done building their homes and they went out to play. They laughed
at the third pig who was working so hard to make his house of brick. The third pig warned
the two silly pigs, “Be careful of the wolf. Your houses are not strong, and you will be in
trouble if the wolf decides to come.”
The very next day the wolf did come to the first pig’s house made of straw. He banged on
the door and said in a low voice, “Little pig, little pig let me in.”
The first little pig answered in a high voice, “Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin!”
The wolf answered, “Then I’ll huff and puff and blow your house down!” And he did!
The first little pig ran “wee, wee, wee!” all the way to the second pig’s house made of
sticks!
Now the wolf followed the first pig to the second pig’s house made of sticks. Do you think
the house of sticks would keep the wolf out? Let’s see what happened.
The wolf banged on the door and said in a low voice, “Little pigs, little pigs let me in.”
The second little pig answered in a high voice, “Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin!”
The wolf answered, “Then I’ll huff and puff and blow your house down!” And he did!
The two little pigs ran “wee, wee, wee!” all the way to the third pig’s house made of bricks!
By this time, the wolf was getting grumpy and very, very hungry! He banged on the door
and said in a low voice, “Little pigs, little pigs let me in.”
The third little pig answered in a high voice, “Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin!”
The wolf answered, “Then I’ll huff and puff and blow your house down!”
And he blew and blew and blew! Whew! The wolf could not believe that the brick house
was still standing! How would he get his dinner if he could not get in? Ah! He had a great
idea! He would go up on the roof and climb down the chimney!
The three pigs heard him climb up on the roof. The third little pig quickly made a fire in the
fireplace and waited to see what would happen. The wolf was so hungry, he did not look
first before he tried to slide down the chimney into the little pig’s house. Down he went!
When he landed on the fire in the fireplace, he yelled “Owwww!” holding on to his burnt tail,
and ran out of the house, never to bother the pigs again.
The three pigs all danced and sang together! The two silly pigs decided to build homes of
brick to make sure they would be safe in the future.
And they all lived happily ever after…except the wolf who had a sore tail.
KINDERGARTEN - RHYTHM
STEADY BEAT
Clap, Wiggle, and Stomp

Lesson #7
CONTENT STANDARDS
2.2 Sing age-appropriate songs from memory.
melodic direction.
4.1 Create movements that correspond to specific music.
TOPICAL QUESTIONS
• How do I listen to music and change movements as requested?
• What skills do I need in order to memorize music, keep a steady beat, and create appropriate
movements to the music?

• Students will be able to memorize and perform the “Clap, Wiggle and Stomp” song.
• Students will be able to create a steady beat using a variety of movements.
• Students will be able to create movements and apply them to other learning.

o Observe whether the students are moving successfully on the steady beats, and are changing
their movements to fit each verse.
o What animals can you pretend to be and how would they move?
o Which animals are more likely to move with a steady beat?
o What are the skills I need to memorize and perform a song?
o How will I know if I am keeping a steady beat?
o How can I apply my knowledge of movement to help me in other learning?
WORDS TO KNOW
• steady beat: a pulse felt in music
MATERIALS NEEDED
• Making Music, Silver Burdett, Kindergarten, Teacher’s Manual, page 34
• CD Player
• CD 2:5, CD 2:7
RESOURCES
• http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/index.htm (facts about penguins)
• http://members.tripod.com/Thryomanes/ZooAnimals.html (pictures of zoo animals)
• www.sandi.net/depts/vapa/lessons/dance_k.pdf (VAPA dance lessons)
• www.sandi.net/depts/vapa/lessons/theatre_k.pdf (VAPA theater lessons)
learning)
• Have students practice reciting known nursery rhymes such as “Humpty, Dumpty” (“Humpty, Dumpty
sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men, couldn’t
put Humpty together again. or “Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake” (“Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man; Bake
me a cake as fast as you can. Roll it and pat it and mark it with a “B”, and bake it in the oven for baby
and me.”) while they tap a steady beat. Another resource is VAPA dance and theater websites:
www.sandi.net/depts/vapa/lessons/theatre_k.pdf
• Ask the students what other actions they could do to keep a steady beat? (e.g., tap foot, hop, stomp,
pat knees, etc.)
• Write the action word or draw a simple picture depicting the actions on separate cards. Have the
students practice the actions by reading the cards doing the action to a steady beat.

• Introduce different movements by modeling and saying: “Clap xxx, clap xxx, clap with a steady beat,
clap xxx.” (Say the word ‘clap’ followed by three claps.)
• Use a variety of action words including tap (with the foot), hop (on one foot), wiggle and stomp into
the pattern. (e.g., say ‘tap’ followed by three foot taps; say ‘hop’ followed by three hops; etc.)
• Have the students practice with you. Repeat as necessary.

• Play the first verse of CD 2-5, “Clap, Wiggle and Stomp” and stop.
• Ask the students if they heard the part that sang “clap xxx, clap xxx” where the singers sang “clap”
and then clapped three times?
• Have the students listen again to verse 1 and join in the clap section.
• Tell the students that there are other actions: tap, hop, wiggle, slap your knees and stomp your foot.
Model the actions for your students to see.
• Play the CD again and have the students join in the actions while they sing the verses.
• Challenge the students to perform the music for memory using the actions.
• Have the students share out how various animals move and if they move with a steady beat.
• Resource: Zoo animals web site
• Have the students choose one animal and move like that animal.
• Ask the students if the animal(s) being portrayed moved with a steady beat or not.
experiences)
• Play the recording of “Doing the Penguin”, CD 2:7, and have the students tap a steady beat.
• Model how the actions in the song would look and have the students join you.
• Resource: Facts about Penguins web site
KINDERGARTEN - MUSIC
TIMBRE
Just from the Kitchen

Lesson #8
CONTENT STANDARDS
2.1 Use the singing voice to echo short melodic patterns.
2.4 Create accompaniments, using the voice or a variety of classroom instruments.
TOPICAL QUESTIONS
• What is “call and response” in music and what part do I play in this process?
• Where can I find created instruments and how can I use them to make music?

• Students will use their singing voices appropriately on the call section of the song.
• Students will learn proper use of created instruments.
• Students will be able to determine when to play the instruments on either the call or respond section
of the music.

o Which students use creative thinking in finding ways to use kitchen items to make sound?
o Which students need more language support in identifying items from the kitchen?
o Draw a picture of something in your kitchen that you could use to make sounds.
o Tell a partner which kitchen items made sounds that you liked the best or the least. And why.
WORDS TO KNOW
• timbre: (pronounced tam-ber) tone color or quality of sound heard
• improvisation: spontaneous creation of music
• call and response: a style of choral singing, one person sings the call then the rest of the chorus
sings a response or an answer
• soft: quiet
• accompaniment: a part usually played by one or more instruments that supports a main melody
• found sounds: items that are not musical that produce sound when hit/tapped
MATERIALS NEEDED
• Making Music, Silver Burdett Teacher’s Manual, page 54
• CD Player and CD 2:31 and CD 2:32
• Kitchen items: pots, wooden forks, spoons, eggbeaters, jars partially filled with water, plastic shakers,
pan lids, etc.
RESOURCES
• http://www.makingfriends.com/musical_instruments.htm (making musical instruments)

• Tell the students that they will be able to use the kitchen items in a song, but first they need to learn
the song.
• As you play CD: 2-31, Just from the Kitchen”, ask the students to guess what kitchen items were
used in the recording. (e.g., pans, glass with water, shakers, something being scraped, etc.)
• Explain that this song has one person singing the words (“Just from the kitchen”) with many voices
answering, “shoo lie loo”.
• The one singer sings the call and the group sings the response.
• Play the recording again, and have the students sing the response, “shoo lie loo”.

• Select 2-3 students to accompany the recording by letting them choose one of the items they would
like to play. (e.g., one shaker, one tap, one scrapping sound)
• Check that they understand how to “play” the kitchen items properly.
• Tell the students that they can play with the recording and create their own patterns of beat
(improvisation) but that the sounds they make need to be soft so everyone can sing with them.
• Play the CD and have the “instrumental” students accompany the music during the call section.
Remind the instrumentalists that they must keep their accompaniments soft.
• Have the rest of the class sing, “shoo lie loo” during the response section.
• Include other students in playing the kitchen items.
• Vary the playing by having 2 students play items on the call and 2 students play items on the
respond.
• Option: split the class in to two groups and have one group take turns accompanying the call while
the other group accompanies the response.
• Ask the students what kinds of “found sounds” are in the classroom. (e.g., pencils tapping desks,
rubbing two board erasures together, shaking math items in a container, etc.)
• Change the words of the song to “Just from the classroom…With a handful of children…Oh, student
name …) and have the student (named in the song) use one of the found items while playing CD
2:32, the background music to “Just from the Kitchen”.
experiences)
• Play the African American Singing Game, Just from the Kitchen, on page 366.
• To continue having students create sounds, sing, The Bus, on page 82 and have them add sounds.
KINDERGARTEN - MUSIC
RHYTHM
Corn Grinding Song

Lesson #9
CONTENT STANDARDS
melodic direction.
3.4 Use developmentally appropriate movements in responding to music from various genres and styles
(rhythm, melody)
TOPICAL QUESTIONS
• How does the music from the Native American Indian culture remind me of other cultures?
• What customs are similar to Native American Indians and Hispanics?

• Students will be able to tap a steady beat while listening to music.
• Students will be able to identify the difference between steady beat and a rhythmic melody.

o Observe which students have the language knowledge of the different foods found in their
homes.
o Observe which students are able to tap a steady beat. Help them by focusing on the word
rhythms in the text.
o Draw a picture of the different types of food you eat that are made from corn.
WORDS TO KNOW
• steady beat: a unit of measure of rhythmic time
• rhythm: the combinations of long and shore, even or uneven sounds that convey a sense of
movement in time.
• mano: a stone used to crush grain; like a rolling pin
• metate: flat surfaced stone used as the base for crushing grain
MATERIALS NEEDED
• Making Music, Silver Burdett Teacher’s Manual, page 66
• CD player, CD 2:53, CD 2:55
• Corn on husks: yellow, blue, white
• Other foods: cornmeal, corn tortillas, corn bread
• Roller pin and cutting board
RESOURCES
Edition
• http://www.apples4theteacher.com/coloring-pages/native-americans/grinding-corn.html (corn
grinding information)
• http://inkido.indiana.edu/w310work/romac/hopi.htm (information on Hopi Indians)
• http://inkido.indiana.edu/w310work/romac/navajo.htm (information on Navajo Indians)
3.2 Sing and play simple singing games from various cultures.
• Perform group singing games from family traditions.
3.3 Use a personal vocabulary to describe voices and instruments from diverse cultures.
• Discuss how singing and speaking voices are similar and different in various cultures.
• Describe the sounds of percussion instruments from a variety of cultures and the ways in
which the sounds are produced (e.g., the guiro is scraped, maracas are shaken, goat hooves
are rattled).
• Describe the sounds of instruments made from natural materials from a variety of cultures,
and the ways in which the sounds are produced, (e.g., A didgeridoo comes from Australia, is
made from a hollow tree trunk or limb and is played by blowing into the tube)
3.4 Use developmentally appropriate movements in responding to music from various

genres and styles (rhythm, melody).
• Create movements that correspond to the beat and rhythm in classical, folk, pop, marches,
and waltzes (e.g., conduct or march to the beat).
• Respond to the speed (tempo) and style of a song using appropriate movements (e.g.,
walking, running, skipping, hopping, waving, tapping, etc.).
• Illustrate through movement the upward, downward or unchanging direction of the melody
(melodic direction).
4.0 Aesthetic Value

Responding to, Analyzing and Making Judgments About Works of Art
4.1 Create movements that correspond to specific music.
• Respond to musical elements (steady beat, melodic direction, tempo) in a variety of music
with a range of appropriate movement.
• Illustrate the expressive qualities of a song with creative movement (e.g., smooth and lyrical).
4.2 Identify, talk about, sing, or play music written for specific purposes (e.g., work song,
lullaby).
• Sing, play, and discuss music used for celebration (birthday, patriotic, seasonal
celebrations), entertainment and religion.
• Compare and contrast the tempo of one song to another (e.g., a lullaby and a game song)
and explain why they are different.
• Listen to music and describe how it makes you feel.
5.0 Connections, Relationships, Applications

Connecting and Applying What is Learned in the Arts to all Disciplines and Subject Areas and to
Careers
5.1 Use music, together with dance, theatre, and the visual arts, for storytelling.
• Explore how color in visual art and tone color in music can support the meaning of a story.
• Discover how sound effects can change the impression or meaning of a song or story.
• Explore how the tone color of different instruments and voices can help in dramatizing a
story.
• Make meaning of text and images through the use of music and movement.
5.2 Identify and talk about the reasons artists have for creating dances, music, theatre
pieces, and works of visual art.
• Explore personal reasons for singing, dancing, role-playing, drawing and painting,
constructing, creating and performing.
• Discuss emotional, historical, and cultural reasons artists might have for creating their works
(e.g., to relate feelings, to offer enjoyment and beauty to others, to pass on cultural history
and folklore, and to keep traditions alive for generations).

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MUSIC- KINDERGARTEN

Louds and Softs of the Seasons

OBJECTIVES & STUDENT OUTCOMES

ASSESSMENT (Various strategies to evaluate effectiveness of instruction and student learning)

GUIDED PRACTICE (Application of knowledge, problem solving, corrective feedback)

OBJECTIVES & STUDENT OUTCOMES

ASSESSMENT (Various strategies to evaluate effectiveness of instruction and student learning)

MODELING (Presentation of new material, demonstration of the process, direct instruction)

GUIDED PRACTICE (Application of knowledge, problem solving, corrective feedback)

OBJECTIVES & STUDENT OUTCOMES

ASSESSMENT (Various strategies to evaluate effectiveness of instruction and student learning)

MODELING (Presentation of new material, demonstration of the process, direct instruction)

GUIDED PRACTICE (Application of knowledge, problem solving, corrective feedback)

My Head and My Shoulders

OBJECTIVES & STUDENT OUTCOMES

ASSESSMENT (Various strategies to evaluate effectiveness of instruction and student learning)

MODELING (Presentation of new material, demonstration of the process, direct instruction)

GUIDED PRACTICE (Application of knowledge, problem solving, corrective feedback)

leg arm knee

I’m Tall, I’m Small

OBJECTIVES & STUDENT OUTCOMES

ASSESSMENT (Various strategies to evaluate effectiveness of instruction and student learning)

MODELING (Presentation of new material, demonstration of the process, direct instruction)

GUIDED PRACTICE (Application of knowledge, problem solving, corrective feedback)

The Three Little Pigs

OBJECTIVES & STUDENT OUTCOMES

ASSESSMENT (Various strategies to evaluate effectiveness of instruction and student learning)

MODELING (Presentation of new material, demonstration of the process, direct instruction)

GUIDED PRACTICE (Application of knowledge, problem solving, corrective feedback)

Clap, Wiggle, and Stomp

OBJECTIVES & STUDENT OUTCOMES

ASSESSMENT (Various strategies to evaluate effectiveness of instruction and student learning)

MODELING (Presentation of new material, demonstration of the process, direct instruction)

GUIDED PRACTICE (Application of knowledge, problem solving, corrective feedback)

Just from the Kitchen

OBJECTIVES & STUDENT OUTCOMES

ASSESSMENT (Various strategies to evaluate effectiveness of instruction and student learning)

MODELING (Presentation of new material, demonstration of the process, direct instruction)

GUIDED PRACTICE (Application of knowledge, problem solving, corrective feedback)

Corn Grinding Song

OBJECTIVES & STUDENT OUTCOMES

ASSESSMENT (Various strategies to evaluate effectiveness of instruction and student learning)

3.4 Use developmentally appropriate movements in responding to music from various

4.0 Aesthetic Value

5.0 Connections, Relationships, Applications

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