A fishy tale focusing on beat and rhythm.
Chants are a great way to focus on rhythm and beat. The mp4 teaches this fishy tale in progressive steps. Once learned, try dividing the class –half taking the part of leader, half doing the echoes.
Zip your choice of fruit or vegetable into this simple chant.
Zip your choice of fruit or vegetable into this simple chant. Add instruments as an accompaniment.
A simple chant to focus on rhythm and adding instruments.
The mp4 teaches this counting chant and shows when and what to play to add an accompaniment. Zip in your own choice of fruit or vegetable to vary the chant.
Combine the song, “Light The World” with a multicultural chant, “Light Up the Holidays” to make a rondo easily adapted for concert performance.
Say and sing about different holiday traditions.
Shared light is the theme of this multi-cultural holiday song.
Add a simple accompaniment and sign language to make this into a multi-cultural concert song. For a more elaborate rendition, check out “Light The World Rondo”.
A simple question and answer song to explore ideas and dreams.
From Mardi Gras to Purim to Halloween –many cultures have special days that centre around costumes. Try this question and answer song for playing dress-up or being grown-ups. Students sing their own ideas to a set tune.
Apples, Epples, Ipples, Opples, Upples –enjoy a silly song while learning vowel sounds.
It’s hard not to smile while singing this well known camp song. Try it during Language Arts to teach vowel sounds.
I hear with my little ear, smell with my little nose, taste …
Five variations of “I Spy” extending the game to all senses. Playing the game gives many opportunities for students to sing alone (often without really noticing that’s what they are doing) while asking and answering the questions.
Three vocal warm-ups encorporating many langauges.
Three vocal warm-ups use a variety of languages to sing “Hello”. Learn from the mp3s or mp4s, then invite students to become leaders in their own language of birth.
A song with an interesting history and simple movements …
A song with an interesting history. Simple movements make a good introduction to dance. Zip in student choice of perambulation to build vocabulary.
