Hello Song
Instrument Corner: Ukulele
Down by the Bay
Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow
Back to my home, I dare not go.
For if I do, my mother will say,
“Did you ever see a goose kissing a moose, down by the bay?”
“Did you ever see a whale with a polka-dot tail, down by the bay?”
“Did you ever see a fly wearing a tie, down by the bay?”
“Did you ever see a bear combing his hair, down by the bay?”
“Did you ever see llamas eating their pajamas, down by the bay?”
“Did you ever see a pig dancing a jig, down by the bay?”
“Did you ever see a lamb cooking a ham, down by the bay?”
“Did you ever see a cat fly like a bat, down by the bay?”
“Did you ever see a dog hopping like a frog, down by the bay?”
“Did you ever have a time when you couldn’t make a rhyme,
down by the bay?”
Statues
This is a fun filler game when I am talking about rhythm and tempo.
All the students have to spread out so that they are not touching anyone or anything. They then make a pose as if they were a statue and cannot move until they hear the drum sound.
They have to listen to the beat of the drum and can only move once for every beat.
They cannot touch anyone in the room during this or they are out and they must not be moving when the drum is not playing.
Using it with tempo, speed up and slow down the beat of the drum each time and have them match the speed of their movements to the tempo of the drum.
Music Theory
Who Took the Cookie From the Cookie Jar?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B88opX9n_dszZENTRjdvbUlBSVE/view?usp=sharing
Print the pdf from above. Cut out and use it for this game. Laminate if you can.
Pass out, with at least one of the students/kids getting a cookie card.
Use the hand-clapping pattern: pat, clap, pat, clap, pat, clap, etc...
Say the chant (found below) with the group, trying not to skip a beat.
Who took the cookie from the cookie jar?
(name) took the cookie from the cookie jar.
Who me?
Yes, you!
Couldn’t be?
Then who?
Keep going until all the cookies are found, or you could go until everyone’s card is turned over.
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Lesson Plan #1: Introduction to Bach
Biography
Bach spent his whole life in one part of Germany. He was married twice, first to his cousin Maria Barbara, and after she died, to a professional musician named Anna Magdalena. Anna helped Bach in his work so much that her handwriting came to look just like his. Bach taught all of his children to play an instrument and sing. The famous “Two-Part Inventions” or “Ideas,” were written for his children to exercise each finger and train the hands to play independently.
An example is from the movie, “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea”
Bach's Toccata Fugue in D
Here is a really fun example of Bach music mashed up with Jackson 5 music.
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