Every year I'm amazed at how little and young the kindergartners look! By the end of the year, they have grown and matured so much!!
Our kindergarten students are working on beat with the song "Johnny works with one hammer" as well as learning to move in self-space (a toughie for some as they like to hold hands and aren't as aware of their space at first) and group space. It's important for students to know how to move to music musically! And figuring out how wide, tall and low they can make themselves helps.
We are doing a folk dance called "Les Saluts." The students learn basics: walking left, right, into the circle and back out of it. There are no words and it's a very gentle song with a good pace. The students like the clapping part and the pauses in the music.
We also do a direction song that they ask for every class so far! It's called "If you're a kid" and it's on Youtube. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw6z94wJsWI
It's another great way to have them practice self space, follow directions and have some fun!
We read the book "Ten in the Bed" and practice using our singing voices on the "Roll over" part.
Our first few lessons we work on following directions (how we walk into class, how we exit class, how we make a circle, how we stay in a line) by using songs and clapping patterns. We also learn about our self-space/shared space and how to sit on the blue lines.
In the month of September, we'll be learning about our four voices (shouting/singing/talking/whispering). We'll also learn about beat and pitch (high and low sounds).
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