Melody-

l, s, m/singing voice
"This is My Speaking Voice"
September "Sing Your Name"
"Snail Snail"
Roller coaster sing/draw

Rhythm- ta, ti ti, quarter rest,

plus literacy
Steady beat- assess if they can
keep one
Steady beat work- tap body
parts to classical pieces
Steady beat work- let them
choose places to tap

Harmony- rhythm and beat,

ostinato, listening skills

Form- question/answer, AA AB Movement- gross motor

(same and different), ABA
skills, balance, fine motor
"Teddy Bear"

"Sing Your Name"- AA form

"Teddy Bear"- Review heartbeat with body solfege
"Teddy Bear"- Review clapping
rhythm

"Here We Sit"- body solfege

October

Steady beat with "Here We Sit"

Steady beat with "Icky Sticky"-
Present s, m with "Here We Sit" talk about same/different
Ghost sirens
Five Little Monkeys
"Lucy Locket"

November

Basketball siren exercise

"Little Tommy Titlemouse"

Clap rhythm to "Here We Sit"

Echo Clapping

"Going on a Bear Hunt"

February

"I Have Found the Closet Key"

Literacy work with s, m on
paper individually
"Mouse, Mousie"
"Who Has the Penny?"
Present l with "Who Has the
Penny?"

March
Pipe cleaner voice trains

"Snail Snail"
"Down by the Bay"

"Jump Jim Joe"

"Rainbow Fish"mood music

The Nutcracker book

Danish Dance Song

"March" from the Nutcracker "March" from the Nutcracker

Small instrument playing- bells,

woodblock, etc.

Review ta and ti ti- Present

quarter rest
Present literacy with unifix
cubes

"Five Little Pumpkins"

"Little Tommy Titlemouse"

Movement to Nutcracker
movements

"Five Fat Turkeys"

"Jump Jim Joe"

Basketball siren exercise

"Jingle Bells"
"I Know an Old Lady Who
Swallowed Some Snow"
The Nutcracker Unit

Piano improv- they march, glide,

jump, etc.
"Promenade"- Mussorgsky
Poison Rhythm game

"Promenade" listening map

Ostinato clap, others sing l, s, m
patterns or one of our songs

Write in rhythms under

pictures for "Lucy Locket"
"Button You Must Wander"
Write in rhythms under
pictures for "Who Has the
Penny?"
"William Tell Overture"
Lunch fruit depicting ta and ti ti-
they composer their own
rhythms

"Goin on a Picnic"

"Hose" treatment
"Who's That Tapping at the
Window?"

"Going on a Bear Hunt"

Unifix cubes individually

Piano improv- they march,

glide, jump, etc.- assess
Unifix cubes with partner-
listening too, as well as gross ta ti ti- Assess
motor skills
collaboration skills
"Bow Wow Wow"
"Bow Wow Wow"
"Five Little Snowmen"
"Promenade"- Mussorgsky
S, m literacy on folded
paper with partner
"Ring Around the Rosy"

"Ring Around the Rosy"

"Mouse, Mousie"
"Follow Me, Follow Me"

"Button You Must Wander" Music in Our Schools Month!

"William Tell Overture"

"Make a Little Motion"

Practice songs for program

April
Practice songs for program

"Mother, Mother"
May

Poison Rhythm game

Practice instrument playing

Practice movement games

Practice instrument playing

Working together towards

the program

Practice movement games

Disscussion about the
program- some writing too?
"Hallelujah Chorus"- Handel

"Let Us Chase the Squirrel"

"Who Has the Penny?"

"Doggie, Doggie, Where's

Your Bone?"

"Make a Little Motion"

Practice movement games

Practice literacy skills for
program
Practice literacy skills for
program

"I Have Found the Closet Key"

"Goin on a Picnic"

Informance for Principal and

1st Grade Teachers
Practice songs for program

"Where Are the Animals?"

Work in groups to come up

with actions to a
movement

"My Aunt Came Back"

"Who's That Tapping at the
Window?"

Roller coaster sing/draw

"Here We Sit"

"Olympic Fanfare"- Arnaud

"Head, Shoulders, Knees, and
Toes"

Jingle Bells drawing/listening

activity for form- Present
same/different (ABA form)

January

"Mother Mother"
"Bow Wow Wow"
"Icky Sticky Bubblegum"

"Sing Your Name"- assess

initial pitch matching

"Looby Loo"

"March" movement map

"My Aunt Came Back"

"Snail Snail"
"I'm Going Down to Town"

Pitch Matching/Solo Singing

"I Know an Old Lady"

"Bounce High Bounce Low"

"Charlie Over the Ocean"

December

Holiday Songs

"Do As I'm Doing"

"Olympic Fanfare"- Arnaud

Present ta and ti ti with

"Titlemouse"

Animal sounds for high/low

pitches
"Mr. Wiggle and Mr. Waggle"

Collaboration- working
with others

1st Grade Program

"Let Us Chase the Squirrel"

May

"Peas Porridge Hot"

"Long Legged Sailor"

Write rhythms vs. beat for

"Peas Porridge Hot"

"John Kanocka"

"Peas Porridge Hot"

"Hallelujah" listening map

"Long Legged Sailor"

"Sing Your Name"- assess

ending pitch matching skills

"John Kanocka"
"I Know an Old Lady Who
Swallowed Some Sand"