- audio player
- CDs or tapes of children’s songs
- play microphones (toilet paper roll wrapped in aluminum foil)
- scarves (for dancing or dress up)
- toy animals or dolls
- toy musical instruments
- audience
- band
- musical instruments
MA Standards:
Literature: RL.PK.MA.3 With prompting and support, act out characters and events from a story or poem read aloud.
Head Start Outcomes:
Literacy Knowledge/Book Appreciation and Knowledge Retells stories or information from books through conversation, artistic works, creative movement, or drama.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12 Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
EEC Infant and Toddler Guidelines:
PW50. The older toddler engages in a variety of physical activities.
Join the Band #1
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Skill Focus: Creative Expression, Creative Movement, Imaginative Play, Vocabulary
Discuss the instruments, how to play them, and the sounds they make. Then invite children to sing, dance, and play along with recordings of children’s songs. Invite children to form their own band, like Violet in the book Violet’s Music, and play original songs as well. Encourage children to name and talk about the different musical instruments in their band. Toy animals and dolls can be singers, dancers, or the audience.