- drums
- rubber band instruments
- scarves
- tappers
- toy instruments
- tubes
- instrument
- music
- musician
- soft
- sound
- voice
MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening: SL.PK.MA.1 Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners during daily routines and play.
Language: L.PK.MA.1 Demonstrate use of oral language in informal everyday activities.
Head Start Outcomes:
Language Development/Receptive Language Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
Language Development/Expressive Language Uses language to express ideas and needs.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 2 Participate actively in discussions, listen to the ideas of others, and ask and answer relevant questions
Talk Together: Music Day #2
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ELA Focus Skills: Speaking and Listening
Remind children that today is Music Day. Discuss with children how they would like to contribute to Music Day. Say, Today is Music Day! We are all going to make music together. What instruments are you going to use to make music today? Are you going to use an instrument or your voice to make music? Review with children the instruments they’d like to play, what sounds they will make (loud, soft, high, low), and how they will make sounds on the instruments (tap, scrape, etc.)
Some children may prefer to contribute by dancing with scarves or singing. Encourage children to contribute how they wish. Practice with children how they are going to move and sing. Ask, How are you going to move with your scarf? What sounds will you make with your voice as you sing?
Tell children that at the end of the performance, the musicians take a bow. Practice taking a bow with children.