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Musical Murals
Play different types of music and have children paint to the music. Display the paintings and the names of the artists.
One-on-One Reading: Abiyoyo #3
Read aloud Abiyoyo to individuals or small groups. Invite children to participate by repeating the word Zoop! and strumming their rubber-band guitars.
One-on-One Reading: Jazz Baby #3
Read aloud Jazz Baby to individuals or small groups. As you read, pause to encourage children to make connections between the story and their own lives.
One-on-One Reading: My Family Plays Music #3
Read aloud My Family Plays Music to individuals or small groups. Encourage children to look carefully at the illustrations to find and name the different instruments.
Play Together: Say It with Dance
Show children pictures of faces showing different emotions. Ask children to move in a way that shows that emotion.
Play Together: “Show Us What Your Instrument Can Do”
Gather children with their rubber-band instruments. Sing the song, “Show Us What Your Instrument Can Do” and have children demonstrate making sounds.
Play Together: Volume Control
Play a game with children where they raise and lower the volume of their voices. Use cardboard remote controls to adjust others’ volumes.
Read Together: Abiyoyo #1
Read a folktale about a giant named Abiyoyo. Invite children to act out gestures and sound effects throughout the story.
Read Together: Abiyoyo #2
Reread Abiyoyo by Pete Seeger and have children make connections to their own lives.
Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 4, Week 1
Reread one of the read-aloud books about sound or choose a favorite book from the recommended list.
Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 4, Week 2
Reread one of the books or select a book from the Recommended List and review the concepts about sound.
Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 4, Week 3
Reread one of the books, watch the video “What Instrument Does Alvin Play?,” or select a book from the recommended list focusing on the various sounds.
Read Together: Jazz Baby #1
Have children close their eyes and listen to a short jazz recording before you read the story Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler.
Read Together: Jazz Baby #2
Children imagine they are listening to the music in the story Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler as you read it aloud.
Read Together: Kitchen Dance #1
Read Kitchen Dance by Maurice Manning and focus on the various sound words as well as the movement words. Have children act out some of the movements.
Read Together: Kitchen Dance #2
Reread Kitchen Dance by Maurice Manning, playing tango music softly in the background to set the mood. Act out the action words and have children join.
Read Together: My Family Plays Music #1
Read a book about a family that likes to make music with many different musical instruments. Help children make connections to the book.
Read Together: My Family Plays Music #2
Read My Family Plays Music by Judy Cox and focus on the different kinds of music each member of the family plays. Talk about how each instrument is played.
Read Together: Violet’s Music
Read a book about a girl who loves to make music all day long. Discuss how the various sounds are made and act them out.
Recite Together: “Jazz Baby, Jazz Baby” #1
Recite the poem “Jazz Baby, Jazz Baby” with motions. Invite children to join you in reciting and acting out the sound words.