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Recite Together: “Jazz Baby, Jazz Baby” #2
Reread the poem “Jazz Baby, Jazz Baby.” Divide children into groups: have one group recite through a tube, and others do the action.
Recite Together: “Violet in the Crib”
Recite the poem “Violet in the Crib” two or three times aloud while stressing the rhythm and the sound words.
Review the Week Together: Unit 4, Week 1
Revisit the charts, objects, and pictures from the week. Review sounds, pitch, and volume and how they were made.
Review the Week Together: Unit 4, Week 2
Display the rubber band instruments and tubes and have children demonstrate sounds they have learned. Encourage them to change the volume, pitch, and timbre of their sounds.
Road Tunnels
Invite children to build a road and tunnels structure. Explain that some roads go through tunnels sometimes so the roads can go underwater.
Sing Together: “Abiyoyo Is a Giant”
Have children vary the pitch as they sing and act out the song “Abiyoyo Is a Giant.”
Small Group: High and Low Material Sounds
Have children use various materials instead of their voices to continue exploring high and low sounds. Encourage children to work in pairs and to take turns.
Small Group: Making Group Music
In preparation for Music Day, have children listen to music and perform it in a group. Encourage small groups to try different volumes, pitches, and instruments.
Small Group: Making Music
Continue sharing and exploring making music in small groups. Invite the class as a group to give a concert of the sounds they made.
Small Group: More Tube Talk
Join small groups of children as they continue to explore listening and talking with tubes at the Math and Science Center. Help them explore vibrations as well.
Small Group: New Rubber Band Guitar
Have children join you in making rubber band guitars.
Small Group: Rubber Band Guitars
Have children continue plucking the rubber band guitars and watching the rubber bands move and vibrate. Talk about other things that vibrate to make sound.
Small Group: Tube Sounds
Join small groups of children as they explore listening with tubes at the Science and Math Center. Engage them in conversation and notice what captures their attention.
Sort by Volume (Loud/Medium/Quiet)
Create a chart with three volume levels. Hold up a picture, ask someone to make the sound of it, and decide where to place that picture.
Sorting Instruments
Have children organize pictures of musical instruments by the method of how an instrument is played.
“Sounds Like Fun” (PEEP game) #1
Demonstrate how to play the PEEP online game “Sounds like Fun.” Show children how to click on the animals to hear the sounds they make.
“Sounds Like Fun” (PEEP game) #3
Demonstrate how to play the PEEP online game “Sounds like Fun.” Show children how to click on the animals to hear the sounds they make.
Talk Together: Exploring Sounds
Play some of the recordings of children exploring sounds with their rubber band instruments. Ask children to describe the sounds using descriptive words.
Talk Together: Exploring Surfaces and Sounds
Review children’s previous explorations of different surfaces and the different sounds they make. Talk about texture and prepare children for an outdoor exploration of surfaces.
Talk Together: Feeling the Music
Talk about how different music can make you feel happy, sad, or even silly. Play a piece of music and ask children how they feel.