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Explore Together (indoors): Responding to Sound
Invite children to create their own music by responding to the sounds they hear indoors. Provide various materials and help children identify and imitate 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: 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.
Sing Together: “Abiyoyo Is a Giant”
Have children vary the pitch as they sing and act out the song “Abiyoyo Is a Giant.”
Sing Together: “Alphabet Hokey Pokey” #1
Gather children in a circle. First teach children the traditional song and motions. Then hand out plastic letters and sing the song for a particular letter.
Sing Together: “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt”
Sing “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt” with children. Vary the volume of the verse each time you sing and sing the chorus loudly.
Sing Together: “Looby Loo”
Invite children to hold hands and form a circle. Teach the dance song “Looby Loo” and have the children sing and dance.
Sing Together: “My Mom Makes Music”
Teach children a chant, “My Mom Makes Music.” Invite children to pluck their guitar each time they hear a word beginning with the /m/ sound.
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.
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.
Watch Together: “Lions Jabber, Jig, Jog” (BTL clip)
Play the Between the Lions video “Lions Jabbering, Doing a Jig, and Jogging.” Pause to explain the words jabber, jig, and jog as you watch the video.
Watch Together: “Ruby Sings the Blues” #1 (BTL show)
Watch a Between the Lions video about Ruby who learns to sing a type of music called the Blues. Help children make connections to the video.
Watch Together: “What’s Your Name? (i)” (BTL clip) #2
Watch a short video about the letter “Ii.” Ask children to notice the letter “Ii” when it appears on the screen.