High and Low sounds can be difficult to teach to students who confuse it with Loud and Soft. I have found a few things be helpful.
Songs
- All Through the Night
- Andy Pandy
- Animal Fair
- As I Walked Out One Holiday
- Baa Baa Black Sheep
- Baker
- Boom Chicka Boom
- By’m Bye
- Chumbara
- Cluck Old Hen
- Cobbler Cobbler
- Creeping Creeping Little Flea
- Do as I’m Doing
- Doctor Foster
- Friendly Beasts
- Frog Pond
- Fruit Bending Down
- Goodbye Julie
- Grand Old Duke of York
- Great Big House in New Orleans
- Ham and Eggs
- Hey Ho Welcome Song (original song based on Hey Ho Nobody Home)
- Hop Up and Jump Up
- Hop Up My Froggy
- I Went to Visit a Farm One Day
- I’m Stretching Very Tall
- It Rained a Mist
- Itsy Bitsy Spider
- Jack and Jill
- List to the Bells
- Mos Mos
- My Good Old Man
- Nine Red Horsemen
- North Wind Doth Blow
- Old King Glory
- One Cold and Frosty Morning
- Raggle Taggle Ladies
- Sailing in the Boat
- See Saw Sacradown
- Sleep Baby Sleep
- Sleigh Ride
- St. Paul’s Steeple
- Three Billy Goats Gruff
- Three Little Pigs
- To Stop the Train
- Two Maids Went A-Milking One Day
- Wee Willie Winkie
- When Goldilocks Went to the House of the Bears
- Wise Man Built His House
- Ya Ya We
- Yoo Hoo
Lesson ideas
- We listen to high and low sounds and move our bodies into high and low positions. Some ideas for high/low instruments:
- High Sounds could be:
- High C’ on Soprano Xylophone
- High C’ on Glockenspiel
- Triangle
- Finger Cymbal
- Low Sounds could be:
- Low C on Bass Xylophone
- Low C on Resonator Bar
- Deep-sounding drum
- High Sounds could be:
- Some listening examples:
- High Sounds
- Low Sounds
- Both High & Low Sounds
- We emulate the sounds of a lion vs. a mouse and the barks of a big dog vs. a small dog.
- You could read the folk stories of the Three Billy Goats Gruff or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
High & Low / Up & Down Printables
- Available on this page: To Stop the Train
- Available on this page: 1st Grade Up / Down Assessment
Visuals available on these Pages:
- Animal Fair
- Baa Baa Black Sheep
- Gobble Gobble
- Ham and Eggs
- Hickory Dickory Dock
- Hop Up and Jump Up
- Hot Cross Buns
- Sailing in the Boat
- See Saw Sacradown
- Yoo Hoo
See also
- Kindergarten Melody Lessons & Resources
- Comparatives (High/Low, Loud/Soft, Fast/Slow)
- lesson plans
- melody resources
Extras for Plus Members
- Assessment
- High Low / Up Down Xylophone Handouts, Printable & Digital Visuals and Assessments
- Printable & Digital Visuals
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