1st grade
Here is the Sea
Lyrics (Australian folk song) Here is the sea, the wavy sea,Here is a boat and here is me.Here are the fishes way down below,Wiggle their tails and away they go. See also Australian folk songs songs about fish songs with …
Number One Touch Your Tongue
Lyrics (Traditional chant) Number one, touch your tongue,Number Two, touch your shoe,Number Three, touch your knee,Number Four, touch the floor,Number Five, through the hive,Number Six, do the splits,Number Seven, up to heaven,Number Eight, over the gate,Number Nine, touch your spine,Number …
When I was a Shoemaker
Lyrics (Folk song) When I was a shoemaker,And a shoemaker was I,A this a way and a this a way,And a this a way went I. …baker… …doctor… …dentist… …teacher… …store clerk… …firefighter… See also songs about jobs Preschool community …
Pitch Matching Performance Assessment Rubrics
Rubrics (See downloads at bottom of page. Each number has a corresponding button.) 1 2 3 – self-assessment See also songs for solo singing mi, so songs mi, so, la songs melody resources Rubric with 3 options Rubric with 4 …
Songs for Solo Singing
Here is a list of songs that have parts to encourage students to sing solos: Amen Amen BINGO Bob-A-Needle Charlie Over the Ocean Columbus Sailed With Three Ships Den pernas kyra Maria Doggie Doggie Where’s Your Bone Down By the …
Little Bird
Lyrics (Traditional chant) Once I saw a little bird go hop, hop, hopSo I cried, “Little bird, will you stop, stop, stop!”I was going to the window to say, “How do you do?”But he shook his little tail and away …
Quick as a Cricket
Lesson ideas I love this book! I like to read each page, and then the children act it out (they can add bubbles). Sometimes I play the piano while they move; I improvise different styles to fit the words. If …
Peter and the Wolf
Visuals / Worksheets / Assessments (See downloads at bottom of page. Each number has a corresponding button.) Recordings of instruments / character themes Narrated by Lina Prokofiev – Amazon | iTunes Narrated by Sir John Gielgud – Amazon | iTunes Narrated …
Beat vs. No Beat
Lesson ideas Play keyboard examples of songs with an obvious steady beat (i.e. march) and long, sustained tones for examples with “no beat.” Or… play recordings while students circle “beat” or “no beat.” For songs with an obvious steady beat, …
My Big Bass Drum
Lyrics (M. Edith Reynolds, 1914) Have you seen my big bass drum? Boom! boom! boom!A rub-a-dub-dub, A rub-a-dub-dub, Boom! boom! boom!As I go marching up the street, Wearing my uniform so neat,My drum and I are hard to beat! Boom! …
