I love to start class by making music right away, so join me in singing our Welcome Song- "Hello There!" You will be echoing me for most of the song, but at the end we will sing "But we're all here together again!" Excellent! This is another song I like to sing at the beginning of every class, because it helps us to learn and sing our solfege! It's called "The Solfege Song." This one has some fun motions, so join me! Now let's do some solfege practice. Repeat after me! Are you ready to sing some songs together? Let's go! This is one of my daughter's favorite songs of all time- in fact, she requests her dad sing it to her every night, and they try to outdo each other making up the silliest rhymes they can! "Down by the Bay" is a great song for us to continue using our call-and-response (or echo) skills. During the chorus "Down by the bay..." you will echo the soloist; when we get to the verse "Did you ever..." sing all together! Do you like to eat apples and bananas? Me too! Here is a silly song we can sing together while we explore using long vowel songs. Enjoy some "Apples and Bananas!" This is a favorite song that my kids loved singing with me when they were a little younger- "Mr. Golden Sun." When you are familiar with the song, try adding the dance that they do along with it. Friends are an important part of our life. I know you are all missing seeing your friends at school every day right now, but let this song remind you that we don't have to look or think or be the same to be united in friendship. Go ahead and sing along with "Put Your Hand in My Hand." We will add motions to this in the future. The last song we will sing together is the great American Patriotic song "America." I want every student in our school to be able to sing this together. (Make sure you stick around to the end- we have a great activity that you can do with your whole family!) Our last activity is a fun dance you can do with the whole family! Grab your mom and dad or your siblings, and boogie down by "Doin' the Penguin!" (The audio file is below.) I would love to see pictures or videos of you "Doing the Penguin" and share some clips on my YouTube channel. If you would like to do that you can email your version to me or add it to this Dropbox folder.
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