I bet you have figured out our routine by now, so let's get right into making music! We will start with "Hello There!" and "The Solfege Song." Now let's put our solfege skills to the test with some Call & Response singing. Make sure you are echoing me and using your hand signs! Today we will start our singing time with our Patriotic song. I bet you are getting really good at "America" by now! "Shine, Shine, Shine" is the song we added last week. Let's sing it together again! Now we are ready for some new songs. "Great Big Stars" is another opportunity to practice our call & response singing skills with a lovely, gentle melody. "Knock the Cymbals" is a short, simple song to sing, which means we can have some fun by bringing in percussion instruments next week. Make sure you are super comfortable singing it so we can have some fun with it! The last song for today is pretty silly, and great for practicing some of our CVC words, like hat, cat, top, etc. It's called "I Can't Spell Hippopotamus!" Can you?! This is a song we would have performed in our final concert of the year- even though we can't do that this year, we can still have a lot of fun learning the song together! I know you all had a ton of fun dancing to "Doin' the Penguin." So for this week I have a new song for you to dance with that I think you may be familiar with. Have fun dancing to "Can't Stop the Feeling." As always, I would love to see your dances. You can email them to me at [email protected].
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Welcome back, 1st Graders! Let's sing our Welcome Song- "Hello Friends!" Let's continue warming up our voices and brains with "The Solfege Song." Now we are going to practice our solfege singing with some Call & Response. I'll sing first, and you will echo me. Now we are all warmed up and ready to sing! I like to repeat songs for a few weeks before moving on to new material. This lets you guys feel comfortable with the songs and allows us to bring in different elements, like adding instruments, dances, and more. So let's start again with "Down By the Bay!" followed by "Apples and Bananas!" Now rise and shine and sing about "Mr. Golden Sun." Sing about how great friendship is in "Put Your Hand in My Hand." Next week we will be adding some movement to this song, so make sure you are really comfortable with it. Finally, a new song!!! "Shine, Shine, Shine" is a great song that was written by Carol Johnson was a great American singer and songwriter who is particularly known for singing about peace and togetherness. This one has a fun Call & Response section- you will take the part that echoes the soloist. Let's finish our singing time with our Patriotic song, "America." Did you have fun "Doin' the Penguin?" Let's do it "one more time!" I would still love to see videos of you and your family dancing and singing along. You can email them to me or save them to this Dropbox.
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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