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The "Big Kid" Rhythm Bundle (Grades 3-6) **30% OFF!**
By Jason Litt
Included in these rhythm bundle are 25 resources that you can utilize in grades 3-6. Games, dictation, worksheets, races, and more are in this bundle as the resources discuss longer rhythmic patterns, sixteenth notes, triplets, and long durations of rests.
Definitely a semester filler in here, terrific for reinforcing your 2nd half of the year with some of your upper grades, and with 30% off when bundled together, it's a sale you can't beat!
Ostinato and Solfege Lesson Using Swap! Book
By Creating Musical Literature
This is a solfege and ostinato lesson using this wonderful book. Use the song as either a song or chant, depending on the age group. You can accompany yourself or sing acapella to practice singing la, so mi, re and do syllables in tune. Add Orff instruments for the ostinato and rhythm sticks to accompany the song. Use the worksheet (paper or in Easel) to trace the swapping journey with your older students. Adaptable for grades PreK-2nd grade.
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Mr. Litt's Bucket Drumming ANTHOLOGY -- A comprehensive list of Bucket Drumming!
By Jason Litt
LONG OVERDUE, but here it is in all of its glory!
Nearly 300 Bucket Drumming Arrangements, Resources, Games, and more in the OFFICIAL Mr. Litt's Music Room Bucket Drumming Anthology!
This free resource is a comprehensive list of everything in the store, alphabetized and grouped by genre, difficulty level, and other resources.
This will be updated each time there is a new resource added, so feel free to peruse or download every so often :)
Clickable links are in the PDF and Word Document files which take you straight to the page to purchase or add to your wish list.
Ostinato Lesson Using Goodnight Owl Book
By Creating Musical Literature
Teach the ostinato concept using the musical lullaby extension to this well loved book. I wrote a simple lullaby the children can sing at every page turn. As a follow up activity have the students match the animal sounds with the correct animal. Worksheets can be either copied or assigned digitally through the Easel function. Good for students from PreK-2nd grade.
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There Was a Young Reindeer Who Swallowed a Present Extension Chant
By Creating Musical Literature
Need a quick steady beat chant to go along with this fun book? Download this one to keep a steady beat while you read the rhyming text. Use during December when you need a fun book to read about Christmas to your little ones.
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Solfege | Re Solfege Syllable Practice Lesson Using William's Winter Nap
By Creating Musical Literature
Use the lullaby written for this book to have your students practice singing and identifying the re solfege syllable. Add instruments to accompany this lullaby while they practice singing the re syllable and take turns playing the triangles and hand chimes which would go well with accompanying this song. Decode for the re syllable after you are done singing the song. Adaptable for grades PreK-2nd grade.
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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose Steady Beat Chant
By Creating Musical Literature
Have fun with this book and chant while you celebrate Valentine's Day! Use this to engage your students further in the book by having them chant at certain points in the book. Great for students in grades PreK-2.
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Ten Timid Ghosts Extension Lesson-Solfege
By Creating Musical Literature
Need to add solfege practice to your Halloween books? Use this Halloween book to practice steady beat and counting, while adding in this lesson to get additional practice singing so and mi solfege syllables! As an option, add in egg shakers while singing for instrument use and to scare those ghosts away! Use with PreK-2nd grade students, and then practice decoding for so and mi with the older grades.
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Angry Birds Theme - BUCKET DRUMMING!
By Jason Litt
Need to connect with your kids with their video game music through general music? Involve them in bucket drumming with the Theme from Angry Birds
There is one color coded slide along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 4). Then, apply it to drums!
All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)
This is a great resource for your beginning bucket drummers as it's only one page long with a lot of repeated passages and rudimentary rhythms!
Here's the track so you can play along...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DehK\_Y0TUbE
Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!
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All images/photos/clip art in this resource were created by me.
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Holiday Rhythm Discovery (NAME THAT TUNE!)
By Jason Litt
In "Holiday Rhythm Discovery" students will see a rhythm appear on the screen and will be given the opportunity to clap back (or perform back, say back, sing back, however you wish!) the rhythm being displayed. Then, they will see a multiple choice listing of songs -- which song matches the rhythm?
Advance the slide and the correct answer will turn GREEN
9 examples in this, just a little starter kit :)
Little Blue Truck Makes a Friend Songtale
By Creating Musical Literature
Use this songtale to review everything that you read about in the book! Using the same melody (with minor modifications due to changing lyrics) that I composed for Little Blue Truck, sing about how Little Blue discovered a new friend living on the farm, with the help of the other farm animals. Great way to review musical form as well, since the song is in ABA form. For grades PreK-2. Ukulele chords included to help you accompany.
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Tanabata Star Festival Speech Piece and Triplet Lesson
By Creating Musical Literature
Start the year off right with this wonderful lesson about the Japanese holiday, Tanabata! Using the book The Star Festival by Mona Ritchie Hadley, introduce your students to this wonderful holiday while discussing wishes and dreams for the upcoming year. Read the poem and then learn the speech piece. Divide into two groups while chanting and playing the two individual rhythm parts on rhythm instruments of your choice. Great for introducing and/or reviewing triplets. Use for late 2nd-4th grade as an end of year or beginning of the year setting of wishes.
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Minor Mode and Ostinato Lesson Using The Scarecrow Book
By Creating Musical Literature
Using this wonderful children's storybook, introduce and practice the ostinato and minor key, while reinforcing mallet playing skills while singing a beautiful lullaby. This beautiful picture book is great for teaching about friendship and caring for someone, and the lullaby should be an added step in using this book for music class. Enjoy!
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Little Blue Truck's Valentine Songtale
By Creating Musical Literature
Use this songtale to sing through what your students have just read about, after you have read the book to them! Using the same melody (with minor modifications due to changing lyrics) that I composed for Little Blue Truck, get your students in the Valentine's Day spirit by reading the book and then singing the songtale. Great way to review musical form as well, since the song is in ABA form. For grades PreK-2. Ukulele chords included to help you accompany.
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Good Night Little Blue Truck Songtale
By Creating Musical Literature
Use this songtale to review everything that you read about in the book! Using the same melody (with minor modifications due to changing lyrics) that I composed for Little Blue Truck, sing about what a great friend Little Blue was for getting the animals out of the rain. Great way to review musical form as well, since the song is in ABA form. For grades PreK-2. Ukulele chords included to help you accompany.
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Little Blue Truck's Christmas Songtale
By Creating Musical Literature
Use this songtale to sing through what your students have just read about, after you have read the book to them! Using the same melody (with minor modifications due to changing lyrics) that I composed for Little Blue Truck, get your students in the Christmas spirit by reading the book and then singing the songtale. Great way to review musical form as well, since the song is in ABA form. For grades PreK-2. Ukulele chords included to help you accompany.
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Social Emotional Learning Lesson Using It Will Be Ok Book
By Creating Musical Literature
Use this book to discuss anxiety and what your students can do to manage it when they experience it. Then sing the song and have the students literally rise up and then wave to each other when you are singing those lines to bring the class together as a community. Repeat as many times as necessary. Feel free to use with or without the book throughout the year. For students in grades PreK-3rd.
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Little Blue Truck Time for School Songtale
By Creating Musical Literature
A great way to start off the school year! Use this songtale to sing through what your students have just read about, after you have read the book to them! Using the same melody (with minor modifications due to changing lyrics) that I composed for Little Blue Truck, get your students excited about coming back to school! Great way to review musical form as well, since the song is in ABA form. For grades PreK-2. Ukulele chords included to help you accompany.
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Little Blue Truck's Halloween Songtale
By Creating Musical Literature
Use this songtale to sing through what your students have just read about, after you have read the book to them! Using the same melody (with minor modifications due to changing lyrics) that I composed for Little Blue Truck, take your students on a different journey of getting ready for the Halloween party while guessing who each animal is underneath their costume. Great way to review musical form as well, since the song is in ABA form. For grades PreK-2. Ukulele chords included to help you accompany.
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Three's Company - an original Tubano composition!
By Jason Litt
In "Three's Company", introduce your kids to some great music from indigenous instruments from Africa! Using your classroom Djembe or Tubanos, learn the music by rote by taking it one rehearsal section at a time (with rehearsal markings [A], [B], [C], and so forth). This is terrific practice with your older students who want to work on alternating hands, especially in the selected meter of 3/4
The notation on the first space F is a bass (middle of the drum) and the notation on the third space C is a tone (four fingers near the rim of the drum, pitched a bit higher)
At the end, wrap it up and put on a show! Want to layer it?
Use this in class, a concert, a parent showcase, admin, faculty and staff, whatever you wish!
Have a terrific time with this one :)