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Use these stories and songtales during the Easter and Passover holidays with your students to celebrate both holidays. Easy ukulele harmonizations make these lesson simple to teach and fun to deliver! Add small percussion instruments for added engagement.

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Using the books "'Slowly, Slowly, Slowly' said the Sloth" by Eric Carle and "Freeda the Cheetah" by JTK Belle, explore fast vs. slow tempo. Using the song "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly" have the students move like a sloth to the music. Explore various ways a sloth would move. Ask which animals move quickly and introduce "Freeda the Cheetah" and have them run and drop when the chant says to do so. Additional rhyming and tempo worksheets reinforce the tempo and rhyming words. Can be used and adapted for multiple grade levels.

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Use "Too Much Glue" and "Baa! Moo! What Will We Do?" to teach your students about half notes in a fun and creative way! Have students clap, move and play along with the rhythms and then use the rhythm charts and decoding worksheets to have students practice writing the half note rhythm. Worksheets can be used as Easel activities. Adaptable for PreK-2nd grade.

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Use this book from the classic series to practice decoding, solfege and playing instruments all in one lesson! Depending on the age of the students, children can chant, sing or play the rhythm of the chant on the recorders! Additional beat and rhythm charts as well as worksheet (can be used digitally through Easel) provide ta, ti-ti and quarter rest decoding practice. Adaptable for grades PreK-3rd.

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Come along on a beautiful journey with this extension lesson! Use this lesson to practice solfege syllables so, mi and la with your students as you read through the book. Use one song for the first part of the book, and a second song for the second part when the animals start leaving the journey. Use with grades PreK-2nd grade.

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Use this song to sing after every page turn of this book to reassure the raccoon that everything will be okay. Add in an ostinato and hand chime part to play along. Decode and review solfege syllables as well as complete the worksheets to review ta, ti-ti and ta-ah rhythms. Adaptable for grades PreK-2nd grade.

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Need a slow tempo lesson using a book? Used up the more popular books? Try this lesson set to the book "Slow Samson" by Bethany Christou. Every time that you read "Samson was slow", have the children sing the song or chant the rhyme that goes with the lesson. Feel free to have students move slowly to the song as well. Use the accompanying worksheet to decode the chant for ta, ti-ti and rest syllables. Use with grades PreK-2.

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Use this lesson created for this new book "Snow?" to practice 6/8 time while students, review ta, ti-ti and rest rhythms with the chant that is included, and play along on Orff instruments! This is for grades PreK-3. Feel free to adapt the lesson as necessary for your students, and do only the chant or song if that works for you.

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This lesson combines both books to demonstrate loud and soft sounds. Begin by talking about various sounds that can be made and then introduce "Quiet as a Mouse". Have the students quietly chant along as the mouse grows more frustrated that no one will play with it. Then go on to "Suki The Very Loud Bunny" to demonstrate loud sounds. Have the children move and play along with the chant. Use the rhythm and beat chart for the first book to explain rhythm vs. steady beat, as well as show that rests get a beat as well. Use the worksheet attached as a paper or digital activity through Easel. Also great to decode chants for rhythm syllables. Adaptable for grades PreK-2nd grade.

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Using the book "Bear Can't Sleep" from the Bear Series, teach quarter rest and ostinato while lulling the bear to sleep! Use a bear puppet and have children sing and play while encouraging the bear to fall asleep. Adaptable for grades PreK-2nd grade with options of either a song or chant. Additional worksheet (which can be assigned digitally or printed out) and rhythm chart help reinforce decoding, reading and writing the quarter note rest.

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Looking for a Valentine's Day rhythm lesson? This is perfect for your students! Teach decoding as well as rhythm vs. steady beat with this chant. Decode the chant and then use the worksheet included for further practice. Endearing and sweet, sure to be a hit!

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Use this song with lyrics written to the melody for "12 Days of Christmas", to welcome your students as well as to discuss procedures and expectations in the classroom. If you choose to perform it, please give credit to me for the lyrics, since the melody is in public domain and can be used freely. Enjoy this song to welcome your young elementary learners!

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Use this lesson to have the children comfort the bear that the tooth will come out! Based on this popular book, have the children chant or sing to a bear puppet that it will all be okay. Use the accompanying rhythm and beat charts to differentiate between rhythm and steady beat. Accompanying worksheet should be used to have students notate the rhythms to reinforce their decoding skills. Have the older students in grades 1 and 2 sing the chant on so, mi and la syllables. Use the sung version of the chant to introduce or reinforce the la syllable. Adaptable for grades PreK-2nd grade with worksheets that can be assigned digitally through Easel.

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Use this songtale after you have read the book to sing through the events in the story. Catchy refrain allows students to participate each time that you come back to it after singing a new verse. Add simple small percussion instruments when singing the refrain for added engagement. Sure to delight and entertain your students around Eastertime! For grades PreK-2.

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Rock the duck to sleep while listening to 3/4 time signature, reinforce rhythm decoding while your students chant and move along with the song composed for this classic by Doreen Cronin. As an extra prop, use a duck puppet and a yo-yo to play along as you sing to the duck to help the animal fall asleep. Move to the song and use a drum to help your students feel 3/4 time signature. Additional rhythm chart and worksheet review ta and ti-ti rhythms as well as different animal sounds found in the story. Adaptable for grades 1st-3rd grade.

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Use this book from the Bear Book Series to teach your students about quarter rest, re solfege syllable and have them playing, chanting and singing! Use the chant included to chant along or sing along. Add barred instruments for more engagement. Decode for rhythm syllables and solfege syllables. Teach the recorder part to the 3rd grade students either by rote or through reading the music and play along with the song! Adaptable for grades PreK-2nd grade.

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This is a series of chants for various books in the Little Old Lady Series Books. Use these with your students from PreK-2nd grade to chant at various repetitive points in each story. Use the chants with the following books: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books and There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Truck.

Start with steady beat and then, if you wish, have students decode them for various rhythms. Add instruments such as hand drums, frame drums, etc. to add a musical element to these books.

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Use this song tale about the little red hen to sing about what happens in the story! Explain the holiday of Passover as well as some of the Yiddish terms in the book. Discuss with the students what kindness means and how friends can show this kindness to each other and how the hen shows kindness. Read the book and then sing along. As an added extension, use the main motif to practice so, mi, do and re solfege syllables. Can be used with grades PreK-3.

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This classic book by Harriet Ziefert lends itself perfectly to a rhythm vs. steady beat lesson! Using the chant provided, the children can chant/sing to each other, each time that the rooster asks a new animal if they said moo. Use the beat chart and worksheet provided to distinguish and explain the difference between rhythm and steady beat as well as learn about rests in music. Use the decoding sheet to teach children how to write quarter notes and have them fill in the boxes with the appropriate beats and rests. Can be used as a paper copy or digitally through the Easel function. Adaptable for grades PreK-2.

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This book is perfect for teaching tempo! Use the song with or without the book, to have the students move and sing. Students will love discovering the ways a sloth can move! Use the additional worksheet to discuss fast moving objects and mix and match fast and slow. Add in a sloth puppet for additional fun!

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