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Fall Songs, Poems and Flannel Board Activities
By Joyful Explorations
These songs and poems are perfect for celebrating autumn! This set contains 15 songs and poems about fall, with cute illustrations that can easily be used on a flannel board. (To use the illustrations on a flannel board, just cut them out and attach a piece of felt to the back.)
Flannel boards (or felt boards) are a fabulous method of sharing music and rhythm with children by using visual props along with songs. My collection of songs and poems will help you to use your flannel board to its fullest potential.
Please note: These are NOT holiday songs.
“Autumn Leaves”
“The Leaves are Falling Down”
“Pretty Leaves”
“Five Little Squirrels”
“The Floppy Scarecrow”
“Have You Ever Seen an Apple?”
“Two Little Crows”
“The Turkey”
“Leaves are Twirling”
“The Acorn Song”
“Pumpkin, Pumpkin”
“The Leaves on the Trees”
“Grey Squirrel”
“When the Leaves”
"All the Leaves”
By Jason Litt
A fun way to match up the solfege syllables with the hand signs! In Solfege Mix n Match, each contestant will be given the 7 plastic solfege syllables (included that you can print out and laminate), which are affixed to the board with magnetic tape. In this “boy vs. girl” competition (or team 1 vs team 2), the name of a solfege syllable will appear on the screen and contestants must drag the correct hand sign to their answer box… The first contestant to drag their answer to the answer box wins that round! Keep score, award points, or just play for fun! Included are 80+ slides for your enjoyment. Have fun!
Half Note Lesson Using Too Much Glue Book
By Creating Musical Literature
Use this wonderful book from Jason Lefebvre to teach and reinforce half notes! Chant this by giving the words "glue", "you" and "do" an extra beat and then ask your students to determine how many beats these words get. Have them move like they're stuck in glue while chanting to internalize the beat. Then use the beat chart and worksheet provided to learn and decode the half note beat. Add rhythm sticks to play the beats as a way to add in instruments. Adaptable for grades PreK-2nd grade.
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Throw Re Mi - Identifying Solfege Sylllables!
By Jason Litt
In a competitive solfege syllable naming game, you can practice your do-re-mi while getting out a little energy with your students! In Throw Re Mi, students will be split into groups (boys vs girls, colors vs colors, teams vs teams, however you wish) and one representative will stand in front of the whiteboard to represent their team. They will both use one suction cup ball to play the game (can be found at the dollar store or Target for a few bucks!)
They will be shown a solfege hand sign and see two or three corresponding circles above the hand sign. One of those circles will be the correct syllable (DO or RE, MI or TI, FA or LA, etc) -- encourage your students to throw their ball to the correct answer... whoever gets it the fastest wins (advance it to the next slide to reveal the answer in blue)
Also included is in an advanced round, called Throw Re Mi - Remix where it's flipped. The solfege hand signs will be on the top and the syllable on the bottom!
Have a great time with this and as always, leave questions in the comments if you need anything :)
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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By Jason Litt
Get your class on beat! Included are 6 background tracks with ethnic flair -- tablas, djembes, bongos, and more ethnic percussion from Asia, India, and South America. The 6 tracks are at approximately 120bpm and also have a faster 142bpm just in case you want to get things really moving! (12 tracks total) I use these in my class for Orff, Boomwhacker, Rhythm Sticks, Dancing, Movement, or singing activities. The tracks go for about 2 minutes each and there's about 18 minutes worth of drum music in the ZIP file Have fun!
Movement Lesson and Shape Exploration Using Little Cloud Book
By Creating Musical Literature
Create movement with this book and song by exploring shapes in your classroom! Read this wonderful book by Eric Carle, explore the various shapes that can be created with your students, and then sing and move to the song I made for this book! Perfect anytime that you need more movement as well as to talk about nature/weather, etc. For grades PreK-2nd grade.
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By Jason Litt
Shaun the Sheep hits theaters this summer, and there's no better way to work on Solfege than "Sol Mi Sheep - Level One!". In Sol Mi Sheep, Shaun the Sheep, the Lambs, and the Farmer, help the kids identify where the Sol, Mi, and La lines are on the staff in a game format. Characters are placed on different solfege levels and students will sing back the solfege syllables as they see them. If the class masters the solfege example, the slide will advance and the high score will continue to elevate. Each character has an independent rhythm -- Shaun is a quarter note, the lambs are a pair of eighth notes, and the farmer is a quarter rest. The way I construct the lesson is I have all classes participate and record the highest score at the end of the lesson. I run this exercise about 2 or 3 minutes (it helps if you have a percussive background track running around 90-110 bpm) and let the students keep adding to their score. You'll notice that the more the activity progresses, the solfege examples become more lengthy and difficult. I keep track of the scores on a different powerpoint so the kids can see how they're progressing AND how they match up against other classes in their grade. Trust me, it gets pretty competitive! :) Included are instructions and the game in PDF and powerpoint format. All steps are a 2nd, so no La to Mi skips... yet ;) If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment. Happy Sol Mi La-ing!
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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By Jason Litt
In your primary grades, the voice can have many different timbres. It can be sung as an aria, yelled from the roofed top, whispered quietly, and spoken normally. In "The VoiceSSSS!", we concentrate on the four methods of using our voice, a key in identifying and practicing the methods: S - Spoken S - Sung S - Soft (Whisper) S - Shout Students see a display 1 through 8 to SPEAK on a steady beat (3 background tracks included, from 80 to 100+bpm). As they read these numbers on a steady beat, there will be numbers highlighted in yellow that will be a different characteristic. Some may be sung, whispered, or shouted (have fun with the shouts) :) Each slide is completely different and will challenge your kids as you count them off so they can experiment vocally For the sing, there is no definitive pitch, so I ask them to make up a middle or high pitch on the number given. You can take turns boys and girls, you can play it as a class, or however you wish Some are quite tricky -- kids may have to switch up to 4 different vocal styles by the end! If you have any questions, feel free to comment! Enjoy!
Wakey, Wakey, Elephant!: A Book Based Lesson for Teaching So and Mi
By Creating Musical Literature
Teach the so-mi solfege syllables as well as reinforce ta and ti-ti syllables by chanting and singing a special rhyme to wake up the elephant in the book. Add handheld percussion instruments. Lots of fun for students in grades PreK-2.
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Animated Vocal Exploration ("Pastoral" - L. van Beethoven)
By Jason Litt
In this charming resource for your little ones, your students will see a bumblebee navigate his way through the powerpoint presentation, up... and down... and UUUUUUUUUUP, and downnnnnnnn, and all around!
Have your students mimic the movement of the bee (autonomously animated) throughout 10 different slides and assess their vocal exploration!
For extensions and variations, have them try it with
Mi-Re-Do Solfege Pattern Practice and Review Using Dream Snow Book
By Creating Musical Literature
Practice and review the mi-re-do pattern using this fun lullaby to go along with the book, Dream Snow by Eric Carle. Have students sing or chant the lyrics, then add in Orff instruments and triangles! Use with grades PreK-2.
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Little Book of Thanks by Eric Carle Extension Lesson
By Creating Musical Literature
Use this newly published Eric Carle book to teach gratitude while learning and decoding ta and ti-ti rhythm syllables as well as so, mi, and la solfege syllables. Choose either the song or chant that the children can speak/sing along with the book at specific times during the title. Then, have them decode for either rhythms or solfege syllables. Adaptable for grades PreK-2nd grade.
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Welcome Back! 12 Days of School Song for the Beginning of the Year
By Creating Musical Literature
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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6/8 Time Signature Review Using Extension Lesson for the book Snow?
By Creating Musical Literature
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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Do Solfege and Quarter Rest Lesson Using Bear Feels Sick
By Creating Musical Literature
Use the chant or lullaby to help the bear feel better! Chant or sing this extension to the popular book "Bear Feels Sick" by Karma Wilson. Talk to the children prior to starting about what being a caring and good friend means and that friends help each other when they are sick. Then introduce the chant or song to the children and sing after every time that the says the bear feels sick. Use the rhythm chart to decode the rhythms and discover quarter rests. Use the song to listen and decode for the do solfege syllable. Adaptable for PreK-2nd grade.
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Slow Tempo Lesson Using "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly" said the Sloth Book
By Creating Musical Literature
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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Valentine's Day Activity: Ta & Ti-Ti Lesson with Little Blue Truck's Valentine
By Creating Musical Literature
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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Rooster's Off to See the World Solfege Extension Lesson
By Creating Musical Literature
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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