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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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Ostinato and Solfege Lesson Using Swap! Book
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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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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 Truck Chant
By Creating Musical Literature
Have fun with this book and chant while learning about trucks! 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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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
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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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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Ta and Ti-Ti Rhythm and Drumming Lesson Using Pokko and the Drum Book
By Creating Musical Literature
Using this lesson and the book "Pokko and the Drum" by Matthew Forsythe, the children can drum along with Pokko as they follow her journey! Even though the lesson is written to use a frame drum, use any rhythm instruments you have available and modify as you need to. Have the students drum, walk to and decode the chant for an engaging lesson on ta and ti-ti rhythm syllables. Works for either in person or virtual teaching!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Solfege | Do Solfege Syllable and Rhythm Decoding Lesson Using The Nose Book
By Creating Musical Literature
Looking for a good way to introduce the solfege do syllable? This is a wonderful solfege lesson where students can chant/sing solfege syllables while keeping the steady beat on their noses! Use the beat chart to decode for rhythm syllables and the song to learn how to sing and hand sign the do solfege syllable. Adaptable for grades PreK-2nd grade.
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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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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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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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