22 Elementary and Preschool Music Activities | Instruments, Scarves, Movement
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Instruments, scarves, parachute play, action songs, oh my! Make your music class ROCK! Are you a music teacher looking for captivating music and movement activities for preschoolers or elementary students? Do you need fun preschool or elementary music class ideas in general? With videos, pdf lesson plans, printables, backing tracks, vocal tracks, and more, this low-prep collection of 22 complete song packages PLUS teaching tips includes scarf activities, rhythm instrument activities, parachute activities, and exciting action songs for preschoolers and early elementary students.
Your students will be having so much FUN, they won't even know that they're LEARNING the elements of music! Each song comes with an all-inclusive lesson package, meaning EVERYTHING you need is included. Through movement, instruments, scarves, and parachute play, this mega bundle contains:
- Songs for teaching steady beat
- Songs for teaching high and low
- Songs for teaching fast and slow
- Songs for teaching loud and soft
- Songs for teaching long and short sounds
- Songs for teaching rhythm
As with all Tots with Tempo material, students learn through PLAY. First, they EXPERIENCE these musical components through active participation. As your students grow, you can take each lesson a step further, using the advanced application lesson tips to turn experience into more concrete understanding.
And since it's a bundle of bundles, the savings are AMAZING. To purchase each song package separately would cost $82.50. This mega bundle gives you all 22 packages, plus teaching tips and classroom management strategies, plus FREE Rockin' Roo Coloring page (Tots with Tempo's class mascot) for just $49.99.
Built upon the principles of Feierabend, Orff, and Kodaly, these music and movement activities and action songs for rhythm instruments, scarves, and parachute offer the perfect marriage between classic music education pedagogies and music that appeals to TODAY's youth.
Whether you're looking for music for early childhood classes, material for your elementary music classroom, resources for your special education classroom, or fun silly break and brain break songs for your general preschool or elementary classroom, this collection has something for everyone!
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What Resources Are Included?
- 22 catchy songs and lesson plans
- sheet music with chords
- printable student visual aids with iconic notation
- instrumental backing tracks
- vocal tracks
- video links
- Teaching tips, strategies for classroom management, and a pacing guide
- FREE BONUS: Rockin' Roo Coloring Pages
What Type of Songs Are Included?
- Hello Welcome Song to start class
- Goodbye Song to end class
- Music and Movement Activities
- Music Play Activities
- Body Percussion Activities
- Bounces and Tickles for Babies/Tots
- Scarf Activities
- Parachute Activities
- Rhythm Instrument Activities (includes songs for hand drums, gathering drums, maracas or shaky eggs, rhythm sticks, castanets, sand blocks, desk bells or hand bells, and tambourines)
What Musical Concepts Are Covered?
- Steady Beat
- Rhythm
- Tempo
- Dynamics
- Solfege
- Pitch
- Form
- Musical Opposites (High/Low, Loud/Soft, Fast/Slow, Long/Short)
What Teachers Benefit From This?
- Early childhood music teachers
- Preschool teachers
- Primary Music Teachers
- Elementary Music Teachers
- Special Education Teachers
This is Your SOLUTION to Material That:
- Grows with your students
- Can be used year round and repeated
- Has a modern feel to engage students
- Encourages ACTIVE participation
- Teaches the standards and meets your curricular goals
- MAKES YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO!
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Included Songs:
- Hello, My Friends (A Welcome Song)
- Goodbye, My Friends (A Goodbye Song)
- Music Class (A Body Percussion Chant for Steady Beat/Rhythm)
- Counting Sheep (A Movement Activity for Steady Beat/Mixed Meter)
- The Stinky Foot Song (An Action Song for Steady Beat/Solfege)
- Take Me To The Playground (A Movement Activity for High/Low)
- Get My Sillies Out (A Movement Activity for Steady Beat)
- Going To The Zoo (A Movement Activity for Tempo, Dynamics, Solfege)
- Driving In My Car (A Hand Drum Song for Eighth Notes/Accents)
- Rhythm Stick Tango (A Rhythm Stick Song for Long/Short Sounds)
- I Like To Play My Castanets (A Castanets Song for Teaching 3/4 Time)
- Shaky Shaky Egg (An Egg Shaker Song for Steady Beat and Rests)
- I'm a Lumberjack (A Sand block song for Eighth Notes, Quarter Notes, High/Low)
- Finding The Beat (A Steady Beat Song for Cymbals and Drums)
- Drums Galore (A Sound Shape/Drum song for Musical Opposites, Colors, Shapes)
- Jammin' With My Band (An Improvisation Song for Rhythm Instruments)
- Talking Instruments (A Rhythmic Ostinati Song for Instruments)
- I'm a Superhero (A Scarf Song for High/Low and Head Voice)
- What Are You Feeling Today? (A Scarf Song for SEL and Music and Emotion)
- Where Are You Hiding? (A Scarf Peekaboo Song for Dynamics)
- Leaves Are Falling/Snow Is Falling (A 4-Version Scarf or Orff Instrument Song)
- Hip Hop Poppy Pop (A Parachute Ball Popping Song for Rhythm)
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What are people saying about Tots with Tempo?
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"Tots with Tempo... [ensures] that little ones develop an early and growing appreciation of music."
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"If I could give Tots with Tempo more stars I would."
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"Katie blends learning with singing seamlessly, and now...my kids are always so sad when music is over."
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DON'T FORGET!!
Tots with Tempo's Awards/Honors:
- Most Magical Music Class for Kids - Red Tricycle
- Most Awesome Music Class for Kids - Red Tricycle
- Best for Families - Washington Family
- 100% 5-star Reviews on Google and Facebook
Katie Kraft Credentials/Experience:
- Music degree from the University of Virginia
- K-12 Teaching Certification from Montclair University
- Early Childhood Training from Music Together in Bologna, Italy
- Orff Training from Boston University
- 6 years as experience as a K-6 general music/choral teacher
- 12 years experience as an early childhood music teacher
- 18 years experience teaching music to children but privately and in the public school system
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