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Music Activities for Kids' Health

This document provides information and activities for teaching music virtually or in the classroom. It includes songs to teach handwashing and wearing masks, as well as ideas for using instruments, creating ostinatos and accompaniments for stories, bucket drumming, and movement activities. Suggested resources include the Musical Instrument Museum in Arizona, Musicplayonline lessons, and using scarves, cups and other props for engaging activities.

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Music Activities for Kids' Health

This document provides information and activities for teaching music virtually or in the classroom. It includes songs to teach handwashing and wearing masks, as well as ideas for using instruments, creating ostinatos and accompaniments for stories, bucket drumming, and movement activities. Suggested resources include the Musical Instrument Museum in Arizona, Musicplayonline lessons, and using scarves, cups and other props for engaging activities.

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Wash wash wash your hands

Wash them nice and clean


Soap and water kills the germs
So be a wash machine
Melody: Row row row your boat
2x=20 seconds

2:52- 3:11
Germs- Music play Kindergarten

5:15-5:39
Wear a mask, wear a mask
When it’s hard to stay apart please
Wear a mask
Melody: Hot cross buns

MUSIC CLASS- we sing, play, move, listen, read/write, create

INSTRUMENTS: Boomwhackers, buckets. drums, rhythm sticks, egg shaker or


other small percussion instrument, tambourine, finger cymbal, triangle, hand drum,
DIY INSTRUMENTS: dowels, egg (fill with popcorn/small lego/coins/ rice/ jelly
beans/ pebbles- clear tape+ color tape {Gr.1-2}), pool noodle scrapers
-scarves, beanbags, cups games

Virtual Event/ Field trips


Musical Instrument Museum, Arizona

Activities with scarves

VIRTUAL- Singing at home/ give kids links to the songs so they can sing at home
AT SCHOOL- Read lyrics, read rhythms, hum melodies, teach movements

20:13-20:21
Ok, boys and girls, where would you like to go next?

20:55-31:46
Instrument Kit Activities
PreK-K
#6-PK Let’s Play Instruments
#7 PK Play the Instruments Chant
#8 PK Play and Stop song
#9 PK Play with Bach

32:01-36:59
Word Rhythm Composition
-Take ideas from a song
-Create a rondo: use part of the song as the theme, compositions as B,C,D
-Let’s make some Christmas cookies
Musicplayonline PreK: #52

37:00-37:33
Flip the Singing
Musicplayonline.com-Gr.3 Online Learning Module- Lesson 10
-Give kids a link to song video in Google Classroom-encourage the kids to sing the
song at home

37:33-42:45
Do a variety of activities with songs in class
-Read the words-prosody, fluency
-Discuss meaning-comprehension
-Read rhythms
-Hum melodies
*La Pulga is in Online Learning, Gr.3, Lesson 10

43:34-48:36
Create Ostinato
Musicplayonline.com-Gr.3
Play song, perform ostinato with recording
ostinato: Good, good morning’s good (not)

48:36-51:41
Play Along Rhythms
Musicplayonline.com
Rhythm Practice-Read, Clap, Play- 16th notes
Teacher perform-students echo; body percussion, sticks,drum on floor, drums
51:42-57:40
Create accompaniments or sound effects for story books
-Mortimer (Robert Munch), Up up down (gr.1-3), Mm Cookies (gr.2-4)
-Artie’s Mallet Madness:Alexander Horrible Day (upper elemenary)
-Older Grades: Paper Bag Princess
-Musicplay sound stories:
Andy Pandy, On a Leg, Naughty Kitty Car, Old Mr.Rabbit, Pretty Princess, Rain Rain
Go Away, See Saw, The Mill, Gingerbread Man, Bell Horses (Gr.2)

57:54-1:00:50
Bucket Drumming
-Use#10 cans from cafeteria or small buckets that can be kept under desk
-Use Artie’s Kid Stix activities
-Easy Bucket Drumming Book
-Bucket drumming in online leaning (Modules Gr.5-6)

LESSON 2
Movement Activities For Spaces Classrooms or Zoom lessons

Action Songs, Fingerplays *movement with hands,arms


Movement Songs *standing movement
Singing Games *many varieties, but include some game-like aspect
Dance, Play parties *patterned/choreographed movement
Move to Music (Classical) *ribbons, scarves, plates, cups

Whoops Johnny
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, (start at little finger, tapping each in turn)
Whoops Johnny, (on “whoops”, slide down index finger, up & tap thumb)Whoops
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny. (slide down thumb, up index, tap index)Repeat
back in opposite direction, to end with the little finger you began on.Variant:Try
customizing this by substituting your child's name for "Johnny".Do you want your
name Fast or Slow? Quiet or Loud? High voice or Low Voice?

*Spoken- not sung, so OK

8:31-11:18

Eric Carle’s Opposites- Open Shut Them


11:37-14:39

Action Songs to teach musical concepts

Tony Chestnut + Tempo- Grade 21

14:44-18:02

14:19-19:20

Action Songs can teach literacy, counting and other skills

Stay Apart- Healthy Habits Unit

Aligator Alarm (To learn the letter A)

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