Simply Rhapsody Big Kids Make Music: Lessons 1-10

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Lesson 10: Lesson Plans ...... Page 46 Lesson at a Glance ...... Page 48 Lyrics ...... Page 49

Lessons 1-10: Song Notation ...... Page 51

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Gathering Shosholoza Shosholoza: Free play and exploration time on the large drum. Play Gathering Drum Drum with (Exploration) with two hands, two fingers, scratches, circles, fists, swishes. Track Hello Song Tideo: Tideo • If this is not your first year of teaching SMR and you would like to use a new Vocabulary: hello or new goodbye song, explain to continuing parents and children that we Ukulele/Guitar Tremelo have a new song for the new school year. Accent • Introduce the ukulele and “Tideo,” explaining the kids can sing the “O.” • Encourage the parents to tap on the children as the children tap on the drum. Say “Tap, tap, tap…” as everyone plays the drum to encourage playing on the beat. • Accompany the song by strumming the beat to make it easier for the class to keep the beat. • If the children are apprehensive to drum, you can suggest they, “go for a ride” by putting their hands on top of their parent’s hands. • Demonstrate playing only on the “Tideos” for our hello song. • Sing the song with the “O” of “Tideo” sung high, then low. Add the guitar (only strum on tideo with them). • Ask them to “tremolo” or play very quickly on the drum at the end of the song followed by one loud beat at the end, an “accent.” • Sing each child’s name at least once. Sally Go ‘Round The Sally Go ‘Round The Sun: Sun, Moon, Sun • Place the visuals on the felt board as you sing the song. Chimney • Tell them you are Sally and will pretend to walk around the sun, moon and Visuals chimney top. Ask everyone to hold up their hand so you can give them a high five. Track • While singing the song, walk around the drum always giving one (or two sitting next to each other) a high five after each phrase (on the rests). • Sing it a second time, asking students to figure out which word you say before you high fived them each time. • Once they figured out it is after sun, moon and afternoon, have them high five their parents at the end of the phrases while singing the song. • Show that the adult and child should hold hands go around in a circle when singing,“ Sally go round the chimney top, every afternoon” before clapping. • Repeat with the CD, tapping the beat on the drum for the B section. Use, “Drum away, drum away, that is all for the drum today” for the transition song we will use all year to put the drum away. Instrument Bell Horses • Take out the green and the pink bars and explain to the parents that our Glocks in C Kit – (Parent Tip) glockenspiel is designed so the bars will come out, making it possible for Ocean Drums Glocks us to set the instrument up in a five note scale so it sounds good when Track we’re playing at the same time. Ocean Drums • Ask that the low or biggest bars are on the child’s left, just like the low notes will be on the xylophones and the . • Use one mallet to play the beat on the biggest blue bar while singing “Bell Horses.” • After singing the verse, encourage alternating hands for the running music, playing on any notes they choose. • Play the beat of the rhymes on the ocean drum. After practicing without the CD, play with the recorded music. Parent Tip: Encourage them to use their instruments and CD at home.

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Movement Run, Run! • Introduce your cat (named Adagio) and your little mouse (named Allegro) Cat/Mouse (2x switch and explain what Adagio and Allegro mean in music. Puppet groups) • Tell story of the cat and mice and then ask them to either play the part of Track Adagio the cat or Allegro the mouse. • Encourage parents to participate as you act out the story with the recorded music. Vocabulary: • Review the puppet’s names and repeat the activity. Allegro/ Adagio TIP: If you don’t have time to do it twice, let them know we will do it again next week. Perhaps they would like to be the other part next time. Solo Singing Sing Me • Teacher sings, “Sing me your name” using so & mi while throwing yarn Yarn Ball Your Name! ball to one child. or Soft Ball • Child sings back, “My name is…” using so & mi; throws ball back to teacher. • When you repeat the activity sing, “What’s your favorite color?” Instead of asking them their name again. In big groups, it may be helpful to have them sit once they had a turn. Orff Rules Orff Rules • Have everyone sit while you discuss and demonstrate the rules for our Pair of precious, valuable Orff instruments: Finger Cymbals • Walk around - Bottoms up - Play like butterflies not elephants - No mallets in the holes - Leave the bars as they are -How to lay the mallets to rest - Best place to hit the bar for the best sound – How to hold the mallets. • Introduce the finger cymbals as the signal to lay the mallets to rest. • Ask the children to say a rule, and then choose an instrument to play. Orff Free Play Free Play To The Sopranino: Orff In F Instruments To The • Children play instruments when the sopranino plays, and stop when the Sopranino In F Sopranino sopranino stops. Pair of (Exploration) • Instruct students to lay the mallets to rest on their instrument and choose Finger Cymbals a new instrument. • Encourage free playing when they arrive at their new instrument. • Tip: The goal is to give the children a lot of exploration and play time on the instruments, especially the first few weeks. Old Gray Cat: • Use recording. Old Gray Cat (Exploration) • Encourage students to play in a way that sounds good with the different Track verses of the song. Remind them to play soft enough to hear the words to the verses. • Repeat after they switched instruments. Goodbye Classroom Before singing the goodbye song, hand out and discuss the Guitar/ Ukulele Policies Song CLASSROOM POLICIES. Introduce the goodbye song by singing with Track Come My the guitar or ukulele. Tell everyone that Beethoven was the composer Friends of the orchestral music we will hear at the end of class each week. Play (Symphony the CD while giving hand stamps to the children and for them to exit No. 6) the music room. Next Week’s Fun Our friends Adagio the mouse and Allegro the cat will be back! Announcements & Handouts Hand out classroom tips and polices and calendar. Thank everyone for making music with you.

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Shosholoza Bell Horses (No Lyrics) Bell horses Bell horses What’s the time of day? Tideo Time for music Tideo. One o’clock Time for music Tideo. Two o’clock Time for music Tideo. Time to run away Jingle at the window Tideo. Mistress Mary, quite contrary Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, How does your garden grow? Jingle at the window Tideo. With silver bells and cockle shells And pretty maids all in a row Sally Go ‘Round The Sun Bell horses Sally go round the sun, Bell horses Sally go round the moon, What’s the time of day? Sally go round the chimney top One o’clock Every afternoon. Boom! Two o’clock Cows in the meadow Time to run away Eating yellow buttercups Run, little horse! Thunder, lightning we all stand UP! One, two, three, four Jingle at the kitchen door Five, six, seven, eight Jingle at the garden gate Bell horses Bell horses What’s the time of day? One o’clock Two o’clock Time to run away Run, little horse!

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Run, Run! (No Lyrics)

Sing Me Your Name/Color (No Lyrics)

Old Gray Cat The old gray cat is sleeping Sleeping, sleeping The old gray cat is sleeping In the house The little mice are creeping Creeping, creeping The little mice are creeping In the house The old gray cat is waking Waking, waking The old gray cat is waking In the house Now everyone is running Running, running Now everyone is running In the house

Come My Friends (Goodbye) Come, my friends And gather ‘round So we can sing goodbye We’ll sing and dance Another day So long, farewell, Goodbye

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Gathering Shosholoza Shosholoza: Gathering Drum Drum with (Exploration) Free play and exploration time on the large drum. Play with two hands, Track Hello Song two fingers, scratches, circles, fists, swishes… Alma Mater Alma Mater : Track Blues Before using the CD, have the students follow your visual and verbal (Piano) directions for close (make a fist with both hands on drum), open (hands (New) are flat on drum) and flip (turn hands over, palms up). Tell them “Now we have our Blues moves ready! The Blues has a chord pattern that we will follow with our hands.” Have them practice the pattern without you showing them, following only verbal directions. Use the recording and follow the chord changes of the song. -- I – closed fist -- IV – open hand -- V – flip open hand Point out that this is a song parents can learn to play within the first three

months of lessons in our “Playing based Simply Music piano program.” Tideo Tideo: Guitar/Ukulele • Ask the children to keep the beat as we sing our hello song. • Practice playing three times, the for each tideo, on the gathering drum. • Challenge everyone to play only the rhythm of “Ti-de-o” as we sing the song. This usually requires many weeks of repetition for all to be successful. • Add the guitar (only strum on tideo with them). • Repeat with guitar strumming the beat. • Sing the names as the parent fingers the C chord on the ukulele and the child strums with their “pointer” finger. Sun, Moon, Sally Go Sally Go ‘Round The Sun: Chimney Visuals ‘Round The Review the hand claps from last week especially having them Track Sun remember after which words they will do the high fives. Instrument Free Play Take out E and B, explaining those bars are not needed for our song Glocks in F Kit – To The today. Before playing the song, allow free playing and exploration Ocean Drums Glocks Sopranino time with the sopranino. Sopranino (Exploration) Ocean Drums Sally Go ‘Round The Sun: Track Sally Go • Instead of giving the adult a high five as we did earlier, play any two notes ‘Round The on the glockenspiels after sun, moon and afternoon. Sun • Use the glockenspiel mallets to play the beat on the ocean drum during the B section. • Play once without CD, and then add the recording. Parent Tip: We are playing in a pentatonic scale, the same scale as the black notes on the piano. We use a pentatonic scale so it sounds pleasant when we play together. We are removing the dissonant notes or the ones that wouldn’t sound good to accompany this song.

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Movement Run, Run! • Review the names for the cat (Adagio) and the mouse (Allegro). Cat/Mouse Vocabulary: • Act out the story as done last week, choosing to play the part of the cat or Puppet Allegro/Adagio the mouse. Track Solo Singing Sing Me Your • If you need to learn the names of the children sing, “Sing me your name” Yarn Ball or Name! using so & mi while throwing yarn ball to one child one more week. Soft Ball • If you know the names, sing different questions such as, “What’s your favorite color?” or, “What’s your favorite instrument?” Use more challenging intervals if so & mi are easy. Orff Rules Orff Rules • Discuss the rules for the Orff instruments: Orff • Walk around - Bottoms up - Play like butterflies not elephants - No mallets Instruments in the holes - Leave the bars as they are -How to lay the mallets to rest - Best place to hit the bar for the best sound – How to hold the mallets. • Each child and parent says a rule they remember. • After they say the rule, they go an instrument to demonstrate. Wait at the instrument until all are there to play. Orff Free Play Free Play To The Sopranino: Orff in C Instruments To The Ask them to play an instrument when the sopranino plays and stop Sopranino In C Sopranino when the sopranino stops. Practice shoulder holders (resting the (Exploration) mallets on their shoulders). Children need a lot of exploration and play time on the instruments, especially the first few weeks. Let them know they can decide what notes to play. Switch instruments at least three times. Track Bell Horses Bell Horses: A Section: Play the steady beat on the big C bar. As an additional challenge you can let the parents know they can show them the G bar and see if they can play the biggest C and G. B Section: Encourage alternating hands for the running music (fast). C: Tap the steady beat with the mallets for the rhymes. Practice once without the recording, then practice with the recording. Goodbye Come My Review the hello song and composer name with the guitar. Guitar/Ukulele Song Friends Track (Symphony No. 6) Next Week’s Fun Announcements & Handouts Remind everyone to bring their friends if you have openings in your classes.

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Shosholoza Bell Horses (No Lyrics) Bell horses Bell horses What’s the time of day? Alma Mater Blues One o’clock (No Lyrics) Two o’clock Time to run away Mistress Mary, quite contrary Tideo How does your garden grow? Time for music Tideo. With silver bells and cockle shells Time for music Tideo. And pretty maids all in a row Time for music Tideo. Bell horses Jingle at the window Tideo. Bell horses Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, What’s the time of day? Jingle at the window Tideo. One o’clock Two o’clock Time to run away Sally Go ‘Round The Sun Sally go round the sun, Run, little horse! Sally go round the moon, One, two, three, four Sally go round the chimney top Jingle at the kitchen door Every afternoon. Boom! Five, six, seven, eight Jingle at the garden gate Cows in the meadow Bell horses Eating yellow buttercups Bell horses Thunder, lightning we all stand UP! What’s the time of day? One o’clock Run, Run! Two o’clock Time to run away (No Lyrics) Run, little horse!

Sing Me Your Name/Color (No Lyrics) Come My Friends (Goodbye) Come, my friends And gather ‘round So we can sing goodbye We’ll sing and dance Another day So long, farewell, Goodbye

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Gathering The Wild Wild Horseman: Gathering Drum Drum with Horseman Free play and exploration time on the gathering drum. Play with two Track Hello Song (New) hands, two fingers, scratches, circles, fists, swishes. (Exploration) Tideo: Tideo • Review playing only the rhythm of the ti-de-os. Practice without guitar. Guitar/Ukulele Vocabulary: • Ask if they know the music word for soft – teach them “Piano.” piano/forte Track • Everyone plays Piano (softly) on the drum on the ti-de-os. • Ask them if they know the music word for loud – teach them “Forte.” • Everyone plays Forte (loudly) on all the ti-de-os. • Sing the names as the parent fingers the C chord on the ukulele and the child strums with their “Pointer” finger. Alma Mater Blues: Alma Mater • Before using the CD, have the students follow your verbal directions for Blues close (make a fist with both hands on drum), open (hands are flat on drum) (Piano) and flip (turn hands over, palms up). • Tell them, “Now we have our Blues moves ready! The Blues has a chord pattern that we will follow with our hands.” • Use the recording and follow the chord changes of the song. -- I – closed fist -- IV – open hand -- V – flip open hand Draw attention to the piano, pointing out this is a song parents can learn to play within the first three months of lessons in our “Playing based Simply Music piano program.” Solo Singing Sally Go • See if they remember “Sally Go Round the Sun.” Sun, Moon, ‘Round the • Give one child the sun, one child the moon and one child the chimney Chimney Top Sun top to hold. Visuals • Have the child that holds the sun visual sing “Sally go round the sun,” the Track child with the moon visual “Sally go round the moon” etc. • Everyone sings “Every afternoon.” • Give three new children the visuals until everyone had a turn singing their solo. Instrument Free Play Free Play To The Sopranino Glocks in F Kit – To The Take out B and E explain these bars are not needed for the song Sopranino Glocks Sopranino today. Allow time for free playing and exploration while you play Track (Exploration) the sopranino. Sally Go Sally Go ‘Round The Sun: ‘Round The Sun • Review the activity from last week, playing any two notes on their glockenspiels after sun, moon and afternoon. • Practice keeping the beat on either the big C (dark blue) or if they can, play the F and high C (purple and light blue bar) at the same time for “Cows in the Meadow.” • Play once without the recording, and then play with it.

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Movement Bell Horses If you have stick horses, it is fun to use them for this song. If you don’t Track have stick horses, the children can hold bells and pretend to be the Stick Horses horses. The teacher can also use a horse puppet. or Bells • Have a designated area in your music room that will be the barn. All the Horse Puppet “Horses” are inside the barn. • Sing the song. You can ask two parents to make a barn door holding hands if needed to hold the horses in the barn. • For the B section (running music) the horses gallop to the other side of the room. • For the rhymes they tap the beat. Repeat the song, returning to the other side of the room. Orff Rules Orff Rules Review the Orff rules before moving to the instruments. Orff in C Orff Bell Horses Bell Horses: Instruments (Parent Tip) Before reviewing specific parts, use the recording and have them play Finger In C along any way they think it sounds good with the song. Cymbals Tick Tock Review the “Bell Horses” activity for Orff instruments from week two. Block Use the finger cymbals to signal laying the mallets to rest on the Track instrument. Play the tick tock block to signal walking to a new instrument. Parent Tip: Children love what they know. Making music at home and singing the songs we learn in class will bring more participation in class. Conductor Game: Conductor Sopranino Game • Place one hoop on the floor in front of the instruments. Hoop (New) • Explain that one person is the conductor. • Demonstrate: When the conductor jumps into the hoop, everyone plays and when the conductor jumps out, everyone stops. • Ask who would like to be a conductor. Have the children take turns as the rest of the class and teacher plays the instruments. • If desired, you can add the sopranino while the conductor is in the hoop to add melody and phrasing. TIP: If you have a large class, write down who had a turn as conductors. Reassure the children that the rest of the group will get a turn the following week. Sing-A-Long IF TIME Use the guitar to accompany. Have the children give ideas for the Guitar/Ukulele Old verses from the children. (Farm MacDonald If available and you have time, use farm puppets. Puppets) Goodbye Come My Ask everyone to listen and sing along to the orchestral music. Guitar/Ukulele Song Friends Track Next Week’s Fun Announcements & Handouts

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The Wild Horseman Bell Horses (No Lyrics) Bell horses Bell horses What’s the time of day? Tideo Time for music Tideo. One o’clock Time for music Tideo. Two o’clock Time for music Tideo. Time to run away Jingle at the window Tideo. Mistress Mary, quite contrary Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, How does your garden grow? Jingle at the window Tideo. With silver bells and cockle shells And pretty maids all in a row Alma Mater Blues Bell horses (No Lyrics) Bell horses What’s the time of day?

Sally Go ‘Round The Sun One o’clock Two o’clock Sally go round the sun, Time to run away Sally go round the moon, Sally go round the chimney top Run, little horse! Every afternoon. Boom! One, two, three, four Cows in the meadow Jingle at the kitchen door Eating yellow buttercups Five, six, seven, eight Thunder, lightning we all stand UP! Jingle at the garden gate Bell horses Bell horses What’s the time of day? One o’clock Two o’clock Time to run away Run, little horse!

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Conductor Game (No Lyrics)

Old MacDonald Old MacDonald had a farm EE - I - EE - I - O And on his farm he had a pig EE - I - EE - I - O With an oink oink here And an oink oink there Here an oink, there an oink Everywhere an oink oink Old MacDonald had a farm EE - I - EE - I - O Repeat with: Cow - moo, dog - woof, cat - meow, horse - neigh, sheep - baa, chicken - cluck

Come My Friends (Goodbye) Come, my friends And gather ‘round So we can sing goodbye We’ll sing and dance Another day So long, farewell, Goodbye

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Gathering The Wild Wild Horseman: Free play and exploration time on the large drum. Gathering Drum Drum with Horseman Play with two hands, two fingers, scratches, circles, fists, swishes… Track (Exploration) Hello Song Squidgies Boogie: • Before using the CD, have the students follow your verbal directions: Track Squidgies Close (make a fist with both hands on drum) Boogie • Open (hands are flat on drum) (Piano) • Flip (turn hands over, palms up). • Tell them, “Now we have our Blues moves ready! The Blues has a chord pattern that we will follow with our hands.” • Follow the chord changes to the song. -- I – closed fist -- IV – open hand -- V – flip open hand Draw attention to the piano, pointing out someday we’ll teach the kids how to play this song and we have parents learning to play this song in our “Playing based Simply Music piano program” Tideo Tideo: Guitar/Ukulele Vocabulary: • Review the music word for soft piano/forte • Everyone plays softly or “Piano” on all the tideos. • Review the music word for loud is forte. • Everyone plays loudly or “Forte” on all the tideos. • Sing the names as the parent fingers the C chord on the ukulele and the child strums with their “Pointer” finger. • Sing the high and low “O” of tideo on the final verse, add a final tremolo and accent on the gathering drum.

Ten Little Ten Little Froggies: Froggies • Place one frog in the middle of the drum. Ten Plastic (New) • Sing, “One little froggie goes hop” and play the drum when you count “one.” Frogs • After “Along comes another,” add another frog on the drum. Track • Sing,“Two little Froggies go hop” and play when you count “One, two.” • Add more frogs each verse until you feel they understand to play only when we count the frogs. • Use the recording to sing and play the entire song. • When done with the song, have each child chose one of the little frogs for the solo singing activity. Solo Singing Hello (Echo) • Sit in a circle, everyone holding their little frog visual. The teacher can Ten Plastic Song hold a frog visual or use a frog puppet. Frogs (New) • Encourage all the frogs to sing, “Hel-lo” to each other using the Hello Frog Puppet Echo Song. • The teacher’s frog visits each child’s frog, singing, “Hel-lo,” encouraging (Track) them to echo. • For children who have difficulty in pitch-matching, have them sing, “Hel-lo” first, then the teacher echoes using the same pitches. • Explain that the voices of both frogs were the same. • Next have the teacher initiate the pitch while the child echoes. Describe if it was the same, lower or higher.

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Instrument Ten Little • Set up the felt board and put up one of the felt frogs or display one plastic frog Glocks in G Froggies Kit – • Remove the Cs and F from the glockenspiels. (E-minor) Glocks (New) • Practice keeping the beat on E and B during the singing on each verse. It Ocean Drums Ocean Drums is also okay if they choose to play two different notes or just play on E if they are not ready for E and B. Ten Plastic • Play the ocean drum on each spoken number while counting the frogs Frogs TIP: You don’t have to do all 10 frogs if you don’t have time. (Track) Movement The Spider • Pass out scarves. Scarves Kept On • Practice spinning in one direction, and going the other way every time the Pair of Spinning teacher plays the finger cymbals. Finger (New) • Ask the children to demonstrate a way to spin with the scarf. Try each Cymbals other’s ideas. • Sing the song and have the children spin the other way after each “Spider kept on spinning.” • After “Until his work was done,” they can throw their streamers/scarves up in the air. The Colors (Track) Are Gliding • Sing verse two of, “The Colors are Gliding” to fold and put away the scarves. Parent Tip: Encouraging the children’s ideas for creating movement, playing and singing is an important step towards improvisation and composition. Orff Rules Orff Rules Review the Orff rules before moving to the instruments. Orff in C

Orff Pair of Sally Go Sally Go ‘Round The Sun: Instruments • The children can freely play along with the recording. Finger Cymbals In C ‘Round The Sun • Review playing on the phrase endings while singing the song. Tick Tock (Exploration) • Review keeping the beat on F and C and repeat the song with the beat. Block • Have the lowest instruments keep the beat for the A section and the other Track instruments play on the phrase endings. Sally Go • If an additional challenge is needed, add some instruments that have all ‘Round The bars in to play a glissando from high to low after, “Down” and from low to Sun high after, “Up.” • Use the finger cymbals and tick tock block to signal time to lay the mallets to rest and switch instruments.

Conductor Conductor Game: Game • Repeating the game from last week, take turns being the conductor. Sopranino Hoop TIP: If you have a large class, write down who had a turn this week. The rest of the group will get a turn the following week. Goodbye Come My Ask everyone to listen and sing along to the orchestral music. Guitar/Ukulele Song Friends Track Remember the spider was spinning a web? Next week, we will find out where the little Next Week’s Fun spider is spinning her web and I’ll read you the story. Announcements & Handouts

(072712) Simply Music Rhapsody: Big Kids Make Music, Lessons 1-10 | © Licensed to Simply Music. All rights reserved. Page 18 of 66 4 Big Kids Make Music Lesson Plan 4 - Lesson at a Glance The Wild Horseman Squidgies Boogie - SM Tideo (Piano/Forte) Ten Little Froggies - Drum Hello (Echo) Song Ten Little Froggies - Kit (G/em) The Spider Kept On Spinning-Scarves-PT The Colors Are Gliding Orff Rules Sally Go ‘Round The Sun - Free Play - Orff Sally Go ‘Round The Sun - Orff Conductor Game - Orff - IF TIME Come My Friends (Goodbye)

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The Wild Horseman Ten Little Froggies (No Lyrics) One little froggie goes hop. One! Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Squidgies Boogie (No Lyrics) Two little froggies go hop. One, two! Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Tideo Three little froggies go hop. One, two, three! Time for music Tideo. Along comes another Time for music Tideo. And they just can’t stop! Time for music Tideo. Jingle at the window Tideo. Four little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four! Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, Along comes another Jingle at the window Tideo. And they just can’t stop! Five little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four, five! Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Six little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four, five, six. Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Seven little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Eight little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Nine little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Ten little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. DROP! TIME TO STOP!

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Hello (Echo) Song Conductor Game (No Lyrics) (No Lyrics)

The Spider Kept On Spinning Come My Friends (Goodbye) The spider kept on spinning Come, my friends The spider kept on spinning And gather ‘round The spider kept on spinning So we can sing goodbye Until his work was done. We’ll sing and dance Another day So long, farewell, The Colors Are Gliding Goodbye The colors are gliding All around The colors are gliding All around The colors are gliding All around And now all our colors Will fall to the ground

Sally Go ‘Round The Sun Sally go round the sun, Sally go round the moon, Sally go round the chimney top Every afternoon. Boom! Cows in the meadow Eating yellow buttercups Thunder, lightning we all stand UP!

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Gathering Colonel Colonel Bogey March: Free play and exploration time on the large Gathering Drum Drum with Bogey March drum. Encourage children to share their ideas for playing. Hello Song (New) (Exploration) Squidgies Boogie: Track • Review playing to the verbal directions: -- Close (make a fist with both hands on drum) Squidgies -- Open (hands are flat on drum) Boogie -- Flip (turn hands over, palms up). (Piano) Track • “Let’s see if we can do the Blues chords at the same time.” Follow the chord changes to the song using the recording. -- I – closed fist -- IV – open hand -- V – flip open hand “Someday, we’ll teach you how to play this song, parents can learn it too!” The best way to start children on piano is for parents to take piano lessons. Tideo Tideo: Vocabulary: • Review the music word for soft. Ukulele piano/forte • Everyone plays Piano on all the tideos. • Review the music word for loud. • Everyone plays Forte on all the tideos. • Sing the names as the parent strums the ukulele and the child strums with their “Pointer” finger. • Sing the high and low “O” of tideo on the final verse, add a final tremolo and accent on the gathering drum. Parent Tip: Encourage your child to make up their own verses at home. Singing will make chores more fun!

Ten Little Froggies: Ten Frog Ten Little Repeat activity from last week. Visuals Froggies • Place one of the frogs on the middle of the drum. • Sing, “One little froggie goes hop” and play the drum when you count Track “one.” • After “Along comes another,” add another frog on the drum. Remind the children to play the numbers after we sing the word “Hop.” • Sing, “Two little froggies go hop” and play when you count “One, two.” • Add more frogs for each verse until you feel they understand to play on the numbers after they sing “Hop.” • Repeat with recording. • When the song is finished, have each child chose one of the little frogs for the solo singing activity. Gathering Hello (Echo) • Give each child a little frog. Gathering Drum with Song • Have all the frogs sing to each other using the Hello Echo Song. Drum Solo Singing • The teacher’s frog “visits” each child’s frog and sings as the child echoes. Ten Frog • For children who have difficulty in pitch-matching, have them sing, “Hel- Visuals lo” first, then the teacher echoes using the same pitches. Explain that the voices of both frogs were the same. Next have the teacher initiate the pitch while the child echoes.

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Instrument Hello (Echo) • Instruct parent and child to take out the F and B (the green and pink) to Glocks in C Song set up the glockenspiels in C pentatonic. Kit – Ocean Drums Glocks • Ask the children to be your echo with playing, just like they did with the Ocean Drums frogs. Explain to play and sing any notes on “Hello.” Practice singing and playing two beats after, “To sing” and “To play.” • After, “We’re on our way,” everyone improvises on their glocks. • Repeat using Ocean Drums • Remind students to sing to make it easier to remember to play on the echo. • Use a transition song to get the instruments back in the kit. Movement The Spider The Very Busy Spider Book/The Spider Kept On Spinning: Scarves Kept On • Pass out the scarves and review the song and movement from last week. Use Finger the finger cymbals to indicate to spin the other direction, at the end of the Spinning Cymbals with phrase. Ask the children for their own ideas on how to spin with the scarf. The Very Busy • Explain when the story says the spider was busy spinning, they will use The Very Spider Book their own way to spin with the scarf. Busy Spider (New) • Tell them the story also has echoes and the children will sing the animal’s Book part in the book. • The children echo the teacher’s singing for the animals that come and visit the spider listed in the book. Example: For the horse, the teacher sings, “Neigh, neigh, want to go for a ride?” Using do, mi and so and the students will echo back. You can change the intervals of the notes for each animal making it harder or easier to echo back. • On the page that says the spider is busy spinning her web, stand to sing The Colors the song and spin with the scarves. Are Gliding The Colors Are Gliding: (New) • Move with the scarf for verse one. • Fold the scarves and put them away as you follow the lyrics of verse two. Orff Rules Orff Rules Review the Orff rules each week before moving to the instruments. Orff in E-minor (G) Orff Free Play To The Sopranino: Sopranino Instruments Free Play • Play when the sopranino plays, stop when the sopranino stops. Pair of In E-minor To The • Practice shoulder holders. Finger Cymbals (G) Sopranino • Play the finger cymbals to indicate to lay the mallets to rest. Tick Tock Block (Exploration) • Play the tick tock block to indicate walking to another instrument.

Ten Little Ten Little Froggies: Ten Plastic Frogs Froggies • Display the plastic frogs so everyone can see how many frogs to sing. • Play on each number on any bars they like, counting the frogs. Track

• Recording optional. TIP: If time is short, do less than 10 frogs. Hoop IF TIME Parent Tip: Attaching one word per beat in this song helps us to play Conductor together on the beat. Game Conductor Game: • Give children a turn to be the conductor. Goodbye Come My Sing with the ukulele. Ask everyone to listen and sing along to the Guitar/Ukulele Song Friends orchestral music. Track Next Week’s Fun Next week, we’ll have a story of some funny little bugs. Announcements & Handouts

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Colonel Bogey March Ten Little Froggies (No Lyrics) One little froggie goes hop. One! Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Squidgies Boogie (No Lyrics) Two little froggies go hop. One, two! Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Tideo Three little froggies go hop. One, two, three! Time for music Tideo. Along comes another Time for music Tideo. And they just can’t stop! Time for music Tideo. Jingle at the window Tideo. Four little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four! Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, Along comes another Jingle at the window Tideo. And they just can’t stop! Five little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four, five! Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Six little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four, five, six. Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Seven little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Eight little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Nine little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Ten little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. DROP! TIME TO STOP!

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Hello (Echo) Song Conductor Game Hello! (Hello!) (No Lyrics) Hello! (Hello!) I’m glad you’re here today! Come My Friends (Goodbye) To sing (to sing) Come, my friends To play (to play) And gather ‘round And now we’re on our way So we can sing goodbye We’ll sing and dance The Spider Kept On Spinning Another day The spider kept on spinning So long, farewell, The spider kept on spinning Goodbye The spider kept on spinning Until his work was done.

The Colors Are Gliding The colors are gliding All around The colors are gliding All around The colors are gliding All around And now all our colors Will fall to the ground

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Gathering Colonel Colonel Bogey March: Gathering Drum Drum with Bogey March Free play and exploration time on the large drum. Get ideas from Track Hello Song (Exploration) the children. Squidgies Boogie: Track Squidgies Repeat activity from the last two weeks. Boogie (Piano) • Review verbal directions: -- I Close (make a fist with both hands on drum.) -- IV Open (hands are flat on drum.) -- V Flip (turn hands over, palms up.) • “Let’s see if we can do the Blues chords at the same time.” Parents, it wouldn’t be long for you to learn this song on piano. Parent Tip: This helps the children naturally feel the chord changes and will

make it easy when they play Orff or piano chord changes. Tideo Tideo: Guitar/Ukulele • Play on all the tideos. • Challenge children to sing the song without you. • Use each child’s name in the song as their parent fingers the C chord on the ukulele as the child strums with their index finger. Hello (Echo) Song Hello (Echo) Song: • Ask them to be your echo after you sing and play the drum on “Hel-lo.” • Practice singing and playing two beats after, “To sing” and, “To play.” • After “We’re on our way,” ask everyone to improvise on the drum. • Repeat song several times. Movement Creatures Of Tell the story of the little bug buried in the sand because some kids Track The Garden were playing and got sand all over him. Quickly explain the details (New) story before acting it out with CD • 0:00 – 0:26 The little bug wiggles as he shakes the sand off of his back, his shoulders, his arms, his legs, and his hair. Finally he is able to stand up, and he shakes the last bit of sand off of himself. • 0:27-0:40 Then he takes a look around as he carefully walks or tiptoes, trying to avoid others who might bury him in the sand. • 0:41-0:46 Suddenly, he spots the children coming right toward him, so he runs and runs and… • 0:47 jumps over a sand toy. • 0:48 Then he runs and runs and has to… • 0:54 jump over another sand toy. • After telling the story, have the children act out the part of the little bug. Instrument The Spider • Ask the children to remove the C and D bar. Glocks, Kit – Kept On • Using the glockenspiels from their kits, practice playing glissandos as they remove C & D Glocks Spinning gently glide the mallet up and down the bars, like the spider spinning. (Track) with Vocabulary: Practice playing the beat on the E. Solo Singing Accent • Add the song as you play the parts again, everyone on the same part. Repeat with the children choosing which part to play. After singing the song, play an accent on the E.

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Instrument The Spider The Spider Kept On Spinning The Very Kit – Kept On • Pass out farm puppets that are the same animals in the book (horse, cow, Busy Spider Glocks Spinning goat, pig, dog, cat, duck, rooster, owl). You can skip some of the animals Book with or have more than one depending on what puppets you have available. Farm Puppets • Explain that you will read the book and instead of everyone echoing the Solo Singing Vocabulary: (Track) continued teacher as we did last week, this time, they will sing for their animal. Give Accent an example: When the horse sings “Neigh, neigh, want to go for a ride?” The horse will sing back the same way. You can change the intervals of the with notes for each animal solo to fit the skills of the child, making it harder or The Very Busy easier intervals to echo back. Spider Book • For each page that has the spider busy spinning her web, play, “The Spider Kept on Spinning” song on the glockenspiels as practiced. • Have the puppets rest on their lap or next to the glockenspiel while they play for the spinning spider. Movement Ten Little • Instead of drumming as we did last week when counting the frogs, jump Track Froggies for each number. If you keep jumping, be sure you stop on “Stop.” • Practice a few verses, then use the recording. Orff Rules Orff Rules Review all Orff rules each week before moving to the instruments. Orff in Orff E-minor (G) Free Play To Free Play To The Sopranino: Play when sopranino plays, stop when Instruments sopranino stops, practice shoulder holders. In e-minor The Sopranino (Exploration) (G) Ten Little Froggies: • Display the felt board and put one of the plastic frogs on top of it so Ten Frog Ten Little everyone can see the frog. Visuals Froggies • Play on each spoken number on any bars they like, while counting the frogs. Track • Recording optional. TIP: You don’t have to do all 10 frogs if you don’t have time.

The Spider The Spider Kept On Spinning: Kept On • Sing the song once as everyone plays the beat on the big E while singing. Pair of Finger Cymbals Spinning • Ask them to play with you on the phrase endings after each “Spinning” on any bars they like. Remind them that’s what they heard the cymbals play (Track) when we used our scarves to spin the web. • After “Until his work was done” encourage them to play their low E (parents help), for the final beat which is accented. • Have the lowest keep the beat while the highest play phrase ending. Sing-A-Long IF TIME Sing softly, piano, familiar songs from our classes; Sally Go Round the Beanie Babies Snuggle Time Sun, Bell Horses, or The Old Gray Cat, The Goodbye Song or take suggestions from the children. Hold the “baby” as you sing. Goodbye Come My Ask everyone to listen and sing along to the orchestral music. Guitar/Ukulele Song Friends Track Remember the spider was spinning a web? Next week, we will find out where the little Next Week’s Fun spider is spinning her web and I’ll read you the story. Announcements & Handouts Next week we will meet five little jack-o-lanterns that are sitting on a gate.

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Colonel Bogey March The Colors Are Gliding (No Lyrics) The colors are gliding All around

Squidgies Boogie The colors are gliding (No Lyrics) All around The colors are gliding All around Tideo Time for music Tideo. And now all our colors Time for music Tideo. Will fall to the ground Time for music Tideo. Jingle at the window Tideo. Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, Jingle at the window Tideo.

Hello (Echo) Song Hello! (Hello!) Hello! (Hello!) I’m glad you’re here today! To sing (to sing) To play (to play) And now we’re on our way

Creatures Of The Garden (No Lyrics)

The Spider Kept On Spinning The spider kept on spinning The spider kept on spinning The spider kept on spinning Until his work was done.

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Ten Little Froggies The Spider Kept On Spinning One little froggie goes hop. One! The spider kept on spinning Along comes another The spider kept on spinning And they just can’t stop! The spider kept on spinning Two little froggies go hop. One, two! Until his work was done. Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Come My Friends (Goodbye) Three little froggies go hop. One, two, three! Come, my friends Along comes another And gather ‘round And they just can’t stop! So we can sing goodbye Four little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four! We’ll sing and dance Along comes another Another day And they just can’t stop! So long, farewell, Goodbye Five little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four, five! Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Six little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four, five, six. Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Seven little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Eight little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Nine little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. Along comes another And they just can’t stop! Ten little froggies go hop. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. DROP! TIME TO STOP!

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Gathering Cotton Eyed Cotton Eyed Joe: Gathering Drum Drum with Joe Free play and exploration time on the large drum. Get ideas from the Track Hello Song (New) children. (Exploration) Tideo: Guitar/Ukulele

Play on all the tideos. Challenge children to sing the song without you. Tideo Five Little Jack-O-Lanterns (Five Little Pumpkins): Jack-O- Five Little If desired, you can replace Jack-O-Lanterns with pumpkins. Lantern Jack-O- • Put up the felts; count the number of pumpkins. Felts/Visuals Lanterns • Everyone taps the beat on their drums for the “Five little …” phrase and Felt Board (New) raises their hand up in the air using a high pitched vocal “Whooo” on the (Track ) rest after “Gate.” Repeat this phrase several times. Vocabulary: • Sing lines two-six, one for each pumpkin. All children echo the teacher. Tremolo/ Use different major and minor intervals depending on the level of your Accent class for each pumpkin. • For, “Oohh went the wind” children make swishes on the drum for the wind and on, “Out” play a big accent. • When the pumpkins are running after, “Clear out of sight” have them play a tremolo until all pumpkins are gone. TIP: The children love it if one of the pumpkins returns to the felt board. Whenever they see the pumpkin they have to play the drum and once it’s gone, stop. The felts work great for this song or you can also use real little pumpkins and draw a face on them. Little plastic or plush pumpkins will also work. Movement Creatures Of Repeat movement from last week. Track The Garden Shake off sand, look around, spot the kids, run!

Instrument Eency • Slowly tip the ocean drum from side to side to make wind sounds and Glocks Kit – Weency spinning sounds for the introduction to the song. Ocean Drums Glocks Spider • After singing phrase one, make a water spout for the spider to climb up Track Ocean Drums (New) by leaning the glockenspiel on your leg with the low notes on the bottom. (Parent Tip) Play from the C, the biggest blue bar, to the high C, the smallest blue bar. • After singing phrase two, start from the highest bar and play a glissando to the lowest bar. Repeat for a total of four times played. • After singing phrase three, play glissandos up and down. • Sing phrase four and play the same as after phrase one. • Practice singing and playing the entire song. Parent Tip: Explain that it helps for them to play from low to high when the spider goes up if the glockenspiel is standing upright like the water spout. They will hear and see that the big bars are low and the small bars are high! Make sure you use the version of music from this plan which indicates the singing first, then the playing.

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Movement Sonata In C Have everyone pick their scarf, singing the color of their spider. Scarves with (Piano) Suggest singing so – mi: “My spider is orange.” Track (New) Solo Singing Sonata In C: A Section: Sway the scarf gently from left to right.

B Section: Slowly raise and lower the scarf following the direction of Pair of the melody. Finger Cymbals Repeat Song. Spider Kept On Spinning: Spider Kept Repeat the movement from two weeks ago if you have time. On Spinning Orff Rules Free Play Free Play: Orff in G To The Play when the sopranino plays, stop when the sopranino stops. Take out Orff Sopranino Cs, Fs And (Exploration) The Spider Kept On Spinning/The Very Busy Spider Book: lowest D Instruments • Sing the song once as everyone plays the beat on the big E as the teacher In E-minor plays the finger cymbals for them to hear the phrase endings. (G) The Spider • Ask them to play with you on the phrase endings after each “Spinning” on The Very Kept On any bars they like. Remind them that’s what they heard the finger cymbals Busy Spider Spinning play when we used our scarves to spin the web. Book • After, “Until his work was done” encourage them to play their low E with (parents help), for the final beat which is accented. The Very Busy • Practice playing glissandos and hitting their biggest/lowest note E at the Spider Book end of the song. • Read the book and have everyone echo the teacher when the animals sing. Use the sounds the animals make to play 2 beats. For example, the cow sings, “Moo moo” using two quarter notes. All the children sing, “Moo moo” as they play the 2 beats using any notes they like. • After, “Spider is busy spinning her web” is read on each page, play “The spider kept on spinning” song as practiced, keeping the beat or playing after each phrase (“Spinning”). Goodbye Come My Point out the first four instruments: oboe, flute, clarinet, french horn Guitar/ Ukulele Song Friends when listening to the orchestra music. Track Next Week’s Fun Announcements & Handouts

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Cotton Eyed Joe The Spider Kept On Spinning (No Lyrics) The spider kept on spinning The spider kept on spinning The spider kept on spinning Tideo Until his work was done. Time for music Tideo. Time for music Tideo. Time for music Tideo. The Colors Are Gliding Jingle at the window Tideo. The colors are gliding Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, All around Jingle at the window Tideo. The colors are gliding All around Five Little Jack-O-Lanterns The colors are gliding Five little jack-o-lanterns sitting on a gate. WHOO! All around (Repeat several times) And now all our colors The first one sang, “It’s so late”. Will fall to the ground The second one sang, “I hear noise.” The third one sang, “Just some boys.” The fourth one sang, “Let’s all run.” Come My Friends (Goodbye) The fifth one sand, “Stay it’s fun.” Come, my friends Then OOHH went the wind and out went the lights. And gather ‘round And the five little pumpkins ran clear out of sight! So we can sing goodbye We’ll sing and dance Another day Creatures Of The Garden So long, farewell, (No Lyrics) Goodbye

Eency Weency Spider The eency weency spider went up the waterspout. Down cam the rain and washed the spider out. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain; And the eency weency spider went up the spout again.

Sonata In C (No Lyrics)

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Orff Rhymes In Rhymes In The Rain: As children enter for class, encourage them to Orff in C Instruments The Rain play and explore any way they think it sounds good to the song. Repeat Track with (Exploration) the recording if students have arrived early enough to play more than once. (New) Hello Song Tideo: Sopranino • Have everyone play the rhythm of ti-de-o on any bars they like. Practice Tideo playing three times only when singing ti-de-o. Finger (Parent Tip) • Have everyone practice keeping the steady beat on big C and G. Cymbals Vocabulary: • Play both parts at the same time with the help of the parents. The lowest Tick Tock Block Metallophone instruments keep the beat. Start the playing by saying, “One, two, the Xylophone beat goes first” or, “One, two, steady beat” in the tempo you want them Glockenspiel to play. It’s also great to have a student start the beat. • Use the signals to have the children switch instruments. Ask a child on a low instrument to start the beat to establish the tempo of the song. • Review the names of the instruments, xylophones, metallophones and glockenspiel. • Introduce the wood sound and metal sound verses. Before singing the specific verse for wood or metal, ask the children to think if they have metal or wood. • After each verse, play the sopranino to signal free playing. Parent Tip: We have played our parts separately but now are ready to try two parts together, the beat and the tideo rhythm. This takes a lot more focus and concentration. Hello (Echo) Song: Hello • Ask the children to be your echo after you sing and play, “Hel-lo.” A (Echo Song) Cowbell cowbell or Orff instrument can be used by the teacher. Practice singing and playing two beats after, “Hel-lo,” “To sing” and “To play.” (Track) • If successful, play two or three beat patterns for the children to echo. • After, “We’re on our way,” everyone improvises on their instrument as the teacher plays the sopranino. • Play an “accent” on the big C to finish the activity. Movement Sonata In C Sonata In C: Scarves (Piano) A Section: Sway the scarf gently from left to right. Track B Section: Slowly raise and lower the scarf following the direction of the melody. Repeat Song.

Windy Weather: Windy Track Weather • Stand in a big circle everyone facing center. (New) • For, “Windy weather…” sway back and forth to the beat until, “All get together” when everyone moves slowly into the circle. (Scarves move side to side too) • Move back out on, “Blow the wind” and repeat the verse two times. • During the poem on, “Windy, windy weather,” children move back and forth as if the wind is blowing them. • For, “Whirl around” and, “Twirl around” spin left, then spin right. • For, “All sink down together” spin slowly down to the floor, ending with everyone lying on the ground.

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Instrument Eency • Slowly tip the ocean drum from side to side to make wind sounds and Glocks Weency Kit – spinning sounds for the introduction to the song. Ocean Drums Glocks Spider • Repeat activity from last week. Ocean Drums Movement I Plant A Little • Explain that we are going to pretend to be very tiny seeds in the ground, Track Seed waiting to grow. Ask the children to make their bodies as tiny as possible. (New) Say, “I plant a little seed in the cold, dark ground.” • Tell them the sun will be next and it will shine everywhere so make your body as big and spread out as possible. Say, ”Out comes the yellow sun, big and round.” • Next, ask them to find a way to be little drops of rain moving high to low. Say, “Down comes the cool rain, soft and slow.” • Practice how you will now be the plant, growing gradually, moving and turning to get lots of sunshine. “Up comes the little plant, grow, grow, grow.” – (end up in a shape they choose for their plant). • Repeat with the recording. Gathering Five Little Five Little Jack-O-Lanterns (Five Little Pumpkins): Gathering Drum with Jack-O- • If desired, you can replace Jack-O-Lanterns with pumpkins. Drum Solo Singing Lanterns • Put up the felts; count how many pumpkins there are. Jack-O- Vocabulary: • Everyone taps the beat on the drum for the, “Five little …” phrase and Lantern Tremolo/ raises their hand up in the air using a high pitched vocal “Whooo” on the Felts/Visuals Accent rest after, “Gate.” Repeat this phrase several times. Felt Board • Sing line two-six, one for each pumpkin. • SOLOS: Have the children sing the lines for each pumpkin as a solo and (Track ) put the pumpkins back up one by one on the gate. If you have a big class, you can start the activity with five children singing the solo to put up the pumpkins before counting them. • For, “Oohh went the wind” children make swishes on the drum for the wind and on “out” play a big accent. • When the pumpkins are running after, “Clear out of sight” have them play

a tremolo until all pumpkins are gone.

Alma Mater Alma Mater Blues: Track Blues Review the blues song from earlier in the school year if time. Movement IF TIME Repeat movement from last week. Track Creatures Of The Garden Goodbye Come My Point out the first four instruments: oboe, flute, clarinet, french horn Guitar/Ukulele Song Friends when listening to the orchestra music. Track Next Week’s Fun We will meet Farmer Brown’s Cow Announcements & Handouts

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Rhymes In The Rain Sonata In C Rain, rain go away. Come again another day. (repeat) (No Lyrics) Rain on the green grass, Rain on the trees, Windy Weather Rain on the housetops Windy weather, But not on me! Breezy weather, It’s raining, it’s pouring. The old man is snoring, When the wind blows, Went to bed and he bumped his head and he We all get together! couldn’t get up in the morning. Like a leaf or a feather It rained on Ann In the windy, windy weather It rained on Fran We whirl around It rained on Arabella And twirl around It did not rain on Mary Jane And all sink down together. She had a big umbrella! Doctor Foster went to Gloucester in a shower of rain. Eency Weency Spider He stepped in a puddle right up to his middle The eency weency spider went up the waterspout. And he never went there again. Down cam the rain and washed the spider out. No, he never went there again. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain; And the eency weency spider went up the spout again. Tideo Time for music Tideo. I Plant A Little Seed Time for music Tideo. I plant a little seed in the cold, dark ground Time for music Tideo. Out comes the yellow sun, big and round Jingle at the window Tideo. Down comes the cool rain, soft and slow Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, Up comes the little plant, grow, grow, grow Jingle at the window Tideo.

Hello (Echo) Song Hello! (Hello!) Hello! (Hello!) I’m glad you’re here today! To sing (to sing) To play (to play) And now we’re on our way

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Five Little Jack-O-Lanterns Five little jack-o-lanterns sitting on a gate. WHOO! (Repeat several times) The first one sang, “It’s so late”. The second one sang, “I hear noise.” The third one sang, “Just some boys.” The fourth one sang, “Let’s all run.” The fifth one sand, “Stay it’s fun.” Then OOHH went the wind and out went the lights. And the five little pumpkins ran clear out of sight!

Alma Mater Blues (No Lyrics)

Creatures Of The Garden (No Lyrics)

Come My Friends (Goodbye) Come, my friends And gather ‘round So we can sing goodbye We’ll sing and dance Another day So long, farewell, Goodbye

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Orff Rhymes In Set up the Orff instruments so instruments with metal bars are on one Orff in C Instruments The Rain side and ones with wooden bars are on another side. Remove Fs and Bs. Track with (Exploration) Rhymes In The Rain: Pair of Hello Song As children enter the classroom, encourage them to play and explore Finger Cymbals any way they think it sounds good to the song. Use the recording and Tick Tock Block have the song repeat if the students have arrived early. Sopranino Ring the finger cymbals to signal to lay the mallets to rest. Play the tick tock block to signal to switch to another instrument. Play the sopranino to allow free time to play the new instruments. Tideo: Tideo Guitar/Ukulele (Parent Tip) • Ask the children if their bars are made out of wood or metal. Explain that the boxes are made of wood but look at the bars. Some are metal, some Vocabulary: are wood. Metallophone • If needed, review the playing position of the children and how to hold the Xylophone mallets for the best sound production. Glockenspiel • Sing the verse, “Time for woods,” then play the sopranino to signal time for free play on that kind of instrument. Repeat with verse, “Time for metals.” • Patsch on the rhythm of ti-de-o to indicate playing only on the, “Ti-de-o” on any bars they like. Practice playing three times on ti-de-o. • Ask the adults to help the children find the lowest bar on the left, the biggest C. Also find the biggest G. Parents tap the beat on the children as they play the beat. Say, “Tap, tap, tap…” to establish the steady beat before singing each child’s name in the song “Time for music.”

Hello Hello (Echo) Song: (Echo) Song • Ask the children to be your echo after you sing and play, “Hello.” A Cowbell cowbell or Orff instrument can be used by the teacher. Practice singing (Track) and playing two beats after “Hel-lo,” “to sing” and “To play.” • If successful, play two or four beat patterns for the children to echo. • After, “We’re on our way,” everyone improvises on their instrument as the teacher plays the sopranino. • Play an “accent” on the big C to finish the activity. Movement I Plant A Little • Repeat the movement activity from last week. (Track) Seed • “I plant a little seed in the cold, dark ground” – the children pretend to be a seed, getting down in a little ball. • Continue reciting each line of the rhyme, having everyone imitate the meaning words with their movement. Instrument I Plant A Little I Plant A Little Seed: Glocks Seed Kit – • Ask the children for ideas to accompany each line of the rhyme. Share Ocean Drums Glocks suggestions and demonstrate on the glockenspiel. • I plant a little seed…” – play a tremolo on the lowest bar. Sopranino • “Out comes…” – play from low notes to high notes for the sunrise • “Down comes…” – play from high to low • “Grow, grow, grow” – play one beat on each grow from low to high

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Solo Singing I Grew A … • Explain since we were talking about plants, we will have a visitor from the Cow Puppet (New) farm. Ask what they think the seeds grew to be. • Introduce Elsie, Farmer Brown’s Cow and explain she will come to visit and they can sing what they grew from their seeds and then feed the cow. • Encourage each child to sing the entire sentence, “I grew a…” as their solo, not just one word. The cow eats from the child’s hand after they sing. • Have the cow suggest the activity, “Take Your Pet for a Walk.” Movement 57 12/8 Blues • Explain that you are going to take your pet cow for a walk. Cow Puppet (Piano) • Ask the children to decide if they want to be the pet or their parent. Track (New) • Use the recording as you sing: -- “Take your pet for a walk, take your pet for a walk all around, -- Take your pet for a walk, take your pet for a walk around, -- Take your pet for a walk, take your pet for a walk all around, -- Take your pet for a walk, all around the town, -- We’re walking over here, we’re walking over there, -- Take your pet for a walk then back for a nap.” Sing-A-Long Farmer • The cow tells the teacher that she isn’t feeling very well. Cow Puppet Brown’s Cow • Sing Verse 1 ending with, “Moooooo” one octave, from low to high. Track (New) • Sing the chorus, tapping the beat. At the end, raise arm with fist and shout “Hey.” • Practice singing, “Moooooo” several times, encouraging the children to sing the octave slide. • If time, use the recording, listening for who visits and what they bring to make her feel better. Encourage everyone to sing the, “Moooo” and dance during the chorus. Movement IF TIME • Since everyone this, use the recording to perform the dance. Stand in a Track Windy big circle everyone facing center. Weather • For, “Windy weather…” sway back and forth to the beat until, “All get together” when everyone moves slowly into the circle. (Scarves move side to side too) • Move back out on, “Blow the wind” and repeat the verse two times. • For the first two phrases of the poem at the end, children move back and forth as if the wind is blowing them. • For, “Whirl around” and “Twirl around” spin left and right. • For, “All sink down together” spin slowly down to the floor with everyone ending up lying on the ground. Goodbye Come My Sing with the ukulele. Encourage beautiful singing. See if they can Guitar/Ukulele Song Friends guess what number symphony it is and sing again with the orchestra. Track Encourage the families to visit the local orchestra, many have children’s programs. Next Week’s Fun We’re going to start our new song for the Holiday Open House nest week! Announcements & Handouts

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Rhymes In The Rain Hello (Echo) Song Rain, rain go away. Come again another day. Hello! (Hello!) (repeat) Hello! (Hello!) Rain on the green grass, I’m glad you’re here today! Rain on the trees, To sing (to sing) Rain on the housetops To play (to play) But not on me! And now we’re on our way It’s raining, it’s pouring. The old man is snoring, Went to bed and he bumped his head and he I Plant A Little Seed couldn’t get up in the morning. I plant a little seed in the cold, dark ground It rained on Ann Out comes the yellow sun, big and round It rained on Fran Down comes the cool rain, soft and slow It rained on Arabella Up comes the little plant, grow, grow, grow It did not rain on Mary Jane She had a big umbrella! I Grew A ... Doctor Foster went to Gloucester in a shower of rain. (No Lyrics) He stepped in a puddle right up to his middle And he never went there again. No, he never went there again.

Tideo Time for music Tideo. Time for music Tideo. Time for music Tideo. Jingle at the window Tideo. Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, Jingle at the window Tideo.

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Farmer Brown’s Cow Windy Weather Old Farmer Brown he had a cow, had a cow, had a cow Windy weather, But she got sick I don’t know how Breezy weather, All she said was Moo! When the wind blows, Hey, hey, hey We all get together! Wouldn’t you say, Like a leaf or a feather That would make it go away? In the windy, windy weather Hey, hey, hey We whirl around Wouldn’t you say, And twirl around That’s all for today! And all sink down together. Her friend the pig brought chocolate cake, chocolate cake, chocolate cake Come My Friends (Goodbye) To see if that would help her ache Come, my friends But all she said was Moo! And gather ‘round Her friend the hen brought an egg, brought an egg, So we can sing goodbye brought an egg We’ll sing and dance To see if that would help her leg Another day But all she said was Moo! So long, farewell, Her friend the duck brought some bread, brought some Goodbye bread, brought some bread To see if that would help her head But all she said was Moo! Her friend the sheep, she brought some grain, brought some grain, brought some grain To see if that would help her pain But all she said was Moo Now you may want to sing some more, sing some more, sing some more. But now her throat is feeling sore Cause all she said was Moo!

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Percussion Prior to class, place a variety of drums and percussion instruments Variety Circle with in a circle. Explain that everyone will be able to try the different of Drums Hello Song instruments but we will only switch instruments when we hear the and other signal. Demonstrate the signal. The signal could be playing a samba percussion (different whistle, cymbals, cowbell, or anything else that can be clearly heard. sizes, shapes, Switch instruments during and after each song. Powama colors) (Exploration) Powama: Free play and exploration time in the percussion circle. Track (New) Repeat the song for more exploration time. Tideo Tideo: Children play on the beat for some verses and on the ti-de-o Guitar/Ukulele for other verses for the singing of their names.

Shoo Turkey Shoo Turkey: (New) • Practice singing and playing twice on each, “Yes, ma’am” and “So-so.” Turkey Puppet

• Ask everyone to play and sing, “Yes, ma’am” and “So-so” after the Track teacher sings each phrase. • Stand and explain we will need our turkey wings (raise arms with elbows out), and our turkey tails (shake hips), so we can do the silly turkey trot around the drum circle for the next part of the song. When the A section returns, everyone will have a new instrument. • All are welcome to free play until it’s time to play, “Yes, ma’am” again.

• The teacher surprises the children with a turkey puppet that makes turkey Farmer noises as he dances with the children on the B section. Brown’s Cow Cow Puppet • Repeat at least once. Track Farmer Brown’s Cow: • Present Farmer Brown’s cow and review song from last week. • Sing verse one. • Play the percussion instruments for the chorus. • Add more verses depending on time you have. (The drum circle part of the lesson should not take more than 20 minutes) Movement 57 12/8 Blues • Review from last week, asking the children to take their pet from the farm Cow Puppet (Piano) on a walk. Either the parent or the child pretends to be the pet. Track • The cow is leading everyone through the room pretending to walk around on a farm. Sing, “Take your pet for a walk, take your pet for a walk all around, Take your pet for a walk, take your pet for a walk around, Take your pet for a walk, take your pet for a walk all around, Take your pet for a walk, all around the town, We’re walking over here, we’re walking over there, Take your pet for a walk then back for a nap. “ Parent Tip: We love what we know. By repeating this activity, the children will have a better understanding of the form and phrasing and will be happy to have this delightful song return later in their piano lessons. Hearing their parent play these songs on piano would be the best way for your child to start playing the piano. They learn from imitation! Many of our parents are having fun playing piano and are amazed by the quick progress of this unique nontraditional approach.

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What’s Activity Title Comments Needed Solo Singing Turkey • Place the felt turkey body on the felt board and ask if anyone can guess Turkey Felts Feathers who this is. Ask them what the problem is with the turkey. Felt Board (New) • Explain that he is bare, missing his feathers, and shouldn’t go outside like this. Guitar/Ukulele • Sing the A section of the song with everyone tapping the steady beat on (Track) their legs. • Have them “Close their eyes for a big surprise” and put a feather behind each child and also one for the teacher. • Sing the question using the teacher’s color to demonstrate how to sing the answer put the feather on the turkey. • Ask several colors before singing the song again. This is a fun minor song that is easy to accompany on the guitar. Instrument Shoo Turkey • Practice playing two times on any bars they like for each, “Yes, ma’am” Glocks in F Kit – and, “So-so” as practiced with the drums. Ocean Drums Glocks TIP: To give your students an activity when they are not playing on “Yes, Ocean Drums ma’am” and, “So-so,” have them flap their wings (while holding mallets) on all other phrases. This will keep them from playing when it’s not time. • For the B section, gently tip the ocean drum, creating a “Shoo” sound. For other verses, tap the beat on the drum. • They can free play during the short interlude between the B and A section. Orff Rules Free Play Free Play: Orff in F (Exploration) Orff Free play with the sopranino before playing the parts for the rhyme. Sopranino Instruments I Plant A Little I Plant A Little Seed: Pair of Seed In F • “I plant a little seed…” – play a tremolo on the lowest bar. Finger Cymbals Vocabulary: • “Out comes…” – play from low notes to high notes for the sunrise (Track Tremolo • “Down comes…” – play from high to low • “Grow, grow, grow” – play one beat on each grow from low to high

Sally Go “Round The Sun: IF TIME Track Sally Go Repeat “Sally” from earlier in the school year. See if they can play in ‘Round The two parts with the beat on the lower instruments and everyone else Sun playing on the phrase endings. Goodbye Come My Sing with the guitar or ukulele . Repeat the song using Guitar/Ukulele Song Friends the orchestral recording, pointing out the first four instruments heard Track in the introduction: oboe, flute, clarinet, french horn when listening to the orchestra music. Next Week’s Fun Announcements & Handouts

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Powama Farmer Brown’s Cow (No Lyrics) Old Farmer Brown he had a cow, had a cow, had a cow But she got sick I don’t know how All she said was Moo! Tideo Time for music Tideo. Hey, hey, hey Time for music Tideo. Wouldn’t you say, Time for music Tideo. That would make it go away? Jingle at the window Tideo. Hey, hey, hey Jingling, jingling, jingling Joe, Wouldn’t you say, Jingle at the window Tideo. That’s all for today! Her friend the pig brought chocolate cake, chocolate cake, chocolate cake Shoo Turkey To see if that would help her ache Little girl But all she said was Moo! Little boy Yes, ma’am Her friend the hen brought an egg, brought an egg, Well did you go to the barn? brought an egg Yes, ma’am To see if that would help her leg Well did you see my turkey? But all she said was Moo! Yes, ma’am Her friend the duck brought some bread, brought some Well is my turkey gone? bread, brought some bread Yes, ma’am To see if that would help her head Which way did he go? But all she said was Moo! So, so Her friend the sheep, she brought some grain, brought Well, will you help me catch him? some grain, brought some grain Yes, ma’am To see if that would help her pain Then shoo turkey shoo, shoo But all she said was Moo Shoo turkey shoo, shoo Shoo turkey shoo, shoo Now you may want to sing some more, sing some more, Shoo turkey shoo, shoo sing some more. Shoo turkey shoo, shoo But now her throat is feeling sore Shoo turkey shoo shoo Cause all she said was Moo! Shoo!

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Turkey Feathers Come My Friends (Goodbye) Turkey, turkey, where’s your hair? Come, my friends Feathers missing And gather ‘round You’re so bare. So we can sing goodbye Turkey, turkey, where’s your hair? We’ll sing and dance Feathers missing Another day You’re so bare So long, farewell, Goodbye Turkey, turkey, there’s your hair! Feathers back Now you’re not bare! Who has the (color) one? Solo: I have the (color) one! All: (name) has the (color) one! Oh look!

I Plant A Little Seed I plant a little seed in the cold, dark ground Out comes the yellow sun, big and round Down comes the cool rain, soft and slow Up comes the little plant, grow, grow, grow

Sally Go ‘Round The Sun Sally go round the sun, Sally go round the moon, Sally go round the chimney top Every afternoon. Boom! Cows in the meadow Eating yellow buttercups Thunder, lightning we all stand UP!

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www.simplymusicrhapsody.com Big Kids Make Music Notation Bell Horses

C F C 2 &4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Bell hors - es, Bell hors - es, What's the time of day?

F C

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ One o' clock, Two o' clock, Time to run a - way.

MISTRESS MARY, QUITE CONTRARY. HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW? WITH SILVER BELLS AND COCKLE SHELLS, AND PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW. C F C

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Bell hors - es, Bell hors - es, What's the time of day?

F C

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ One o' clock, Two o' clock, Time to run a - way.

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR. JINGLE AT THE KITHEN DOOR. FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT. JINGLE AT THE GARDEN GATE. C F C

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Bell hors - es, Bell hors - es, What's the time of day?

F C

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ One o' clock, Two o' clock, Time to run a - way.

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Come, My Friends

Melody by Ludwig Van Beethoven Lyrics by Lynn Kleiner

D G ##6 j j j j j ™ j & 8 œ œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Come, my friends, and gath - er 'round so we can sing good - bye. We'll

A D G A D ## j j j j & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j j j ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ sing and dance a - noth - er day. So long, fare - well, good - bye.

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Eensy Weensy Spider Traditional Arr. Lynn Kleiner C G C j ™ &6 œ j j ™ j j j ™ Œ 8 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ The een - sy ween - sy spi - der went up the wa - ter spout.

glockenspiel or other melody instrument... ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ

C G C ™ ™ j ™ ™ j j ™ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ Down came the rain and washed the spi - der out.

xylophones... ™ ™ ™ ™ œ~~~ Œ œ~~~ Œ œ~~~ Œ œ~~~ Œ & J ~~ œ J ~~~ œ J ~~~ œ J ~~~ œ

C G C ™ ™ j ™ ™ j j ™ Œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Out came the sun and dried up all the rain;

metallophones and glockenspiels... ™ ™ ™ j & ™ ~~~~~~~ œ ~~~~~~~~~ ™ ~~~~~~~ œ ~~~~~~~~~ ™ ~~~~~~~ œ ~~~~~~~~~ ™ œ œ œ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ œ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ œ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ œ play from low to high, high to low, playing all notes in between (glissandos up and down) and the

C G C ™ & j j ™ j j j ™ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ een - sy, ween - sy spi - der went up the spout a - gain.

glockenspiel or other melody instrument... ™ ™ ™ & ™ ™ ™ ™ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

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Farmer Brown's Cow Belgian Folk Song Verse F C F b2 œ œ œ œ œ & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 1.Old Far - mer Brown, he had a cow, had a cow, had a cow, But

B¨ G7/B C7 U U &b œ œ œ œ œ œ ~~~~~œ ∑ œ œ œ œ œ œ ~~~~~~ she got sick, I don't know how. All she said was "Moo." Chorus B¨ F C7 F ™ b ™ œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Hey, hey, hey! Would - n't you say that would make it go a - way?

B¨ F C7 F ™ &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ Hey, hey, hey! Would - n't you say that's all for to - day.

Additional Verses

2. Her friend the pig brought chocolate cake, chocolate cake, chocolate cake, To see if that would help her ache.* But all she said was "Moo." 3. Her friend the hen brought an egg, brought an egg, brought an egg, To see if that would help her leg.* But all she said was "Moo." 4. Her friend the duck brought some bread, brought some bread, brought some bread, To see if that would help her head.* But all she said was "Moo." 5. Her friend the sheep, she brought some grain, brought some grain, brought some gran, To see if that would help her pain.* But all she said was "Moo." 6. Now you may want to sing some more, sing some more, sing some more, But now her throat is feeling sore, 'cause all she said was "Moo!"

*Optional solos: 2 j &b4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 2. I hope the cake will help your ache. 3. I hope the egg will help your leg. 4. I hope the bread will help your head. 5. I hope the grain will help your pain.

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Lynn Kleiner

D A D ##4 Œ & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ Hel - lo! (Hel - lo!) Hel - lo! (Hel - lo!) I'm glad you're here to - day. To

G A D # # œ ™ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ sing (to sing), to play (to play), and now we're on our way.

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G C G D7 G ™ # ™4 œ œ ™ & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ 1. Old Mac Don - ald had a farm, ee - i, ee - i, oh. And 2. Old Mac Don - ald Had a farm, ee - i, ee - i, oh. And C G D7 G # œ œ ™ & œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ on that farm he had a pig, ee - i, ee - i, oh. With an on that farm he had a cow, ee - i, ee - i, oh. With a

# & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ oink, oink here, and an oink, oink there. Here and oink, there an oink, ev - 'ry - where an oink, oink. moo, moo here, and a moo, moo there. Here a moo, there a moo, ev - 'ry - where a moo, moo. C G D7 G ™ # œ œ ™ & œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ w Old Mac Don - ald had a farm, ee - i, ee - i, oh. Old Mac Don - ald had a farm, ee - i, ee - i, oh.

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Rhymes in the Rain Traditional

C 2 ™ &4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Rain, rain, go a - way, come a - gain a - no - ther day.

Rain on the green grass, Rain on the trees, Rain on the housetops, But not on me! C 2 j ™ &4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ It's rain - ing, it's pour - ing, the old man is snor - ing,

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ went to bed and hebumped his head and he could - n't get up in the morn - ing.

It rained on Ann, It rained on Fran, It rained on Arabella. It did not rain on Mary Jane, She had a big umbrella! C 2 &4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Doc - tor Fos - ter went to Glouces - ter in a show - er of

j & œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ rain. He stepped in a pud - dle, right up to his mid - dle, and he

™ Œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nev - er went there a - gain. No, he nev - er went there a - gain.

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A F j ™ ™ j ™ ™ b6 œ Œ œ Œ & 8 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Sal - ly go 'round the sun, Sal - ly go 'round the moon,

C7 F j ™ ™ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j ™ Œ & œ œ œ œ J J œ œ Sal - ly go 'round the chim - ney top ev - 'ry af - ter - noon. BOOM! B ™ ™ b œ œ œ ™ œ œ œ œ œ ™ & œ J œ J œ J J œ Cows in the mead - ow, eat - ing yel - low but - ter - cups.

C ™ ™ ™ ™ ¿ b œ ™ œ œ œ œ & œ œ J ¿ Thun - der, light - ning, we all stand UP!

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A Freely, with a blues feel F b4 œ Œ ‰ j œ Œ & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Lit - tle girl, lit - tle boy? Yes, ma'am? Well, did you go to the barn?

&b ‰ j œ œ Œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Yes, ma'am. Well, did you see my tur - key? Yes, ma'am. Well, is my

b œ Œ Œ j j œ Œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ tur - key gone? Yes, ma'am. Which way did he go?

U b ‰ j œ œ Œ Œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ So so. Well, will you help me catch him? Yes, ma'am. Then

B Faster B¨ F j j j j j j &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ shoo tur - key, shoo, shoo, shoo tur - key, shoo, shoo, shoo tur - key, shoo, shoo,

B¨ F B¨ j j j j &b ˙ Ó œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ shoo. Shoo tur - key, shoo, shoo. Shoo tur - key, shoo, shoo.

F j j ¿ &b œ œ œ œ œ Œ Ó ∑ Shoo tur - key, shoo, shoo. Shoo!

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The Spider Kept on Spinning

Lynn Kleiner

E‹ 4 j ‰ j ‰ j &4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ The spi - der kept on spin - ning. The spi - der kept on spin - ning. The

™ j ™ & œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ spi - der kept on spin - ning un - til his work was done.

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F B¨ F j b6 j j œ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ j & 8 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 1. The old gray cat is sleep - ing, sleep - ing, sleep - ing. The

B¨ C7 F j b j œ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ Œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ old gray cat is sleep - ing in the house.

2. The little mice are creeping, creeping, creeping. The little mice are creeping, in the house.

3. The old gray cat is waking . . . in the house.

4. Now everyone is running . . . in the house.

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Tideo Traditional Arr. Lynn Kleiner

C (G7)* C

2 œ œ &4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Time for mu - sic Ti - de - o, Time for mu - sic Ti - de - o. Hel - lo (child's name) Ti - de - o, Hel - lo (child's name) Ti - de - o.

C (G7) C

œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Time for mu - sic Ti - de - o, Jin - gle at the win - dow, Ti - de - o. Hel - lo (child's name) Ti - de - o,

C F C (G7)) C

œ œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Jing - lin', Jing - lin', Jing - a - lin' Joe. Jin - gle at the win - dow, Ti - de - o.

Optional Ending: U U ™ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ti - de - o. Ti - de - o. Jin - gle at the win - dow, Ti - de - o.

Suggestions for Instrument Verses:

œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Time for sha - kers Ti - de - o, Time for sha - kers ti - de - o. Time for woods now Ti - de - o, Time for woods now ti - de - o. Time for drums now Ti - de - o, Time for drums now ti - de - o. Time for me - tals Ti - de - o, Time for me - tals ti - de - o. Time for instru - ments Ti - de - o, Time for instru - ments ti - de - o.

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Lynn Kleiner Fine G‹ D D7/F© G‹ ™ bb4 œ œ œ œ ™ & 4 œ œ œ ˙ #œ œ œ œ œ ˙ 1.,2. Tur - key, tur - key, where's your hair? Fea - thers mis - sing, you're so bare. 3. Tur - key, tur - key, there's your hair! Fea - thers back now, you're not bare.

D.C. al Fine G‹ D G‹ ™ ™ bb ™ ™ œ ™ œ ™ œ Œ Œ ™ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Who has the (color) one? I have the (color)one (name)has the (color) one. Oh, look! (Leader) For Younger Singers: G‹ b ™ ™ &b œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ Œ

Who has the (color) one? I do!

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Anonymous Smooth, Slow D # #4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Win - dy weath - er, breez - y weath - er, when the wind blows, we all get to - geth - er!

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