November
The children in Kindergarten at Inman will begin exploring the non-pitched percussion instruments in the music room!
We will start with the hand drums playing with If You’re Happy And You Know It (tap your drum). We will also use the hand drums to make creative sounds including sounds to go with our train unit.
We will expand our train unit to include the following songs:
- Little Red Caboose
- Engine Engine
- Clickity Clickity Clack
- Old Toy Trains
- To Stop The Train
We will also learn about inner hearing by singing Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes and then auditing the song in our heads as we point to the correct body parts.
We will learn about dynamics by playing games and using the non-pitched percussion instruments in soft and loud ways.
The children learned how to do The Twist in October by dancing along with The One-Eyed, One-Horned, Flying Purple People Eater. They will get creative with some visual art in November by drawing their interpretation of what they think this creature looks like. Stay tuned! You will see their creations outside the music room in mid-November!
October
During the month of October, Kindergarten students will be learning many songs that cover the following objectives:
- Fingerplay
- Naming body parts
- Learning how to follow in a line
- Learning how to use their singing, whisper, talking and loud voices
- Beginning to learn how to hold and properly play a hand drum
- Drama
- Rhythm
- Counting
- Creative Movement
We will sing the following songs:
- When I Was One
- Itsy Bitsy Spider
- Magic Spell
- Engine Engine Number Nine
- Little Red Caboose
- If You’re Happy and You Know It
- Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes
- Little Bunny Foo Foo
- Where Is Thumbkin?
We are also learning to be safe as we move, dance and play in a room with many other bodies. We do this through dancing and following the line in pathways. Each child will have a chance to lead the line as we negotiate our space and pathways in the music room. We will also be playing a drama game in which we pretend to move around the room as various animals. Safety and exploration of our own bodies and movements will be explored through this activity.
We are starting to develop our singing voices and our capacity for listening and attending to a teacher and to each other in October.
September
Welcome to Kindergarten Performing Arts!
Students in Divisions 11, 15, 16 and 17 will be participating in activities to get them familiar with the routines and expectations of the music room.
Students will learn to follow each other in a line and learn to make a circle on the carpet. We will follow the line in pathways and straight lines.
Our first songs will help us identify parts of our bodies. We will learn Thumbkin and Head And Shoulders.
We will sing Little Bunny Foo Foo to learn the Code Of Conduct at the school in a child-friendly song/story.
We will start a unit on Trains to learn other rhythm, movement and pitch concepts. These include Little Red Caboose, Clickity clickity Clack, and Engine Engine Number 9.