Then the children colored their own pumpkins and cut them out. Using the pumpkins they created, they placed them on a two line staff and were able to represent the descending melodic pattern Mi-Re-Do (which are the corresponding solfege syllables for “just like that.”).

This is a favorite of all the Nursery classes. Nursery Red has used this song to do a magic trick with pumpkins, Nursery Yellow and Blue have used this song to learn about the solfege syllables Mi-Re-Do and their functions.

This is a fun piece that we used earlier in the year. While it offered the children an opportunity to improvise, my main goal in using this piece, was to provide a safe and fun way for the children to play their instruments in a group setting with a limited amount of structure. We used different instruments (tone blocks, hand drums and sticks) and even the doors in the room when making our knocking sounds.

 

The children take turns holding a cat mask while we sing this song. If you are holding a mask you get to say the “meow” part of the song. We have used this piece to explore different animal sounds that our voices can make as well as different types of cat noises. This provides an opportunity for the children to perform alone in front of the group.

Click on the green “Vocaroo” button to hear Miss Beth sing this tune.

I find that using the same song each class helps the children focus their energy and understand that class is beginning.

Click on the “Vocaroo” green button to hear Miss Beth sing this song!