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Primary Unit Music

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You’ll Sing a Song
(Ella Jenkins)
 

» Sing, play kazoo (Daily Gathering Song)

Ally Bally Bee
(Scottish traditional)
 

» Sing, play drum, triangle, guiro and wrist bells

Where, O Where are my Boomwhackers

» Sing, play boomwhackers
» Introduce concept of major scale

St. Paul’s Steeple (English melody)
and
To London Town (English song)

» Sing, play boomwhackers, play handbells, play xylophone
Develop concept of major scale - sounds moving by step up or down the scale

Clap, Clap, Clap Your Hands

» Sing, body percussion, play handbells, resonator bells, tap sticks and play drums

Old King Cole (rhyme)
and
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat (rhyme)

» Speak rhythm, pat steady beat and play rhythm on sticks
» Use rhyme rhythm to improvise melodies on xylophone

Ning Nang Nong (rhyme)
 

» Speak rhyme, play selected instruments on “special sound words”

I’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad
 

» Sing, play train whistles

Five Hundred Miles
 

» Sing

Old MacDonald
 

» Sing, play kazoo

Hickory Dickory Dare (rhyme)
 

» Speak rhythm, play jingle taps and guiros

Getting to Know You
 

» Sing

Carnival of the Animals (C. Saint-Saens)
A suite in 14 movements

» Listening project involving many aspects of music (slow/fast; high/low; bouncy/smooth; identification of instruments, etc.)

Trick or Treat
 

» Sing