Thanksgiving Game

 

Turkey Time:

 

Here's a fun game to play with your kindergarten - 2nd graders.  I have a stuffed turkey that my classes love to use. The game is played like duck, duck goose as they sing any turkey songs that you want to use. The child that is tapped on the last word of the song chases the child with the turkey to see if they will have a turkey dinner for Thanksgiving. The turkey is given to the child that did the chasing and the game starts over again. I use this game to practice the beat to a song with the class. I also use it to find the rhythm of the song for 1st and 2nd graders. Your class will love this game as they try to catch the turkey for Thanksgiving Dinner.
Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

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Easy Ways to Compose Music With Your Class

Here are some easy step-by-step guided composing lessons to help your class learn composing skills. Just click on the pictures below to learn more about these fun composing activities.

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Thanksgiving Song

Here is a fun round that I use in my class for kindergarten through 3rd grade.

 

 

We will be playing turkey games and songs this week and getting ready for Thanksgiving day!

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Recorder Class

My recorder class loves collecting Karate Recorder Belts after they learn a new song. I like using colorful beads. You can buy them at any store for a very economical price. Check out my freebies at the top of the page or click here to grab your
free recorder assessment pages.

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How I Introduce the music staff to kindergarten

Fun Way to Introduce the Music Staff To Your Kindergarten

Introduce the five lines on a music staff to your kindergarteners with this poem. Placing one pumpkin at a time on the fence as you tell them to echo the poem back to you one phrase at a time.

I have them count the pumpkins on the fence and then tell them that the pumpkins look like music notes on a music staff. Then I tell them that a music staff  is made up 5 lines and 4 spaces and that in music we place notes on the staff to make our music.
You can also work on vocabulary such as bar lines, treble clef sign and double bar lines. Have fun using this mini lesson.

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