Welcome Ring – Hello Song

Do the actions in the Hello Song as indicated.

Sung a capella (without music)

Touch the sky and touch the ground,

Wiggle your fingers, wiggle your toes,

Wiggle your shoulders and say, hello!

Parachute Songs & Activities

Choose 2 or 3 of these simple songs or of your own to do every week using the parachute

Actions and activities done with the parachute follow the words of each song. For example, if the song says “up”, the parachute is lifted up, etc.

2.       The Grand Ol’ Duke of York – Lift the parachute, up, down, salute and march in place.

3.       Row, Row Your Boat – Sway from side to side as if everyone is rowing a boat. Use a beach ball of a stuffed toy that could “float” or bounce up and down in the parachute, pretending that the parachute are the waves.

4.       Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush – Walk around in a circle, rub the parachute in between your hands to pretend to wash clothes, and then lift the parachute up and down quickly to pretend to dry the washed clothes.

Farm Animals Theme Introduction

• Show the children different pictures of farm animals.
• Allow them to make the different animal sounds as you show each picture.
• Emphasize the low pitch of a moo and the high pitch of a neigh. You could use other examples.
• Teach and sing Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.
• Sing Old MacDonald, giving the correct sounds for each animal. Clap to the beat of the song as you sing it (except for when giving the correct sounds).

Gross Motor Activity Songs

• Do “birdie-beaks” using pointed, closed fingers, 4 times
• Flap using bent arms like a chicken, 4 times
• Shake your “tail feathers”, 4 times
• Clap hands together, 4 times
• During the chorus, everyone holds hands and walks together round in the circle

As you teach the children the actions, make sure you count aloud with them 1-2-3-4 as you do each action. This will help them develop beat.

Musical Principle Activity

Using a basic instrument (such as a recorder, mouth organ, ukulele or guitar) play high, middle and low pitches for the children. Ask them to raise their hands when they hear a high pitch and tap the floor when they hear a low pitch. If it is a middle pitch, they can wave their arm out in front of them.

Percussion Instruments Activity

Hand out percussion instruments to the children, such as tambourines, shakers and bells.

• Let’s play our percussion instruments to the song, Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.
• Explain to the children that there are 4 counts in every bar/measure, or more simply put, they need to count up to 4 when they play along.
• Count aloud 1-2-3-4 as you play along.
• If necessary, assist each child to correctly play according to the beat in the song.
• Then, sing and play along to the song.

Fun & Dance Activity Song

Change things up by doing different actions to the song that the children can copy according to their abilities. Hop on one leg, turn around, jump up and down, shake your hands, skip, or clap to the beat. Or, if the children can do freestyle dancing, that’s more fun!

Conclusion

 Quick recap on the things learned during the lesson and regarding the theme.

“How fun it is to visit the farm! Don’t you love farm animals? Which ones are your favorite farm animals? Aren’t you glad we have farms that can produce milk, eggs and meat for us?”

Goodbye Song

Do the actions in the Goodbye Song as indicated.

Sung a capella (without music)

Touch the sky and touch the ground,

Rub your tummy, blink your eyes,

Blow a kiss and say goodbye!