Mrs. Ferg

I don't care how many times she comes to TMEA and does the same thing...I still love her. There's a Spider on the Floor Use toy spiders. Create many verse to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It". Have students their own rhyming verses and sing for their classmates. Ex: There's a spider on the floor, on the floor. There's a spider on the floor, on the floor, there's a spider on the floor and he walked right out the door. There's a spider on the floor, on the floor. toes - wiggling his nose knee-lived up in a tree belly- eating peanut butter and jelly neck-make me feel like a wreck ear-so little I can't hear hair- I think he's dancing way up there back-he's eating a little snack tush- if I roll over he'll be smushed floor- we're not going to sing anymore The Wild Horseman (Schumann) Use horse puppers to demo the first time. Divide into two groups. Establish a barn on each side of the room. One group rides for A, the other...

I went to a slightly confusing session on listening examples, etc, etc, Not sure it required an hour of my time. I suppose the most important point was to choose listening examples through and connected by music already known to the children. Makes sense to me. Examples: Class sing London Bridge is Falling Down Class listens to variation (found on iTunes) Class sings song Relate song to book with pictures after Find a folk song that is in a classical piece Other examples in the book Kodaly Today