Countdown to 2024: 10 Elementary Music Activities for a First Day Back to School #6
#06 PK and K Steady Beat Auld Lang Syne body percussion Play-along
Looking for a fun and interactive way to get your young elementary students to practice and perform the steady beat? This simple, generic body percussion play-along video can be used at the beginning of a new calendar year, school year, or quarter. It's designed for young elementary students between the ages of 3-5 and uses body percussion to perform the steady beat. Use it on the first day of class to build an entertaining and cohesive group dynamic or as retrieval practice.
Auld Lang Syne
The rhythms covered are quarter notes (crotchets). The recording is a mashup of Yo-Yo Ma (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA9osfZu0jc) and Learning Guitar (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhDAzEg1wU4). The materials used to create the video were Katie Wardrobe’s Midnight Music’s Big Free Music Notation Library (https://midnightmusic.pages.ontraport.net/ultimate-guide?source=popup) and Canva for Education program (https://www.canva.com/education/).
Teaching Manipulatives
Feel free to use these manipulatives which contain the following:
Yo-Yo Ma's original video
Interesting facts about Yo-Yo Ma
A link to the source of the facts so students can learn more about him
The Leading Guitar YouTube channel video with the accompaniment track as a resource
Body Percussion patterns featured in the play-along video
The play-along video.
This tool can be used for reviewing and evaluating steady beat skills. It is particularly useful when working with very young children, as it can be used for rote learning purposes.
Countdown to 2024:10 Elementary Music Activities for a first day back to school
It's that time of year again – my annual countdown to the New Year! To kick off a new year, I'm sharing ten fun-filled elementary music activities for the first day back to school. Whether you're returning from a holiday break or beginning a new school year, these activities are perfect for any month. Be sure to check back daily, hit the like button, subscribe, or bookmark this page for later updates as we count down to the New Year!