Transition: The Color Song by the Kiboomers
Materials: Laminated Letter D, sturdy cardboard boxes, variety of music
Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: loud/quiet, fast/slow, stop/go, big/little (or small), big/bigger/biggest, small/smaller/smallest, beat, drum, box.
Preliteracy - We've been drawing the letter D all month. This time we used our fingers to dance and drive around the letter D. We talked about words that had that sound and names that had that sound.
This week, Miss Carrie brought a lot of boxes to class. Big boxes and little boxes. We drummed on boxes. Miss Carrie turned on music and we drummed fast or slow, and loud or soft. We listened to the music to determine how to drum. When Miss Carrie called out "Hands up!" we put our hands up and waited. We discovered that we couldn't hear each other when we drummed loudly. some people liked to drum to music that was fast and loud. Other people liked to drum to music that was slow and quiet. We took turns choosing how to drum. We watched each other try different ways to drum (back of hands, drum-clap-drum-clap) and tried to copy it. It was a great opportunity to practice describing and work on basic concepts.
Some of the music we used included: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Rock and Roll Preschool by the Wiggles, Life Is a Highway from Cars, You're Welcome from Moana, and Yo Yo Ma's Appalachian Journey.
DO THIS AT HOME: use boxes, pots and pans, or (if you have it) a drum set. Describe your actions and the sounds.
