The Kindergarteners are working on internalizing the pitch (singing in their heads). To practice, we covered various letters of the alphabet with pom poms. Then, we had to sing through the song, but we couldn't sing the letters that we covered. We had to sing those letters in our heads. We started out covering only 1 letter at a time, but we eventually were able to cover 6 letters! We partnered up and challenged our partners to see how well they could do. It was so fun to walk around the room and hear them all singing independently.
The alphabet chart is kept in what I call a "lap pack". It is simply a clear plastic sleeve with various papers in it that I use for activities.Among some of the papers are: a large staff, the alphabet chart, a 16-beat composition grid, and a bumblebee listening map. The great thing about these is that the papers don't get ripped and you can write on them with erasable markers and re-use them over and over.
No comments:
Post a Comment