Monday, May 9, 2011

Farm Songs

"Down on Grandpa's farm." 
We're on our way, we're on our way, 
On the way to Grandpa's farm. 
We're on our way, we're on our way, 
On the way to Grandpa's farm. 
Down on Grandpa's farm there is a black and white cow. 
Down on Grandpa's farm there is a black and white cow. 
The cow she calls her baby calf: Moo, Moo
The cow she calls her baby calf: Moo, Moo

Additional Verses:  
1. Crazy, gray goat.  The goat she calls her baby kid: Maa, Maa
2. Fluffy, white sheep.  The sheep she calls her baby lamb: Baa, Baa
3. Big, brown horse.  The horse she calls her baby colt: Neigh, Neigh
4. Fat, pink pig.  The pig she calls her baby piglet: Oink, Oink

HERE WE GO ROUND THE BIG RED BARN 
(Tune of "Round the Mulberry Bush") 
Here we go round the big red barn, 
The big red barn, the big red barn 
Here we go round the big red barn so early in the morning. 
This is the way we milk the cows, milk the cows, milk the cows 
This is the way we milk the cows so early in the morning. 
This is the way we feed the chickens, 
Feed the chickens, feed the chickens 
This is the way we feed the chickens so early in the morning. 


Teaching Ideas:
1. Continue with other farm chores (chop wood, mow hay, slop pigs, plant corn, etc., ask children for ideas and have them act out the verses as you sing) 
2. You can make a big circle and choose students to act out the motion in the middle.

The Cows On The Farm  (Sung to The Wheels On The Bus) 
The cows on the farm go mooo, mooo, mooo 
Mooo, mooo, mooo Mooo, mooo, mooo 
The cows on the farm go mooo, mooo, mooo  All night long! 

For additional verses, ask the children to name their favorite farm animal and what sound it makes. 


End with this verse: 
The farmer on the farm yells "Go to sleep!" 
"Go to sleep!" "Go to sleep!" 
The farmer on the farm yells "Go to sleep!" 
So I can get my beauty rest (snore!) 


If I Were a Farmer Sung to: "Did you ever see a lassie?"
Oh, if I were a farmer, a farmer, a farmer
Oh, if I were a farmer, what would I do?
I would milk the cows each morning
Each morning, each morning
I would milk the cows each morning, that's what I'd do.



Additional Verses: I would feed the baby chickens, I would gather eggs for breakfast 


Over In The Barnyard Sung to: "Down By The Station"
Over in the barnyard Early in the morning,
See the yellow chickies Standing in a row.
See the busy farmer Giving them breakfast.
Cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep. Off they go.



Additional Verses: Spotted cows, Brown horses, Proud roosters, White sheep,  Pink pigs


Teaching Idea:
1. Have students line up across from each other.  Have pairs of students come down the aisle pretending to be the animals.  The teacher or a student could be the farmer giving them the breakfast.  On "off they go" they would go to the front of the line.  Then the back pair would come down the aisle as the next animal.


Farm Chores Sung to “Here we go round the Mulberry Bush”
This is the way we ______
This is the way we ______
So early in the morning.



Other actions: mow the hay, feeding the chicks, sow the seeds, pull the weeds, hoe the field, etc. 


Farm beat
Down on the farm with the beat in your feet
Tell me the animal that you’d like to meet
A cow, a cow, he wants to meet a cow.


Teaching Ideas:
1. March to the beat having students name animals they want to meet.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Baseball Game

One of my studio's favorite games is the Baseball Game.  I use a printable baseball field as the game board, though you could just put post its to represent Home Plate, 1st, 2nd and 3rd base.  Next I have my student choose four players.  I have an assortment of erasers they choose from, but you could use any tokens, coins, candy, etc. . .  The student lines up his players and puts the first token (player) on home plate.

Then using any kind of flashcards you want, you have the student identify the concept.  It could be staff notes, chords, keys, musical vocabulary, rhythm, etc. .   Teachers could even use spelling words, addition problems, the possibilities are endless.  If the student fails to identify the concept correctly, they get "Strike One".  The student gets two more chances "Strike Two" and then "Strike Three, YOUR OUT!"

If the student correctly identifies the flashcard then they pick a baseball card.  The baseball card tells them if they hit a single, double, triple, home run or foul ball.

Single: Advance one base
Double: Advance two bases
Triple: Advance three bases
Home Run: Every token (player) goes home and scores                                
Foul Ball: Player must identify another card

Play progresses and you can make the game stop when the player hits a certain score or when you have finished the flashcards.

Helpful Tip:  I review Staff Notes frequently with this game, so to save time I wrote  S, D, T, HR, FB on the back of the flashcards.  Students identify the note and then turn the card over to see what they got a S (Single), D (Double), T (Triple), HR (Home Run) or FB (Foul Ball).  Now Play Ball!

Reader Suggestion:  One of my readers, Jacki, had a great idea to make the single, double, triples and home runs into rhythms.  So on the back of her cards she wrote a quarter note (single), half note (double), dotted half note (triple) and whole note (Home Run).  You could also use rest or rhythm addition.  Thanks for the great idea!
Baseball Game on TPT

Google Docs: Baseball Game


Google Docs: Baseball Cards

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Old McDonald Rhymes

Here is a fun song with a take off of Old McDonald.  I have included a visual aid sing-a-long sheet and some cards for practice with rhyming.  You could print the cards front to back and just turn the card to show the rhyme.  You could challenge your students to come up with other rhymes or animals as well.
Google Docs: 


Google Docs: Old McDonald Cards

Monday, April 25, 2011

Train Game

To play this fun game, print out the train and put it together to make one long train.  Then use staff cards or the Suitcase Staff Cards provided to match the note to the correct train car.  


Game idea: Take turns placing the notes on the train.  Whoever gets the last card on the train wins that pile.  Whoever has the most piles wins!  I made extra suitcases so you can have at least five of each note.  You can also make extra copies to have the number of presents you need
Alphabet Train Game on TPT
Google Docs: Alphabet Train
Google Docs: Suitcase Notes

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

New UNO Game: Flower Version



The UNO Game last fall has been one my most popular games. 



I decided to put a new spring background to the game with flowers.  Of course the game is played the same as the normal UNO game.  Directions for UNO can be found here.  Students are given 7 cards and must match the color or note to play.  They must say the note name to play.  Whoever is out of cards first wins.  Have Fun!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q1ate5tkHtPPPkTnCD9XD2MQiUid3Id84A/view?usp=sharing









Friday, April 15, 2011

New Printables Page

I have created a new Prinables Page to make it easier to download and print my various resources.
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