Group Lesson Stations

These week I will be having group lessons and I am trying a new thing: STATIONS.  


Usually I have game and activities and all the students play together at group lessons.  This has gone well, but when I have different levels of students, it can be a challenge.  I have been substitute teaching lately and many school teachers use stations for math or reading.  The kids have assigned groups and they go to the station and complete the activity either together or by themselves.  The kids really enjoy stations and I thought I would try it in a group lesson.  


I have four stations and each has a game or activity for the students to complete.  Each activity has different levels for the students to choose from, so that they will be reviewing concepts they have learned.  The material and instructions for the activity is at the station and they are all games we have played before in our lesson time.  The students are paired up other students on their same level.  Every ten minutes we will rotate to a new station.  This format allowed me to have students of different levels and have more students come to one group lessons.  


I usually like to keep group lessons to 5 or 4 students, but this week one group lesson will have seven students!  I think the rotation will keep all the students busy, while keeping the groups small at each station.  I have attached an example of the instructions I have for  "Chutes and Ladders"  I have made rhythms on different colored note cards that students add or subtract.  Since then I have added Rhythm Addition Cards to my site, which would be an easy way to play the game in different levels.  A great way to review rhythm with a game the students love.   Enjoy!

Chutes and Ladders Directions

Music Bingo: Faber and Faber Level 2B

Bingo Orange Level

Faber Bingo Cards Level 2B

Orange Level Bingo Cards

Bug Songs

Bug Song (sung to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It)

Oh, I wish I were an eensy-weensy spider. *clap, clap*

Yes, I wish I were an eensy-weensy spider. *clap, clap*

I'd go "creepy-creepy-crawly" down your hall and up your "wall-y!"

Oh, I wish I were an eensy-weensy spider.*Clap Clap* (clap hands twice)

Oh, I wish I were a yellow honeybee. *clap, clap*

Yes, I wish i were a yellow honeybee. *clap, clap*

I'd go "buzzy-buzzy-buzzy" and my stripes would all be fuzzy!

Oh, I wish I were a yellow honeybee. *2 claps, 2 stomps* (stomp feet twice)

Oh, I wish you were a wiggly caterpillar. *clap, clap*

Yes, I wish I were a wiggly caterpillar. *clap, clap*

I'd go "munchy-munchy-munchy." All the leaves would be my "lunch-y"!

Oh, I wish i were a wiggly caterpillar.

*clap, clap, stomp, stomp, click, click* (2 clicks with tongue)

Oh, I wish I were a small red army ant.*clap, clap*

Yes, i wish i were a small red army ant.*clap, clap*

I'd go "trompy-trompy-trompy" over hills and through the "swamp-y"!

Oh, I wish i were a small red army ant.

*clap, clap, stomp, stomp, click, click, jump, jump*

Oh, I wish i were a hungry little skeeter.*clap, clap*

Yes, I wish i were a hungry little skeeter.*clap, clap*

I'd go "bitey-bitey-bitey" when you went outside at "night- y"!

Oh, I wish i were a hungry little skeeter.

*clap, clap, stomp, stomp, click, click, jump, jump, Shhhh, Shhhh!!

A Fly is on my toe Sung to: "Farmer in the Dell"
A fly is on my toe, A fly is on my toe,
Hi-ho, just watch me blow. A fly is on my toe

Other verses: A fly is on my nose ,my head, my ear, my elbow, my knee,
etc..

Teaching Tip: I point to the body part and have the children tell me where the fly is now.

Bee Hive 

(Put your hands together like a bee hive and say...) 

This is my bee hive, but where are the bees,

 hidden inside where nobody sees, 

one two three four five (Pop fingers up while counting) 

And then Buzz the children with your fingers.

A hunting we will go Sung to “The Farmer and the Dell”

A-hunting we will go, A-hunting we will go,
We'll catch a butterfly
And put it in a box,
Then we'll let it go!

Substitute other insects for butterfly

Baby Bumble Bee Song

I'm bringin home a baby bumble bee
Won't my mama be so proud of me
I'm bringin home a baby bumble bee

Yuck!!!!  That bumblebee got honey all over me!

I'm tasteing the honey from the  bumblebee
Won't my mama be so proud of me
I'm tasteing the honey from the  bumblebee

Yuck!!!!  It's all over me!!!!

I'm wiping off the honey from the bumblebee
Won't my mama be so proud of me
I'm wiping off the honey from the bumblebee

Uh Oh!!!!!!  Here comes mommy!!!!!

Music Bingo: Faber and Faber Level 1 Bingo Game

Faber Bingo Game Level 1
Faber Bingo Level 1 Cards

Music Bingo: Faber and Faber Level 2A Bingo Game

Faber Bingo Game Level 2
Bingo Cards Level 2A

Fruit and Vegetable Songs

Click on the picture to get a copy of the songs!

OH, Do You Eat Your Vegetables? Sung to: "Muffin Man"

Oh do you eat your vegetables, vegetables, vegetables?
Oh, do you eat your vegetables-each and every day?

Oh, yes we eat our vegetables, vegetables, vegetables:
Oh yes we eat our vegetables-each and every day!

To continue the song, ask each child in turn to name a vegetable. 

Substitute the child's name and her vegetable choice, and have everyone sing the new words. For example:

Oh Janet eats green beans, green beans, green beans,
Oh Janet eats green beans-each and every day!

The Good Food Song 
Sung to: "Old MacDonald Had A Farm"

Fruits are good for me,
EE I EE I O
And so I eat them happily,
EE I EE I O
With an apple here
and an apple there
Here a apple, there a apple
Everywhere a apple, apple.
Fruits are good for me,
EE I EE I O.

*Use your own creativity to add other vegetables

Variation: Vegetables are very good for me

Vegetable Soup Song Sung to: "Farmer in the Dell"
The soup is boiling up
The soup is boiling up
Stir slow-around we go
The soup is boiling up.

First we add the broth
First we add the broth
Stir slow-around we go
The soup is boiling up.

Now we add some carrots
Now we add some carrots
Stir slow-around we go
The soup is boiling up.

Teaching Tips

I have the students pick vegetables from some play food and add it to the soup bowl

Vegetables  Sung to: "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
We are pumpkins, big and round
Big and round, big and round
We are pumpkins, big and round
Seated on the ground.

We are string beans, green and fine.....
Growing on a vine.
We are onions, round and white....
We make soup taste right.
We are carrots, orange and long...
Help us sing our song.
We are cabbage, green or red....
See our funny head.
We are corn stalks, tall and straight....
Don't we just taste great.

Lemon in the Bowl 
Five big lemons in the bowl. (hold up five fingers)

One fell out and started to roll. (Fold down one finger, and roll hands)
It bumped the table and hit my toe (clap once, and touch toes )
How many lemons in the bowl? 1-2-3-4 (Count fingers)


Continue counting down to zero
Variation:
Start with 10 lemons and take away two or more.  
Write the subtraction problem on the board.
Use lemons to help students visualize the song.

Check out these resources!

Garden Songs

Plants Sung to: "The Farmer In The Dell"
The farmer plants the seeds The farmer plants the seeds
Hi, Ho and Cherry O

The farmer plants the seeds
The rain begins to fall
The sun begins to shine
The plants begin to grow
The buds all open up
The flowers smile at me

Parts of the plants Sung to: "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes"
Do you know the parts of plants, parts of plants?
Do you know the parts of plants, parts of plants?
All kinds of plants that grow and grow and grow.
Do you know the parts of plants, parts of plants?

The roots hold the plant in place, plant in place.
The roots hold the plant in place, plant in place.
The roots store food and water too.
The roots hold the plant in place, plant in place.

The stem moves water up the plant, up the plant.
The stem moves water up the plant, up the plant.
The stem brings water to the leaves.
The stem moves water up the plant, up the plant.

The leaves soak up the sun, soak up the sun.
The leaves soak up the sun, soak up the sun.
The sun helps the plant to grow and grow and grow.
The leaves soak up the sun, soak up the sun.

The flower grows into a fruit, into a fruit.
The flower grows into a fruit, into a fruit.
Inside the fruit are little, tiny seeds.
The flower grows into a fruit, into a fruit.

Daffodils fingerplay
One little daffodil had nothing much to do,
Out popped another one, then there were two.
Two little daffodils were smiling at a bee,
Out popped another one, then there were three.
Three little daffodils were growing by the door,
Out popped another one, then there were four.
Four little daffodils were glad to be alive,
Out popped another one, then there were five.
Five little daffodils were wearing golden crowns,
They danced in the breeze in green satin gowns.

The Planting Flowers Song (sung to "Peanut, Peanut Butter, and Jelly
First you take the seed and you plant it, you plant it
Chorus: Planting, Planting Flowers, for Springtime

Next you take a shovel and you dig, you dig
Chorus: Planting, Planting Flowers, for Springtime

Put it in the soil and you cover, you cover
Chorus: Planting, Planting Flowers, for Springtime

Next you take the can and you water, you water
Chorus: Planting, Planting Flowers, for Springtime

Give it lots of sun and it will sprout, will sprout
Chorus: Planting, Planting Flowers, for Springtime

Look at all the flowers that are growing, are growing
Chorus: Planting, Planting Flowers, for Springtime

Five Spring Flowers
Five spring flowers, all in a row.
The first one said, "We need rain to grow!"
The second one said, "Oh my, we need water!"
The third one said, "Yes, it is getting hotter!"
The fourth one said, "I see clouds in the sky."
The fifth one said, "I wonder why?"

Then BOOM went the thunder
And ZAP went the lightning!
That springtime storm was really frightening!
But the flowers weren't worried–no, no, no, no!
The rain helped them to grow, grow, GROW!

Out in My Garden Sung to: "Down by the station"
Out in my garden early in the morning
see the little vegetables all in a row
see the rows of carrots
and the rows pf peas, water, hoe, grow, grow
In my garden please.

Teaching Ideas: Substitute carrots and peas for other vegetables

This is the way we plant the seeds
Sung to: "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush."
This is the way we plant our seeds,
Plant our seeds, plant our seeds.
This is the way we plant our seeds,
Early in the morning.

This is the way the wind does blow,
This is the way the rain comes down,
This is the way the sun shines bright,
This is the way the seed grows up,
This is the way we hoe the soil,
This is the way we pick our beans,