Play kindergarten game4/14/2024 ![]() ![]() Note: While the song itself is traditional in nature, I created this story myself. This doesn’t translate well into written word, so I’ll just write the strict “story” I tell and leave the finer aspects of storytelling up to you.Ĭheck out these 9 tips for storytelling on. When I tell this story (or any story really) I ask students for how they think the characters feel, predictions for the ending, and encourage student participation in the repetitive parts of the story. ![]() Which leads me to #2… #2 Johnny Work Story Tell a story – To me, this song just screams “story!” So I took inspiration from other stories I’ve heard throughout the years and made my own. You may even want to add in five different instruments like the song would suggest. Whether you do this one fast or slow, kids will have a blast.Īdd instruments – Add the beat on non-pitched or pitched percussion (on a tonic drone) for another exciting way to do the song. It’s always fun to see what tools they know about, and this helps to get a little more boy buy-in too.Ĭhange the tempo – When you start talking about tempo, it’s helpful to demonstrate songs at different speeds. The motions the kids come up with are so creative.Ĭhange the tools – Instead of working with hammers all the time, students may pick different tools to use. Here are some of my favorites.Ĭreate your own motions – Have students think of different ways to use a hammer adding up to 5. With each verse you add a move like this:īy itself, this is fun and more than enough, but there are a ton of extensions you may want to do with this song. It reinforces the steady beat with its fun adding movement game. This is one of the songs I do on the very first day. Johnny Works With One Hammer is one of the most iconic activities you’ll see in Kindergarten. I covered this topic to a lesser extent in video form as well here. This collection is invaluable as a resource. The Book of Simple Songs and Circles – Sometimes you just need more songs and games appropriate for the age. The Music Effect – My pedagogy teacher for my Kodaly Levels I and II wrote these books, and they’re so easy to use (these are specific for Kindergarten). Check them out by clicking the link below. Though these activities aren’t pulled from these two books, I love these as great Kindergarten resources. While these activities don’t work out to take up your whole lesson time, each of these fun music activities (check out these online ones) are staples in my Kindergarten classroom.
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