Lesson 1
Materials:
- Rhythm instruments
- Floor keyboard, D houses, Train stations, Dodi, Carla and Edward blocks
- Keyboards
- Crayons
1. Up - Opening song - “Hello, My Friend”.
2. Down - Play “Tired Edward” with rhythm instruments.
3. Up - Play “Tired Edward at the piano.*
*Disclaimer: Video Error - DO NOT copy the hand position. My mistake. I was trying to do puppetry and show the characters on the keys so the kids could see the landscape without my hand in the way. I didn’t realize that children would try and copy the hand position I came up with for operating puppets on video. Lesson learned thanks to parental feedback but, not before we did several videos which cannot be refilmed. Sorry!!
4. Down - “Note Review” page. Get it started. If students get restless, finish later.
5. Up - a. Becoming familiar - Sing “Mary Had a Little Lamb”. Listen and sing along, if you know the song.
b.(No Video) Find the D houses, train stations D, C and E on the floor keyboards or piano.
6. Down - Watch “Jake Stay on Step”.
7. Up - Play ‘Stay on Step’ pattern on known keys at keyboards. Use the student pattern cards.*
*Disclaimer: Video Error - DO NOT copy the hand position. My mistake. I was trying to do puppetry and show the characters on the keys so the kids could see the landscape without my hand in the way. I didn’t realize that children would try and copy the hand position I came up with for operating puppets on video. Lesson learned thanks to parental feedback but, not before we did several videos which cannot be refilmed. Sorry!!
8. Down - a. Sing “Disco Fingers” copy the spider dancers and find the correct finger called. b. (No Video) Complete “Note review” page.
9. Up - Ending song, “Music Time is Over” – clean up.
Student Book pages:
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