Music for Movement
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Also available at the ARTS Center--music and directions for Folk Dances from the United States and around the world. Go to http://www.aps.edu/fine-arts/arts-center for contact information.
Song title
Animal Action I
Animal Action II
Shoo Fly 1
Shoo Fly 2
The Beanbag
Beanbag Boogie I
Beanbag Boogie II
Tummy Tango
Head And Shoulders
If You're Happy
Album
Kids In Motion
Kids In Motion
On the Move
On the Move
Easy Does It
Kids In Motion
Kids In Motion
Kids In Motion
Spotlight on Music
Spotlight on Music
Artist
Greg & Steve
Greg & Steve
Greg & Steve
Greg & Steve
Hap Palmer
Greg & Steve
Greg & Steve
Greg & Steve
MacMillan
MacMillan
Gr
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
Wiggle In My Toe
Late Last Night
Joe Scruggs
PK-2
Body Shape Jam
Hokey Pokey 1
Hokey Pokey 2
Body Rock, The
Body Talk
Move Your Dancing Feet
Fun to Get Fit
Hinging
Clap Along Song
What Can We Do Today
Come On Everybody-BP
Swing, Shake, Twist /Stretch
Hokey Pokey
AlphaBeat
Greg and Steve
Greg and Steve
Kids In Motion
Kids In Motion
Move Your Dancing Feet
Shake, Rattle & Rock
Step On The Beat
Step On The Beat
Time For Music
Time For Music II
Walter The Waltzing Worm
Spotlight on Music
Kate Kuper
Greg & Steve
Greg & Steve
Greg & Steve
Greg & Steve
Frank Leto
Greg & Steve
Kate Kuper
Kate Kuper
Frank Leto
Frank Leto
Hap Palmer
MacMillan
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
3-5
3-5
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
Johnny Works with 1 Hammer
This Old Man
Spotlight on Music
Spotlight on Music
MacMillan
MacMillan
PK-2
PK-2
Dry Bones
Funky Klunky
Fiddlers Three
Spotlight on Music
Music For Dancers
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 1
MacMillan
Kerri Lynn Nichols
Eric Chappelle
PK-2
3-5
3-5
Suggested Activity
Animals. Follow the vocal directions.
Animals. Follow the vocal directions.
Animals. Follow the vocal directions.
Animals. This is an instrumental version of Shoo Fly 1. Add your own animals
Beanbag. Follow the vocal directions.
Beanbag. Follow the vocal directions.
Beanbag. Follow the vocal directions.
Body Parts, creating shapes. Follow the vocal directions.
Body Parts. Act along with the song. With the instrumental track, use own variations.
Body Parts. Act along with the song. With the instrumental track, use your own words, such as If
you're happy and you know it hop around…
Body Parts. Blue Grass music game with instructions for wiggling different body parts, then
wiggling different parts at the same time. Do it standing or seated.
Body Parts. Follow the vocal directions.
Body Parts. Follow the vocal directions.
Body Parts. Follow the vocal directions.
Body Parts. Follow the vocal directions.
Body Parts. Follow the vocal directions.
Body Parts. Follow the vocal directions.
Body Parts. Follow the vocal directions.
Body Parts. Follow the vocal directions.
Body Parts. Follow the vocal directions.
Body Parts. Follow the vocal directions.
Body Parts. Follow the vocal directions.
Body Parts. Follow the vocal directions.
Body Parts. Form a circle and follow the directions in the song. In the "karaoke" track, use your
own variation of body parts.
Body Parts. Good for coordination.
Body Parts. Touch the body part named, then do finger play: Knick-knack (knock 2X), Paddywhack (pat legs 3X), Give a dog a bone (throw a "bone" over shoulder), This Old Man came rolling
home (roll hands).
Body Parts. With rhythm sticks, tap the part of the body in the lyrics
Bounce balls to the music
Continuous music in 3/4 time. Use for free dancing or improvisation. Practice skills such as slow
slides, big skips, turns & swings. Combine movements together such as four swings, four turns
and stretch into a shape. Repeat. Circle Dance with Scarves: swing scarf in and out of the circle;
make circles in front of you, over your head, on the floor; turn around in place and change
direction; walk slowly around the circle right and then left; slow walks into the circle raising
scarves; slow walks out of the circle, lowering scarves.
Jammin On The Porch
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 1
Eric Chappelle
3-5
Oasis
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 1
Eric Chappelle
3-5
All In One
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 1
Eric Chappelle
PK-2
A Tale Of Two Villages
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 1
Eric Chappelle
3-5
Paraphony & Polyphony
The Space Between…Ears
Motivation
Pulsation
La Raspa
Music For Dancers
Music For Dancers
Music For Dancers
Music For Dancers
Trio de Taos
Kerri Lynn Nichols
Kerri Lynn Nichols
Kerri Lynn Nichols
Kerri Lynn Nichols
Trio de Taos
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
PK-2
Rockin' Robot
Blocks
Toe Tapping Tunes
Music for Dancers
Hap Palmer
Kerri Lynn Nichols
3-5
3-5
Carnavalito
Rhythmically Moving 5
Gemini
3-5
Travelers and Magic Forest
AlphaBeat
Kate Kuper
PK-2
Slow and Fast
Tempo Tantrum
Lucky Stiff
Rhythms On Parade
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 3
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 1
Hap Palmer
Eric Chappelle
Eric Chappelle
PK-2
3-5
PK-2
Quiet In The Library
Levelance
Music For Dancers
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 1
Kerri Lynn Nichols
Eric Chappelle
3-5
3-5
Continuous music in 4/4 time. Use hand percussion to march and keep the beat. Use as
background music to make letters or numbers with the body on the floor alone and in partners or
small groups.
Continuous music in sixes. Relate to the smooth violin music or the sharp drum beats, alternating
smooth and sharp or light and strong movements. Mirror or shadow a partner's movements. Do
circling movements in different body parts. Use for free dancing. Make a play about animals at an
oasis. Use a piece of fabric or a rug for the water. Each person chooses which African animal to
be and shows the way their animal wakes up and stretches, gets a drink, has breakfast and walks,
runs and plays around the oasis. Animals must take turns when drinking from the water and in
general be polite to the other animals.
Contrast 2 melodies. Alternate moving lightly/strongly; smoothly/sharply; with free flow/bound flow;
changing levels, direction, place or focus. Create a rain forest or jungle dance: wind, birds or spirits
fly through the jungle, then explorers slash and stamp. Partners copy each others movements,
changing leaders when the music changes. Dance with upper body half on one part and lower on
the other.
Contrast 2 textures. Change your level, direction, pathway, or size when the music changes.
Partners mirror or follow each others movements. Change leaders when the music changes.
Divide class into 2. During the kalimba music, A dancers move around the space smoothly &
lightly. During the drum music B students stay in one place and make strong shapes and sharp
movements.
Contrast. A: do one motion. B: do a different motion
Contrast. A: do one motion. B: do a different motion
Contrast. A: do one motion. B: do a different motion, C: do a third motion
Contrast. A: do one motion. B: do a different motion, C: do a third motion. Use with clock motion.
Contrast. A: jumping scissor step, B: circle in place. Later, circle with a partner. Transfer to rhythm
sticks-- A: Tap 3 times. B: rub sticks together.
Contrast. A: move in general space. B: Stop and do robotic motions.
Contrast. A: Skip. B: Stop and do robotic motion. Or A: bounce ball with partner, B: change
partners.
Contrast. A: step long-long-short-short-long (with the beat) in a circle or small group snakes.
B: stand still and make some noise. Partners. Step on A, swing on B
Contrast. Divide class into A and B groups. Group B are trees, group A travels through trees, then
at the signal, they switch. There are vocal directions to do this in the song.
Contrast. Fast-slow. Follow the directions to fast and slow, using scarves or bodies
Contrast. Fast-slow. Follow the fast and slow music, using scarves or bodies
Contrast. Free flow changing into bound flow. Twist scarves in free and bound motion as the music
dictates. Move with smooth movements, gradually becoming more sharp (choppy) as the music
changes. Move through general space on the free music and make shapes in self space during
the bound music. Add a prop for variety. Follow a partner's movements on the free music, stop and
make shapes together connecting body parts or on opposite levels on the bound music.
Contrast. Loud music for heavy motions, soft music for light motions
Contrast. Low-high-medium changes in pitch. Separate class into three groups and play the music
while assigning each group either the low, middle, or high pitched part. Each group stands up and
dances when their music plays, then sits down. Change the size of your movements when the
The Hi-Lo Waltz
Music For Dancers
Kerri Lynn Nichols
3-5
Three Pieces
Stone Soup
Music For Dancers
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 1
Kerri Lynn Nichols
Eric Chappelle
3-5
3-5
Walking Notes
Western East
Rhythms On Parade
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 1
Hap Palmer
Eric Chappelle
3-5
3-5
Amphibious
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 4
Eric Chappelle
3-5
The Road To Neah Bay
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 1
Eric Chappelle
3-5
Drumtalk
Near and Far
Opposites
Ching, Chop, Boom!
AlphaBeat
AlphaBeat
Step On The Beat
Music For Dancers
Kate Kuper
Kate Kuper
Kate Kuper
Kerri Lynn Nichols
PK-2
PK-2
3-5
3-5
Miss Muffet/the Eensy
Weensy Spider
Imaginary Journey
Little Seed
Show Your Feelings
Swirl and Twirl part 1/ inst
Swirl and Twirl part 2/ inst
The Snowflake Dance
Trees
Moving Game I
Moving Game II
An Adventure In Space
Shape Maker / Explorer
Forgotten Dreams
Mainly Mother Goose
PK-2
AlphaBeat
AlphaBeat
AlphaBeat
AlphaBeat
AlphaBeat
AlphaBeat
AlphaBeat
Creative Movement
Creative Movement
On the Move
Step On The Beat
Leroy Anderson Favorites
Sharon, Lois, &
Bram
Kate Kuper
Kate Kuper
Kate Kuper
Kate Kuper
Kate Kuper
Kate Kuper
Kate Kuper
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Greg & Steve
Kate Kuper
Leroy Anderson
Mulberry Bush
Spotlight on Music
MacMillan
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
pitch changes - try big movements on low sounds and small movements on high sounds; reverse.
Contrast. Low, heavy music, contrasting with medium and middle music, and high, light music in ¾
time.
Contrast. Skip in 6/8 meter, Trot in duple meter, Walk in 5/4 meter.
Contrast. Smooth & sharp motifs played simultaneously. Half the dancers move to the smooth
sounds, half move to the sharp sounds. Reverse roles when the instruments reverse. Exchange
props if using them. Dance through general space relating to the smooth sounds, dance in self
space relating to the sharp sounds, reverse.
Contrast. Walk to eighth, quarter, and half notes.
Contrasting 2 melodies that change speed. Dance slowly with the slow music and quickly with the
fast music. Choose a “conductor.” The conductor uses a “baton” to lead the slow part. Dancers
follow the baton’s directions in self space on the slow music and dance freely through general
space on the fast music. Dance with one body part on the slow music & all parts on the fast music
(or vice versa).
Contrasting 3 melodies that suggest different environments. Move like an underwater creature
with the first theme, then like a creature that moves on land. With the third theme, pretend you are
a creature that flies. Move smoothly alone or with a partner on the slow music, move sharply
alone or away from your partner on the second music, add turns on the third theme. Change levels
when the music changes. Dance with a different body part each time the music changes.
Contrasting melodies-3. Move in straight pathways during the first section, curved during the
second and in zigzag pathways during the third section. Respond to the remaining sections with
straight, curved or zigzag pathways. Use streamers to trace different pathways in the air: curvy,
sharp, straight, zig-zag.
Direction. Follow the vocal directions with up and down
Direction. Follow the vocal directions.
Directions.
Divide into 4 groups, each group dancing when their particular theme is heard. This is metallic
music, reminiscent of clockwork motion. The form is ABACAD ABACADA
Drama. Act this one out: …the big fat spider...the teensy weensy spider
Drama. Follow the vocal directions that take you on an imaginary journey.
Drama. Follow the vocal directions that take you through the growth of a seed.
Drama. Follow the vocal directions to explore feelings.
Drama. Follow the vocal directions.
Drama. Follow the vocal directions.
Drama. Follow the vocal directions.
Drama. Follow the vocal directions.
Drama. Follow the vocal directions.
Drama. Follow the vocal directions.
Drama. Follow the vocal directions.
Drama. Follow the vocal directions.
Drama. Play this music in the background as you read “A Snowy Day,” by Ezra Jack Keats.
Students act out the story.
Drama. Students walk around in a circle: Here we go round the mulberry bush…Stop and do the
actions: This is the way we wash our clothes... eat our breakfast…brush our teeth…go to sleep,
Back At Ya
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 4
Eric Chappelle
3-5
Echo Lady Who
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 1
Eric Chappelle
3-5
Two Bar Echo
One Bar Echo
JeJe Kule
Frank Leto Rhythm Band Jam
Frank Leto Rhythm Band Jam
A Feast of Song
Frank Leto
Frank Leto
Gemini
3-5
PK-2
3-5
Mr. E
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 3
Eric Chappelle
3-5
Where Is Thumbkin?
101 Favorite Children's Songs
Children's
Showcase Singers
PK-2
Eency Weency Spider
Spotlight on Music
MacMillan
PK-2
Slow Motion/Inst
Echoes & Shadows
Fairydance
Ladders
Voices
Enter Sunlight
Gentle Sea
Midnight Moon
Twilight
A Tender Moment
Awakening
Fern River
Misty Moonlight
Peaceful Cove
Serenity
Sierra Sunrise
Smooth Sailing
Snowfall
Star Gazing
Touching Clouds
Twilight Sea
Three Quarter Rag
Steel Band Jamboree
Music For Dancers
Music For Dancers
Music For Dancers
Music For Dancers
Movin'
Movin'
Movin'
Movin'
Quiet Places
Quiet Places
Quiet Places
Quiet Places
Quiet Places
Quiet Places
Quiet Places
Quiet Places
Quiet Places
Quiet Places
Quiet Places
Quiet Places
Toe Tapping Tunes
Frank Leto
Kerri Lynn Nichols
Kerri Lynn Nichols
Kerri Lynn Nichols
Kerri Lynn Nichols
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
K-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
K-5
K-5
K-5
K-5
K-5
K-5
K-5
K-5
K-5
K-5
K-5
K-5
K-5
K-5
K-5
K-5
3-5
etc. In the "karaoke" track, use your own words
Echo game with 8 counts of a melody that repeats. The teacher or one student leads movement
(with a scarf or streamer if you like) then the group echoes the movement as best they can.
Change leaders. See how well you can make your movement match the music.
Echo song with each section decreasing in length. In a large circle, echo a leader's movements.
Try this with a prop (scarf, puppet or streamer). Follow a leader through general space. On each
phrase (or on your signal) change leaders. Change levels, directions, body parts, or locomotor
movement each time.
Echo. Listen to the voice, then echo with body percussion or instruments
Echo. Listen to the voice, then echo with body percussion or instruments
Echo. On the call of each phrase, one person makes a motion, others copy on the response. On
"Um a leya leya", all do the "Monkey"
Echo. Pick partners. During A part, there are 3 sections. !st section, partner A lead, 2nd section,
partner B leads. 3rd section, both people silently communicate to do the same thing. During B
Section, snake around to find a new partner.
Finger Play. Hide hands behind back and sing: Where is Thumbkin? Where is Thumbkin?
Bring out one thumb, then the other: Here I am! Here I am!
Have thumbs "bow to each other": How are you today, sir? Very well, I thank you.
Hind hands/thumbs behind back: Run away. Run away.
Continue singing with: Where is Pointer…Middle…Ringer…Pinkie
Fingerplay. The eency weency spider went up the waterspout. Down came the rain and washed
the spider out. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain, and the eency weency spider went up
the spout again.
Follow slow. Follow directions. Use the instrumental track to make up your own motions.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion.
Follow slow. Music for resting or slow motion..
Follow the leader in general space. Match motions to the 3/4 time music.
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
PK-2
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
PK-2
Music for Cr Dance vol. 1-4
Kerri Lynn Nichols
Kerri Lynn Nichols
Kerri Lynn Nichols
Kerri Lynn Nichols
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Kerri Lynn Nichols
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Sting and the
Police
Eric Chappelle
Snap Clapple Stomp
Freeze, The
Music For Dancers
Kids In Motion
Kerri Lynn Nichols
Greg & Steve
3-5
K-5
Chirpa, Chirpa
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 1
Eric Chappelle
PK-2
Walk Around The Circle
Over The Top
Steel Band Jamboree
Step On The Beat
Frank Leto
Kate Kuper
PK-2
3-5
Country Classics Stop/Start
Pause
Rhythms On Parade
Movin'
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
PK-2
PK-2
Slide Whistle Suite
Walter The Waltzing Worm
Hap Palmer
3-5
Stop Time Blues
Rock 'n Stop
Come On Everybody-inst
Sambalele-inst
Toe Tapping Tunes
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 3
Frank Leto Rhythm Band Jam
Frank Leto Rhythm Band Jam
Hap Palmer
Eric Chappelle
Frank Leto
Frank Leto
PK-2
PK-2
3-5
3-5
Joyful Noyz
Mango Walk
Rondo Ala Copland
Twos & Threes
You Got It
Time Step Swing
Bolivia
Far East Blues
Funky Penguin
Haunted House
Jamaican Holiday
Movin'
Tipsy
Feeling Fine
Nice 'n Easy
On A Street In Singapore
Taking A Walk
Sophisticated Popcorn
Walking in Your Footsteps
Music For Dancers
Music For Dancers
Music For Dancers
Music For Dancers
Toe Tapping Tunes
Toe Tapping Tunes
Music For Dancers
Movin'
Movin'
Movin'
Movin'
Movin'
Movin'
Toe Tapping Tunes
Toe Tapping Tunes
Toe Tapping Tunes
Toe Tapping Tunes
Toe Tapping Tunes
Message in a Box (iTunes)
Potpourri
3-5
Follow the leader in general space. Match motions to the jazzy music.
Follow the leader in general space. Match motions to the jazzy music.
Follow the leader in general space. Match motions to the jazzy music.
Follow the leader in general space. Match motions to the jazzy music.
Follow the leader in general space. Match motions to the jazzy music.
Follow the leader in general space. Match motions to the jazzy music.
Follow the leader in general space. Match motions to the music.
Follow the leader in general space. Match motions to the music.
Follow the leader in general space. Match motions to the music.
Follow the leader in general space. Match motions to the music.
Follow the leader in general space. Match motions to the music.
Follow the leader in general space. Match motions to the music.
Follow the leader in general space. Match motions to the music.
Follow the leader in general space. Match motions to the music.
Follow the leader in general space. Match motions to the music.
Follow the leader in general space. Match motions to the music.
Follow the leader in general space. Match motions to the music.
Follow the leader in general space. Match motions to the popping music.
Follow the leader, moving like different kinds of dinosaurs. Make several lines with 5-8 students in
a line so they get a chance to lead frequently.
Follow the leader: Musical fragments from the previous pieces. When the music changes, the
leader goes to the back of the line and the next person leads. Each leader tries to show the music
with his or her movements. Move the way the music makes you feel, freeze in a shape on the
pause--try different levels, size, directions, pathways, speed, energy and body parts. Freeze or
balance in a shape on the pause.
Follow, trying to copy the body percussion heard in the piece.
Freeze. Dance to the music, freeze on the command. Change it up: call out how to freeze--in a
twisted shape, a funny face, etc.
Freeze. Folk melody with drum breaks of increasing length. Dance through general space (with a
prop streamer, scarf or instrument) during the violin, then stop your feet and freeze (or balance)
during the drum.
Freeze. Follow the vocal directions.
Freeze. March, gallop, skip, or walk on all fours around the room without touching anyone. Freeze
and hold when the music stops. Take turns entering the circle and dancing with a partner while
the music plays. A new pair enters each time the music stops.
Freeze. Move until music freezes. Change it up by freezing into animal shapes.
Freeze. Pat head 8X, then shoulders 8X, tummy 8X, hips or legs 8X. Keep following that pattern,
but freeze when music stops. Later, walk to the music and freeze when the music stops. Can use
this with instruments.
Freeze. Start sitting, during the slide whistle, stand up, dance with the music, then sit when it
stops.
Freeze. Walk or tap Rhythm Sticks to the music, stop when music stops.
Freeze. Wave scarves or bounce around until the music stops, then freeze until it starts again.
Instruments.
Instruments.
Sound For The Instruments
Late Last Night
Frank Leto Rhythm Band Jam
Late Last Night
Frank Leto
Joe Scruggs
3-5
PK-2
Jam and Jive
Be Active!
Elementary Music
K-5
Muscle Mambo
Be Active!
Elementary Music
K-5
Saucy Salsa
Be Active!
Elementary Music
K-5
Skippy
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 1
Eric Chappelle
K-5
It's Limbo Time
Percussion Instruments
Locomotor Movement
Tight Rope
Tip Toe
Zig Zag
Walk Around The Circle
Here To There/Inst
Step On The Beat
Surprise Song
Birds In The Circle
Jump, Jump, Jump
Jumping Jack/inst
Calypso Jump
All The Ways Of Jumping…
Sambalele Sambalala
Doing The Swim/Inst
Action Dance
The Add-On Machiine
Steel Band Jamboree
Creative Movement
AlphaBeat
Steel Band Jamboree
Steel Band Jamboree
Steel Band Jamboree
Time For Music
Steel Band Jamboree
Step On The Beat
Walter The Waltzing Worm
Easy Does It
Steel Band Jamboree
Steel Band Jamboree
Time For Music
Walter The Waltzing Worm
Time For Music II
Steel Band Jamboree
AlphaBeat
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 1
Frank Leto
Hap Palmer
Kate Kuper
Frank Leto
Frank Leto
Frank Leto
Frank Leto
Frank Leto
Kate Kuper
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Frank Leto
Frank Leto
Frank Leto
Hap Palmer
Frank Leto
Frank Leto
Kate Kuper
Eric Chappelle
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
3-5
3-5
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
3-5
Funky Choo Choo
Pathway Puzzle
Teddy Bear
Toe Tapping Tunes
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 2
Spotlight on Music
Hap Palmer
Eric Chappelle
MacMillan
K-5
K-5
PK-2
Shake My Sillies Out
Rain is Falling Down
Spotlight on Music
Spotlight on Music
MacMillan
MacMillan
PK-2
PK-2
Instruments.
Locomotor movements change as a new kind of footwear is suggested in each verse (roller
skates, tap shoes, etc.
Locomotor movements in general space when the melody plays. Stop and move in an interesting
way in personal space (non-locomotor) when only the percussion plays.
Locomotor movements in general space when the melody plays. Stop and move in an interesting
way in personal space (non-locomotor) when only the percussion plays.
Locomotor movements in general space when the melody plays. Stop and move in an interesting
way in personal space (non-locomotor) when only the percussion plays.
Locomotor skills: walk, hop, gallop, slide, skip, crab walk, bear walk, slither; second half speeds
up. Practice marching to the beat without any traffic accidents. Brainstorm some animals that
move differently (cheetah, kangaroo, eagle, lizard, giraffe). Call out the animal and have students
move with the appropriate locomotor movement.
Locomotor. Follow directions. Use the instrumental track to make up your own motions
Locomotor. Follow the directions.
Locomotor. Follow the vocal directions.
Locomotor. Follow the vocal directions.
Locomotor. Follow the vocal directions.
Locomotor. Follow the vocal directions.
Locomotor. Follow the vocal directions.
Locomotor. Follow the vocal directions. With the instrumental track, make up motions.
Non-locomotor and locomotor motions. Follow the vocal directions.
Non-locomotor and locomotor. Match motions to the various music.
Non-locomotor. Assign students to one of 6 animal groups. Follow the vocal directions.
Non-locomotor. Follow directions. Use the instrumental track to make up your own motions
Non-locomotor. Follow directions. Use the instrumental track to make up your own motions.
Non-Locomotor. Follow the vocal directions.
Non-Locomotor. Follow the vocal directions.
Non-Locomotor. Follow the vocal directions. On the chorus, clap hands in time to the music.
Non-locomotor. Follow the vocal directions. With the instrumental track, make up motions.
Non-locomotor. Pre-teach "explode" and then do the action words with the music.
Ostinati entering in succession & accelerating. Separate class into 8 groups, or make groups of 8
people. As each new musical motif enters, add a new part to the "machine." Stay in one spot and
move in a choppy way the way a robot moves. Give your robot a job and others guess it. Start
dancing with an arm. As each new sound is added, add another dancing body part until the whole
body is dancing. One person makes a shape moving one or more body parts. As each sound is
added, one or more person joins the machine until everyone is connected and moving.
Pathways. A: straight, B: zig-zag, C: curvy. Form is ABCABCAB
Pathways. Move in a straight path, then curvy, then zig-zag, as the music dicates.
Replace words Follow the directions in the song. In the "karaoke" track, use your own words such
as: Teddy bear hop around…jump up and down…
Replace words. Follow the directions in the song. With instrumental track, use your own words
Replace words. Sing along with the song. Make up hand motions to the words. With instrumental
track sing "snow is falling down, sun is shining down, wind is blowing 'round, leaves are falling
Bear Went Over the Mountain
Spotlight on Music
MacMillan
PK-2
Clickety Clack
They Go Together
Witches' Brew
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Witches' Brew
Witches' Brew
Witches' Brew
Spotlight on Music
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
MacMillan
3-5
3-5
3-5
PK-2
Tap Your Sticks II
Play and Rest
Stick Dance
Tap Your Sticks I
Woodpecker
Titorea--Maori stick game
Learning With Circles & Sticks
Rhythms On Parade
Rhythms On Parade
Rhythms On Parade
Rhythms On Parade
Spotlight on Music
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
MacMillan
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
Home on the Range
Stop & Go
Spotlight on Music
Shake, Rattle & Rock
MacMillan
Greg & Steve
PK-2
PK-2
Five
Rhythms On Parade
Hap Palmer
3-5
Magic Scarf
Toss It High Let It Fly
Lyric Piece, Op. 43 No. 1,
"Butterfly," Grieg
Staccato Legato
Can Cockatoos Count By 2
Can Cockatoos Count By 2
Spotlight on Music
Hap Palmer
Hap Palmer
MacMillan
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
Music for Dancers
Kerri Lynn Nichols
PK-2
Adagio For Two Violins
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 1
Eric Chappelle
3-5
down…"
Replace words. Sing the song using the motions in parentheses: Oh, the bear went over the
mountain…(march around room)…to see what he could see. And all that he could see…(shade
eyes)…was the other side of the mountain…(shrug shoulders). Then use your own words, and
make up your own motions such as: The bear hopped over the mountain…(hop around room)…to
see what he could see. And all that he could see…(shade eyes)… was a giant bowl of ice
cream…(pantomime eating ice cream).
Replace words. Sing the song. With instrumental track, add your own words.
Replace words. Sing the song. With instrumental track, add your own words.
Replace words. Sing the song. With instrumental track, add your own words.
Replace words. Sing this song and then make "rain" sounds. Give each student a piece of
newspaper to crinkle, starting from one corner of the paper and slowly gathering it into their hands.
Point to each student one at a time to have them start crinkling. The sound will get louder as more
students join in. When all are crinkling, have them wave their papers in the air for thunder. Point to
each student one at a time to drop out and the sound gradually comes to a stop. Another way is by
clapping hands, adding students one at a time. For thunder, stomp feet. Here in New Mexico we
want the rain, so with the instrumental track, sing: Rain, rain, come and stay, rain and rain and rain
all day.
Rhythm Sticks. Follow the vocal directions with a partner
Rhythm sticks. Follow the vocal directions.
Rhythm sticks. Follow the vocal directions.
Rhythm sticks. Follow the vocal directions.
Rhythm sticks. Follow the vocal directions.
Rhythm sticks. Students feel the 1-2-3 beat by tapping once on the floor, then tapping twice on
their thighs. As they gain more skill, they can cross their sticks in the air and tap twice on beats 2
and 3. As they progress, students can pair up, sitting facing each other, with fluted sticks in their
right hands. (Partner's R and L hands are opposite.) They tap both sticks once on the floor, then
tap only the fluted sticks twice with a partner.
Rhythm sticks. Tap in ¾ time.
Rhythm sticks. Tap sticks or play shakers to this jazzy piece. Freeze when the music does.
Transfer to walking steps and freeze.
Rhythm sticks. Use 5 beats of body percussion: pat-pat-clap-snap-snap. Perform with the music.
Change the snaps to patting a partner's hands. Transfer to rhythm sticks. Beats 1 and 2: tap
thighs. Beat 3: tap sticks together. Beats 4 and 5: tap partner's sticks. Form 2 concentric circles.
Everyone faces clockwise (to the left). Beats 1 and 2: everyone takes 2 steps forward (the circles
will advance in opposite directions). Beat 3: everyone taps their own sticks together. Beats 4 and
5: everyone taps their right sticks with the person across from them. Continue in the same pattern.
Scarves. Follow the vocal directions.
Scarves. Follow the vocal directions.
Scarves. Move scarves like a butterfly to this music
Scarves. Wave to the staccato (bouncy) and legato (smooth) music. Transfer that to body
movement.
Slow continuous music in 4/4 time. Use for free dancing, resting, stretching. Mirror a partner’s or
leader’s movements in slow motion.
Slinky
Pickles
Toe Tapping Tunes
Appalachia Waltz
Hap Palmer
Mark O'Connor
K-5
K-5
Let it Snow
Christmas Time is Here
(iTunes)
Dianne Reeves
K-5
Butterfly's day Out
Classic Yo-yo
Yo-yo Ma
PK-2
Buffalo Gals
The cowboy Sings
Syd Masters
3-5
Love is Like a Butterfly
Dolly Parton
PK-2
Jammin' in the Jungle
Dolly Parton: 16 Biggest Hits
(iTunes)
Jungle Jazz Joint Jam
Jungle Jazz Band
PK-2
December Snow
Whales
Canyon Trilogy
Music For Cr Dance Vol. 2
Carlos Nakai
Eric Chappelle
PK-2
K-5
Goin' Out On The Town
Learning With Circles & Sticks
Hap Palmer
3-5
Arm Stretch
Arm Swings…leg…
Head Circles
Waist Twist
Room To Move/Inst
AlphaBeat
AlphaBeat
AlphaBeat
AlphaBeat
Steel Band Jamboree
Kate Kuper
Kate Kuper
Kate Kuper
Kate Kuper
Frank Leto
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
PK-2
Stretchy bands. Move to the music.
Stretchy bands. Move to the music. Divide into 3 groups, each group following either the violin,
cello, or string bass.
Theme. Brainstorm all the different activities you can do in snow (build a snowman, snowball fight,
sledding, skating, etc. Students improvise these activities to the music. Play the song and call out
an activity. Put on the music and free dance. Freeze dance: allow students to free dance, then
press pause for a moment (the kids must stop moving). Restart the player and they start moving
again.
Theme. Create a theme based dance on metamorphosis, starting in a cocoon, emerging from the
cocoon, stretching and drying their wings, then flying, eating and resting.
Theme. Create a theme-based dance with cowboy gestures. Use as ABCC folk dance. A: step
forward 4 back 4 (2X) B: swing partner R then L, C: grand R/L or promenade.
Theme. Move scarves like a butterfly to this music
Theme. Use this African percussion music as a background for improvising movements of jungle
animals. If control is an issue, allow one to three students to move at a time. Try half the class
moving at a time and the others practicing good audience skills.
Theme. Use to create atmosphere for reading snow stories, improvise snow activities to music.
Theme. Whale theme alternating with a slow rhythmic theme in ¾ time. Sit in a circle and one at a
time pretend to be a sea creature in the center of the circle. Others guess what creature. Use for
free dancing, improvisation and turning. Half the students pretend to be seaweed, planted in one
spot. The other half pretend to be a sea creature such as a fish, crab, octopus, jellyfish, etc. and
weave through the seaweed. Switch groups.
Time. Put markers on the floor as "home." During the verse, students walk "out on the town".
During the counting, try to get back home in as many steps. For example, if it's 10 o'clock, take 10
steps. Don't get home too soon--perhaps the steps are very tiny.
Warm up. Follow the vocal directions.
Warm up. Follow the vocal directions.
Warm up. Follow the vocal directions.
Warm up. Follow the vocal directions.
Warm-up. Follow the vocal directions. With the instrumental track, make up motions.