Music Educators Toolbox
Call and Response Songs
Students explore call and response songs through singing.
Grade: Kindergarten
Concept: Form, Singing
Artistic Process: Performing, Responding
Performing and Arranging Using Our Voices
Students explore whispering, speaking, singing, and calling voices.
Grade: Kindergarten
Concept: Singing
Artistic Process: Performing, Creating, Responding
Melodic Contour
Students create and perform melodic contours.
Grade: 1st
Concept: Pitch, Singing
Artistic Process: Performing, Creating, Responding
Improvising with Our Voice
Students use their singing voices to take turns improvising and creating melodic phrases on a given theme.
Grade: 1st
Concept: Singing
Artistic Process: Performing, Creating, Responding
Using Our Voices to Improvise
Students create nonsense syllables and improvise on a familiar or created melody.
Grade: 2nd
Concept: Pitch, Singing
Artistic Process: Performing, Creating
Goldilocks Sings
Students explore healthy posture through storytelling and observation.
Grade: 3rd
Concept: Singing
Artistic Process: Performing, Responding
Comparing Different Versions of a Known Song
Students create different versions of a known song and listen to contrasting recordings for musical differences and similarities.
Grade: 3rd
Concept: Tempo, Dynamics, Articulation, Singing
Artistic Process: Performing, Creating, Responding