childrens songs for lesson plan?

Question

I have to write a music lesson plan for one of my classes. I need a song to teach. Someone please help, my mind is blank! something suitable for pre-k up to 3rd grade. Thanks!

Answer 1

In second grade we sang, "The Ship Titanic"... it wasn't until years later I realized how dreadful that song is!

Here's a list: http://www.theteachersguide.com/ChildrensSongs.htm

And here are some I thought of:

"I like to Eat, eat, eat Apples and Bananas" by Raffi.

How about "This Land Is My Land?"

All the Pretty Little Horses

Animal Fair

Puff the Magic Dragon

Baby Beluga (Raffi)

Be Kind To Your Web Footed Friends

Answer 2

I'm going to assume that you're a music education major here and that you have some general songbooks handy that you can look for these songs in. If you don't, check the resource materials or music section of your school library to find a book that has the lyrics/music notation available for you to use as a reference.

Well, depending on the age level, you will want to do different songs. Kindergarteners don't have the range and pitch matching skills to do complex songs, particularly if you're going to be using them to teach musical concepts. Once they hit about second grade though you can usually teach them more difficult songs (ones with a range of an octave or more, hard skips, difficult rhythms/meters). Then again, it all depends on the skill level and musical background of the students you're working with. If this is for student teaching or a methods class, you should talk with your professor/supervisor/cooperating teacher to double-check if this song is good for the particular class you're teaching.

Here's a quick list of some tunes

Lady Come (short, good for little kids)
Marching to Pretoria (octave range, little kids might have trouble if they haven't figured out their head voice yet)
Coffee Grows on White Oak Trees (Southern American folk song... changes meters in the middle. Lots of fun especially if you can create a dance to teach the children afterwards. Better for older children.)
The Noble Duke of York (pretty standard for any age group)
John Kanakanaka (Sea Shanty. You might want to do just the first verse and chorus. Lots of fun nonsense syllables.)
The Erie Canal. (American folk song. Good historical context, fun with sixteenth note rhythms and minor tonality.)
Shenandoah (beautiful folk song, octave and a half range, several skips... Would be better for second or third grade.)

This is a start. When choosing a song, think about where you want to eventually go with it in your lesson plans, and make sure that you teach it to them in a key appropriate to their voices (think somewhere in the D to F range, and adjust accordingly for the song).

Answer 3

We're Going on a Bear Hunt is a good one to teach repeating and kids love it!

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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