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Rhythm picture for ‘See-Saw’ / ‘Hey, Hey’
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Rain, Rain
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Actions:
Line 1: Wiggle fingers in imitation of rain, from eye level to chest level
Line 2: Beckon towards self with hands cupped
Line 3: Draw a ‘sun’ with both hands, starting at top of circle
Activities Recognising similar rhythms in different contexts After working on Bobby Bingo, ask a child to sing ‘B-I-N-G-O’ in his thinking voice and to clap the rhythm of the words. Ask the children if they remember other songs that have this rhythm in them (Engine, Engine; Hello, everyone; Hey, Hey; and See-Saw). Ask them which words fitted the rhythm in each song. (Yes, no, maybe so! in Engine, Engine; Hey, hey, look at me in Hey, Hey; See-saw, up and down in See-Saw.) Lesson 23 After working on Engine, Engine, ask a child to speak the last line of Engine, Engine in her thinking voice and to tap the rhythm of the words. Ask the whole class to do the same. Tell the children that they know a song where the first line has this rhythm. Hum the whole of Rain, Rain, for the children to recognise. Lesson 26 After working on Burney Bee, and with the rhythm picture for Rain, Rain Go Away on the board, ask the children if any rhythm patterns are the same in Burney Bee and Rain, Rain. (Come again another day and Say when will your wedding be.) Lesson 27 Performing the rhythm Teach the first half of Rain, Rain using the Rhythm Echoes game. First, clap the rhythm of one line at a time for the children to copy. Then clap the rhythm of both lines in full for the children to echo. Tell them to make sure they wait until the end of the second pattern before they copy. Ask individuals if they can remember and clap the whole rhythm. Lesson 23
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Performing actions to go with a song Sing the song and ask the children to join in singing and doing the actions with you. Put the name of one of the class in the last line. Lesson 25 The class sing the song with the actions for the first three lines and sing the name of a chosen child in the last line. Lesson 26 All sing the song with the actions for the first three lines, but tell the children that only one person is going to sing the last line. When the third line is being sung, indicate one child. (Choose a confident singer for the first time.) The child sings Little [Ellie] wants to play on her own. Repeat several times, choosing a different child to sing the last line each time. Lessons 25, 26 Counting the beats in a song The children sing just the first two lines of the song, tapping the pulse on their knees as they do so. Ask the children to sing the first two lines in their thinking voices and count the number of beats on their fingers. (There are eight.) Ask them to hold up the number of fingers that they counted, and tell them which numbers you can see. Lesson 26 Creating and using written representations of rhythm Ask the children to sing the first two lines of the song while you draw a dot on the board each time there is a beat. Make each dot into a cloud (or use the cloud templates on p.125) and then count the clouds. (Eight.) Invite some volunteers to come and sing the two lines, tapping the pulse on the clouds as they do so. Lesson 26 Ask one child to sing the first two lines and to tap the rhythm. Ask the whole class to do the same. Lesson 26 Sing the first two lines of the song yourself and tap the rhythm of the words onto the clouds. Invite some volunteers to try this. Lesson 26 Make a rhythm picture: Ask how many taps were in the first cloud. (One.) Draw one raindrop falling from the cloud (or use the raindrop template on p.125). Ask how many taps were in the second cloud. (One.) Draw one raindrop falling from the cloud. Ask how many taps were in the third cloud. (Two.) Draw two raindrops falling from the cloud. Continue the activity until you have finished showing the first two lines of the song in this way. Lessons 26, 27
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[Come a
rain,
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gain a
go a
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no-ther
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way,]
day.]
With the rhythm picture for Rain, Rain, Go Away on the board, divide the class into two groups. Ask one group to clap the pulse and the other to slap the rhythm of the words on their thighs as they sing the first two lines of Rain, Rain. Remind the children to ‘read’ the rhythm picture as they sing. Swap the groups over and repeat. Lesson 27
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