I highly recommend bubbles! In addition to being a great way to experience music kinesthetically, the kids love it! I donвЂ™t let them run or crawl, because I donвЂ™t have a big enough room. After each page, I play something on the keyboard that reflects the mood while students move expressively. Then I read one page at a time while students are scattered around the room in bubbles. I start by reading it with students listening and looking at the pictures. It uses lots of descriptive words to describe animals. They hold up which section is playing while they walk to the music. Or sometimes I hand each student a card with A on one side and B on the other. For instance: they must change the way they walk for Section B. Students can walk in bubbles to demonstrate FORM. In the 1st and 2nd grade NutcrackerВ units, we dance in bubbles to the different pieces. Students march when they hear loud and stand still and bounce when they hear soft.ДЇor Kindergarten long and short sounds, students make long and short steps to the music. I play SousaвЂ™s Stars and Stripes ForeverВ with my hand on the volume to make the dynamics more pronounced. We do it in Kindergarten with loud and soft. When I play something without a beat, they must move around the room with fluid movements. вЂњno beat.вЂќ When I play something with a beat, they must stand still and bounce. I play the keyboard at different tempi while students put the beat in their feet. Here are some songs we use with bubbles.ДЄnother use for bubbles is for steady beat. In the younger grades, I often do bubbles the last few minutes of the lessons. If they do, their bubble pops, and they are out. When I play music or sing, students may move around the room with their bubbles on, but they may not TALK or TOUCH anyone or anything.

We pretend to turn on our bubbles around our bodies by snapping above our heads. I use the term: вЂњbubblesвЂќ to describe when students use personal space.

the Tortoise and the HareДЄfter listening/watching a version or two, have the students pretend to be either a tortoise or hare while listening to slow or fast music while moving in bubbles. HereвЂ™s a good recording that the kids can act out. This is a great story to demonstrate fastВ and slow. Join NAfME today The Tortoise and the Hare The following lesson plans are examples from other music educators of practical, effective, and fun activities for grades K-5 to help you teach the basics of music to your students! Music not only has the power to stimulate the mind, enrich the heart and soothe the soul it also helps you meet educational objectives and learning outcomes for your students.

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