Rectangle
Use song "When The Saints Go Marching In" for listening skills while marching and recognizing rectangular colors
Instructions
- Have one sheet of rectangular-shaped construction paper for each of the following colors: Orange, Red, Blue, and Yellow
- Make a ladder path on the floor with the colored papers - can tape on the floor if needed
- Play music, “When the Saints Go Marching In” or listen/watch video here or hum a tune while child marches next to the colors going forward and backward along the “ladder” of colors
- Stop the music and child stops next to the closest rectangle
- The child says the name of shape (rectangle) and the color next to him
- Start the music again for the child to march again next to the ladder and continue to stop the music and say the name of shape and color
Simplify
Hold child's hand while marching to the music up and down the ladder and together stop and name shape and color
Extend
Talk about one of the instruments you hear in the song - a clarinet. It is a woodwind instrument with a reed mouthpiece. Click here to see a clarinet. Explain how musicians playing together compose a band.
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
Does your family know anyone who plays an instrument or is in a band?
Do you think it is easy or hard to play an instrument and why? What does "practice" mean if someone tells you to go practice your instrument?
Materials
- orange, blue, red, and yellow construction paper
- Song “When the Saints Go Marching In” by Pete Fountain or listen/watch video here or hum a tune
Activity Resources
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Rectangle
- Color - Orange
- Number - 1-4 Review
- Alphabet - O, U
- Senses - Sight
- Character Trait - Responsibility
- Target Words - Under, Up, Down, Tall
Monthly Proverb
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Did You Know?
"The brain builds itself in response to the child’s experiences. Brain circuits that the child uses in daily life are strengthened. Those that the child doesn’t use fade away. "
National Research Council From Neurons to Neighborhoods, 2000
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"When The Saints Go Marching In"
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"Go, Flush, Wash, Dry" VIDEO
by Martin Kerr, Album: Favorite Songs from the Family Learning House (Children) (Activity 24)
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