Learners to sing any familiar action song as they perform pushing and pulling like performing tug of war in groups.
Action Songs are songs we sing while performing the actions of the songs.
Round songs
S round in music is a song which can be sung by two or more groups of people. One group starts off and the next group start to sing the same song a bit later.
It should sound nice together. When a group gets to the end of the song they start again.
Example of a round song
Are you sleeping
Are you sleeping,
Are you sleeping,
Brother John,
Brother John,
Morning bells are ringing,
Morning bells are ringing,
Ding,Dang,Dong
Ding,Dang,Dong.
Creating painting illustrations
Materials needed
Colours, crayons, pencils, charcoal, manilla papers, improvised brushes, plain papers.
Procedure for Creating painting illustrations
Draw illustrations that you want to paint on manilla papers
Mix colors with water or you can use crayons
Improvise brushes from chewed sticks
Use the improvised brushes to apply colours on the illustrations you have just drawn.
Use different colours to different theme of the illustrations
Put the paintings on the sun to dry
Clean the working area
Display your paintings for other learners to give feedback.
The painting illustrations created can be used when singing round songs.
Creating simple props that can be used in singing round songs
Props are things or materials which are movable that kids use when singing to maintain their focus on the song.
Examples of props are;-
Scarves
Dolls
Bean bags
Balloon balls
Making a simple doll for singing rounds
Materials needed
Fabric or pieces of old clothes
·Wire
Strings
Glue
Sewing needle
Pieces of synthetic hair
Procedure
Collect all the required materials
Start by making a simple wire form for the head and body
Cut pieces of fabric or clothes and begin to build a shape by tying it the wire.
You can use a little bit of glue to stick the fabric together
Keep adding the pieces of fabric until you are happy with the shape.
Stitch through the shape here and there to adjust it and help it stay together.
At the back of the face stick the long synthetic hair.
Cut the extra pieces and your doll is now done
Now use the improvised doll to sing the rounds
Singing own part in round songs
Learners to practice singing ‘Are you sleeping song ' as a class for mastery of the song.
After the learners have mastered the song and sing it very easily, put them in two or three groups.
Then guide learners to sing the song ' are you sleeping in their groups to make sure that each group can actually sing well.
Then guide the first group to start singing the first line of ' Are you sleeping song ' when they start the second line, the second group begins to sing from the first line, then as they continue to the second line, the third group begins fro the first line.
So the first group will be the first to finish singing,followed by the second then finally the third group finished last.
Let them continue singing the round song on their own for fun and enjoyment.
Singing Rounds with appropriate body movements
In groups learners to practice singing while making different body movements.
They should choose correct body movement to accompany the round song.
They can make body movements in pars, in a line, in circles, by by moving from side to side.
They can jump, clap, shake, stamp, run or even sway the body in different directions.
Any part of the body can be used to make the movement, for example they can move their legs,hands,shoulders, waist or move the whole body.
S learners practice to sing with body movements in groups, then they can be given a chance to show case their performance.
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