Wednesday, September 18, 2024 | Brown Teddy Bears Lessons

Lesson #4

Some children take a little time to warm up to the idea of participating in class. You can encourage participation (though never force/bribe) by doing simple things such as:

• Listening to the music at home
• Do some or all of the activities at home
• Play with instruments at home
• Fully participating in class yourself and be an example of how fun making music can be!
  

Next week we'll sing these in class:

• Weather Bear
• Fall Is Here
• Little Boy Blue
• Echo Edie
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
• Mulberry Bush
• Rocky Mountain
• Weather Dance
• Lavender's Blue
• Round and Round the Garden

Smart Moves dances engage children in whole-body movement that helps develop gross motor skills while simultaneously providing them with a unique way to experience the elements of a piece of classical music. Children will develop large muscle strength, hand-eye coordination, and balance while training their ear to hear musical elements such as theme, dynamics, and phrasing.

When we point to the letters in our workbooks, we develop left-to-right hand-eye coordination and practice phasing that helps prepare our children to read!

The parachute strengthens large motor skills, develops a sense of rhythm, and encourages cooperation.

I've added many fun bonus activities, as well as dance instructions that you can download from your Student Portal! Just be sure you are logged in and click the "Online Resources" button. This works best on a computer if you would like to print anything you download. If you have children in both Let's Play Music and Sound Beginnings, be sure to select the child in SB. Click through the folders to get to the Brown Teddy Bears section.

Optional home fun activity: Color the Weather Dance on page 15 in your workbook       
(Remember, these activities are optional but can be a great bonding experience to do with your child during the week.)  

Here is a video with the original version of our Teddy Bear picnic song played on the piano!

Sound Beginnings is education through musical play! It prepares children for success in Kindergarten and Let’s Play Music. Sound beginnings provides research-based elements that stimulate growth in the areas particularly crucial to the development of the young child. These elements make up the foundation of the Sound Beginnings curriculum.  Here is just one:
	Little hands need to be strong in order to perform life and learning skills such as dressing oneself and writing. In class, students gain finger dexterity and hand strength as they participate in finger plays to favorite nursery rhymes and manipulate tactile props and instruments.

Have a musical day!     
-Ms. Bethany :)