Overview Materials: Students will sing along and participate with Calendar or months of movements of the Macarena to the months of the the year listed year song to help learn the months of the calendar. Music: By: Dr. Jean Objectives CD: Dr. Jean and Friends Students will practice listening and following CD directions Player/IPod/computer Students will be able say the months of the year in order Poster: Students will practice gross motor skills Students will be able to pick out what month it is Activities/Procedure The teacher will write a few random months on the board Questions: The teachers will ask “What do these words have in -What seasons relate common?” with what month(s)? The teacher will introduce and go through the -What month were you months of the year born in? The teacher will then introduce and play the song -When is your birthday? The teacher will point to the words as the song plays -What month are we in The teacher will teach the movements to the song now? (Macarena) -How many months are in Put everything together; sing and dance to the song a year? Closure: ask questions Words to the song: (Sing x4)
Overview Students will sing along and participate with movements of the Macarena to the months of the year song to help learn the months of the calendar. Objectives Students will practice listening and following directions Students will be able say the months of the year in order Students will practice gross motor skills Students will be able to pick out what month it is Activities/Procedure The teacher will write a few random months on the board The teachers will ask “What do these words have in common?” The teacher will introduce and go through the months of the year The teacher will then introduce and play the song The teacher will point to the words as the song plays The teacher will teach the movements to the song (Macarena) Put everything together; sing and dance to the song Closure: ask questions Materials: Calendar or months of the year listed Music: By: Dr. Jean CD: Dr. Jean and Friends CD Player/IPod/computer Poster: Questions: -What seasons relate with what month(s)? -What month were you born in? -When is your birthday? -What month are we in now? -How many months are in a year? Words to the song: (Sing x4)