Sub Plans: January 17, 2025
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Lead the students in a game of Doggy Doggy Where’s Your Bone. There’s a toy plastic bone in the music cabinet, along with bean bags that could also be used as the “bone.”
1/2
Lead the students in a game of Bee Bee Bumble Bee. There’s a toy bee/ladybug in the music cabinet.
3/4
Lead the students in a game of Al Citron:
5/6
Or, lead the student on a game of Pass Around the Broomstick. They can use the broomstick that’s in the music room, or they can just use a drumstick and pretend it’s a broom.
K
Lead the students in a game of Doggy Doggy Where’s Your Bone. There’s a toy plastic bone in the music cabinet, along with bean bags that could also be used as the “bone.”
- Students sit in a circle.
- One student closes their eyes.
- Another student is secretly given a small toy to hide behind their back.
- Everyone sings the first part of the song: “Doggy, doggy, where’s your bone? Someone took it from your home. Who has the bone?”
- The player opens their eyes and gets two guesses to find the person with the toy.
- At the end of the round, the student with the bone sings: “I have the bone!”
- Play continues with the person who had the toy closing their eyes.
1/2
Lead the students in a game of Bee Bee Bumble Bee. There’s a toy bee/ladybug in the music cabinet.
- Students stand in a circle and the teacher flies a bumblebee over their heads to the beat of the song as they sing.
- As they sing, students tap their legs with a steady beat.
- Whoever has the bee over their head on the last word of the song becomes the new bee.
3/4
Lead the students in a game of Al Citron:
- Students sit in a circle on the floor, and one student is given a rhythm stick.
- As they sing, students pass the stick around the circle, passing it to the beat of the song.
- The student with the stick at the end of the song leaves the circle, but they continue to sing along to the song. They may also choose a percussion instrument to gently keep a steady beat as the song continues.
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- Watch the I Am Not Okay Piano Tutorial to see and hear how chords accompany a song’s melody.
- Watch: Major & Minor Scale Tutorial
- Fill Out: Major & Minor Scales Worksheet
Or, lead the student on a game of Pass Around the Broomstick. They can use the broomstick that’s in the music room, or they can just use a drumstick and pretend it’s a broom.
- Students stand in a circle and pass around the broomstick while singing the song.
- Whoever has the broomstick at the end of the song leaves the circle and chooses an instrument to play along with as the game continues.
- Continue playing until there is one player left who then does the Broomstick Dance.
