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Lesson #29 Review
• Reviewed “Queen Caroline” and played the steady beat & rhythm
• Reviewed lullaby, “By’m Bye”
• Percussion – instruments that are played by shaking or being struck
• Learned “Checki Morena” from Puerto Rico – moved bodies & played shakers
• Practiced following a conductor with the high & low pitches of “Lemonade”
• Saw a performance from a professional Latin American percussionist

Opening Song: “It’s Music Time”

Lesson Begins: MM introduces the word, song & instrument of the week

Word: ensemble – a group of people singing or playing together
Song: “Are You Sleeping?” (Frere Jacques)

Instrument: rhythm sticks, shakers & drum

Warm-Up:

• Frankie Dance: head & tail motion – rock spine back-forth, side-side, fold at
waist, roll up slow
o Upper Body: figure eights, wave, swim, back stroke
o Lower Body: hug a tree, high knees, little kicks, heel & toe touches,
crisscross jumps, Big X
• Marching in Place & Stir the Soup
• Vocal Warm-Up: speak, whisper, shout, sing
• Calm Body

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