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Rhythm/Rhyme: “Bee, Bee, Bumblebee”
• Rhyme – when words sound the same
• “Listen for the rhyming words in “Bee, Bee, Bumblebee”
• MM performs rhyme:

“Bee, bee, bumblebee
Stung a man upon his knee
Stung a pig upon his snout

I declare that you are out”

• MF repeat rhyme
• “What word rhymed with bee (knee) & snout (out)?
• Repeat rhyme
• Speak rhyme while patting beat
• “What do we call this, when we pat the steady pulse of the music?” (keeping the

beat)
• Play “Duck, Duck Goose” game with rhyme, Bee, Bee, Bumble-Bee on every beat
(Bumble is one beat). The person tapped on “out” chases around the circle

Teacher Led Activity

Pause for Practice
S speak the rhyme, “Bee, Bee Bumblebee” with their own T
S keep the beat while speaking the rhyme
Play “Duck, Duck, Goose” to the rhyme

Resume Video

Pitch: High & Low
• Review “2-4-6-8” while patting the steady beat
• “Do you think a mouse would speak with a high voice or a low voice?” (high voice)

• Speak rhyme with a high voice
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