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Holidays are such a great time to let students get really creative and the Halloween music activities in this post will not disappoint!
John Feierabend, a leading authority on music and movement in children, identifies “arioso'' as one of 8 components in his music readiness curriculum. Very simply, students have a conversation/dialogue using their singing voice to improvise melodies. Think sing-speak.
I am always looking for interesting prompts to give students to use for arioso, and I found the coolest “create your own spooky story” cards. There are no words, and they fit together kind of like puzzle pieces.
What I love about these cards:
There is no limit to how creative students can be!
There are 20 double-sided pieces, (so plenty of story variations), and this would be a great activity to use in Halloween Centers!
Singing along can be scary, but reframing it so that kids are simply singing a story (with no wrong answers!) is much less intimidating. And since it can be goofy, even my “too cool for school” kids will get into it!
I haven’t gotten a chance to use these in my classroom yet, so I had my 7-year-old daughter give them a test run...
Music meets drama in this low-prep activity.
This book was another one of my garage sale treasures, and I've come to love it!
One of my favorite things about this book is that the poems vary in length so you can assign student groups and then differentiate discreetly!
I assign a poem to each group and let them practice it as a rap. Then I go to Incredibox. Depending on the class, I sometimes let groups compose their own Incredibox loop to use as accompaniment for their poem/rap. I've also done it where I create the loop that the whole class uses.
If you haven't heard of Incredibox, it's an easy-to-use app that lets you create your own music loops. My students love it (web-based version) and beg for it on choice days. You can find more info here.
Give groups a chance to perform their poems along with an Incredibox beat. Bonus points for spooky voices or dramatic movement!!
Rhythm Practice With Movement and Music
No boring rhythm drills in these "not-too-spooky" Halloween Videos!
There are six different rhythm concepts available:
•Ta & Ti Ti (quarter note & eighth notes)
•Rest (quarter rest)
•Half notes
•Tika Tika (16th notes)
•Ti-tika (eighth-2 sixteenth notes)
•Tika-ti (2 sixteenth-eighth note)
On a budget? Save money by purchasing the bundle, and use with multiple grades!
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