I had inspiration for a fall leaf lesson for my kinders and 1st graders! In North Carolina one of our standards is for students to interpret iconic symbols for notation. I found a leaf coloring page that I enlarged on the copier and then shrunk to make large and small leaves. One of my colleagues and I made up the following lyrics:
Leaves, leaves, falling down
We can see them on the ground
They were green but now they're brown
Leaves, leaves, falling down
The tune is as follows:
Sol, mi, sol, sol, mi
Sol, sol, mi, mi, sol, sol, mi
Sol, sol, mi, mi, sol, sol, mi
Sol, mi, sol, sol, mi
I created a SMARTnotebook file to use as well as the actual manipulative's. I have a lesson plan and the SMARTnotebook file I would be glad to send if you're interested. After working through the song, discussing sol and mi and quarter and eighth notes, I would play quarter notes and eighth notes on an alto xylophone and have the students walk with the beat in their feet around the room. It really ended up being a GREAT lesson!
