1-2 COMBO CLASS YEARLY PLAN
September: Introduce
myself to all, but especially to students new to the school.
Kodaly Lessons 1 through 4: Review 4 voices, review
high-low (MM 1st pg 8-9, MM
1st pg 10-11), review loud-soft (MM 1st 2-3, 26-27)
Rhythm Band for Little People: Lessons 2, 3:
slow then normal each time,
for those classes who have time to do RBfLP
Movement: Make a Circle, Cookie Jar Game, Run Mollie Run,
Bate Bate
Songs: Autumn songs, Shake Them Simmons Down, Michael,
Apples and
Bananas, Going Over the Sea
October: Kodaly Lessons 5 through 8: fast slow (MM 1st
14-15), prepare and present ta,
prepare and present rest, practice
Rhythm Band for Little People: Lessons 4 and 5: slow,
then normal each time
Movement: Johnny Works With One Hammer, Shoemaker’s
Dance, Lucy Locket
Songs: Halloween plus songs to prepare for movement in
Nov like Tideo, Pizza
Pizza, Freight Train
November: Kodaly
Lessons 9 thru 12: present rest, prepare ti-ti (MM 1st pg 6-7),
present ti-ti (Kodaly), practice all
Rhythm Band for Little People: Lessons 6 and 7: slow,
then normal each time
Movement: Tideo, Pavo Pavo (fall), Chair Game (spring)
Songs: Pavo Pavo, Puff the Magic Dragon, Clear the
Kitchen, Quaker Quaker
December: Kodaly Lessons 13 through 16 (use Kodaly Level I
lessons 19, 20, 21, 22)
which go sol-mi-la
Rhythm Band for Little People: Lessons 8 and 9, slow then
normal each time
Movement: Chair Game, Quaker Quaker, Pizza Pizza
Songs: Christmas, Hanukkah, The Music Staff (StM 1st,
pg 129)
January: Kodaly Lessons 17 through 20 (use Kodaly Level II
lessons 1, 2, 3)
Rhythm Band for Little People: Lessons 10, 11, 12, 14
Movement: The Erase Game, Join in the Game, favorites
Songs: Martin Luther King songs, Frosty the Snowman, I
Know An Old Lady,
Weave Me the Sunshine, Going to the Zoo,
Tinga Layo
February through
June: Repeats the above lessons, with seasonal changes, for a different
group.