Preschool and kindergarten have learned a new echo song. An echo song is a song where the leader sings a phrase, and the group repeats it. Echo songs are a type of fragment song, which are an important part of our First Steps in Music curriculum at this level. Fragment singing helps students learn to match pitch and sing with proper vocal placement by copying a good vocal model. This will in time help our students to become "Tuneful," an important part of this curriculum.
After we were comfortable singing the echoes as a whole class, students sang the echoes as solos. Singing solo without the support of their classmates helps to build vocal independence.
Students were delighted to realize that this song was full of rhyming words. It doesn't really tell a story but it is fun to sing!
See the lyrics below. Try to sing the song with your child as the leader and you singing the echoes. For added fun, try to come up with your own rhyming verses!
Oh my (oh my)
No more pie (no more pie).
Pie's too sweet (pie's too sweet)
I want a piece of meat (I want a piece of meat).
Meat's too red (meat's too red)
I want a piece of bread (I want a piece of bread).
Bread's too brown (bread's too brown)
I want to go to town (I want to go to town).
Town's too far (town's to far)
I think I'll take a car (I think I'll take a car).
Oh my (oh my)
No more pie (no more pie).
Hear Mrs. Beaudry's preschool class sing the song in the video below:
Hear Mrs. Barlow's kindergarten class sing the song in the video below:
