Students have been working on the song "Frog in the Meadow" as their first simple song of the year.
"The chief purpose of these songs is to encourage independent singing from children while they assimilate the whole song." - Dr. John M. Feierabend in First Steps in Music
First, students listen to the teacher sing the song for several weeks. Students have taken turns playing the frog guiro (pictured above) while they listen. After a few weeks, the whole class was able to sing the song together without help from the teacher. Now, brave volunteers are starting to sing the song by themselves.
See the lyrics below and ask your child to sing for you:
Frog in the meadow
Can't get him out.
Take a little stick and
Stir him about.
Hear Mrs. Armington's class sing the song below:
