Be a conductor and direct your vocalists.
- Target Age: 4-7
- Learning Goals: vocabulary, oral language development, music, creative expression
- Related Episode: Martha Sings, TD Makes the Band
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One person is the conductor and the other person or people are thevocalists. Before you begin, you may want to explain that thetempo is the speed of the music and a conductor is a person who directs the vocalists or singers.
- The conductor chooses a song (one that everyone knows).
- The vocalists start singing that song.
- The conductor calls out different commands (see below) for the vocalists to follow.
- At the end of the song, it's someone else's turn to be the conductor.
Mimic a conductor's hand motions as you call out commands such as:
- Speed up the tempo!
- Slow down the tempo!
- Clap to the beat!
- Stomp your feet to the beat!
- Sing the chorus really loud!
- Use your opera [or hip-hop] voice!
- Make it sound like Martha!
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