Instrument Lesson Plan
Title: Round & Around They Go                       Grade Level: Kindergarten
Source: ACFTTeacher
Materials needed:
Round & Around They Go recording
Maracas
Tambourines
Hand Drums
Jingle Bells
Hula Hoop
Procedure:
A.S: Listen to the song and pass it around!
   1. First, you will introduce the instruments to your students. Name the
      instrument, and play the sound it makes.
           a. Tambourine
           b. Hand drum
           c. Jingle Bells
           d. Maracas
   2. Now, you will introduce the Round & Around They Go song. Play a
      little bit of the song, and make sure your students are listening very
      carefully to the commands and actions that are in the song (i.e. pass it
      around, stop, play).
   3. After introducing the song, you will now split your students in groups
      of four.
   4. After all of your students have been placed into groups, you will place
      a hula hoop in the center, and hand out one of each instrument to each
      group.
   5. Each student in the group will have a different instrument than
      everyone else.
   6. Now that we have groups and instruments have been passed out, you
      will play the recording and the students will play their instruments
      when the song says play, stop when the song says stop, and pass it
      around when the song says pass it around.
   Closure: Review each instrument with the students and review the actions
   and commands that were in the song.
   Educational Objective: By the end of this lesson, students will have learned how to
   improve their listening skills by following along to the song and doing the actions of the
   commands that are sung.
  Social/            Cognitive             Physical                           Musical                   Non-Musical
                                                                                                         Subjects
 Emotional
Connecting with     Learning about       Playing a variety   National Standards    “Core” Music         Content
their peers and     instruments and      of instruments                            Standards            Standards
passing/sharing     the sounds they      and passing them
their instruments   make                 around their        1. Singing            Creating
                                         circle                                    Imagine
                    Listening to the                                               MU:Cr1.1.Kb
                    song and following
                    along to the                                                   Plan and Make
                    commands                                 2. Play Instruments
                                                                                   Evaluate & Refine
                                                                                   MU:Cr3.2.Ka
                                                             3. Improvising        Present
                                                                                   Performing
                                                                                   Select
                                                             4. Composing          Analyze
                                                                                   MU:Pr4.2.Ka
                                                                                   Interpret
                                                             5. Reading &
                                                             Notating              Rehearse,
                                                                                   Evaluate, & Refine
                                                                                   Present
                                                             6. Listening          Responding
                                                                                   Select
                                                                                   Analyze
                                                             7. Evaluating
                                                                                   Interpret
                                                                                   Evaluate
                                                             8. Integration
                                                                                   Connecting
                                                             (outside arts)        Connect #10
                                                                                   Connect #11
                                                             9. History/Culture