Jumpin’ JaKs Pre-K Curriculum
Two Little Drummers: Comparing Sounds
Part 4: Quiet vs Loud
Two Little Drummers is a series of lessons designed for teachers to demonstrate contrasting sounds that occur all around our world - not just in music! Each lesson is accompanied by a video demonstration, visual aids and a worksheet helping students to write and spell key words. We've built these lessons to be flexible for both pre-K and elementary teaching settings. This series is built to help students practice developing patterns, following directions, singing a song, using jazz vocabulary, and recognizing words & reading.
Part four of this series focuses on dynamics (quiet and loud). Once students have a reasonable grasp on the chant, the lessons within the series can be done in any order.
Procedure:
Begin by introducing the words quiet and loud. What do these words mean? What are things we know that are quiet or loud? What sounds can we identify as quiet or loud? You can use the word cards linked on this page to help students visually identify the words.
Play the video for your students, helping to identify the contrasting sounds in music. Encourage students to sing along and join Angie in the hand motions to help identify the different sounds.
Allow students to use the worksheet with or without guided help from a parent or teacher, based on their ability level. The worksheet will allow the students to practice writing the words, and draw a visual representation of the words.
Want to send this video to your students? Use this link: https://youtu.be/9EqaXfaq8Ok