2017 Term 2, Week 5: Funny songs by Fatcat and Fishface

Add bar lines. Then practise keeping the beat with one hand while you play the rhythm with the other. This can be tricky to start with, especially when there is no obvious pattern. 

Can you clap /play this rhythm in time with the beat? 

We are learning to recognise, find and write the notes F, A,C, E on the treble clef. You can use this virtual keyboard to help you find the notes on a keyboard and to hear what they sound like. 

Juniors: 
Warm up and focus song: How Many Sleeps by Claudia Robin Gunn 
                                            
This Week's nursery rhyme is Mary had a Little Lamb, which is based on a real person and a real event in America.   Here's Paul McCartney (ex Beatles) and Wings sing his version of Mary had a Little Lamb. 

Here's a Muppets story with Kermit helping Don Music find a rhyme for "snow" so he can finish his Mary Had a Little Lamb song. 

And the Sesame Street Honkers do an instrumental version of Mary had a Little Lamb 
Join Dora the Explorer and friends and follow their moves for a Mary had a Little Lamb dance. (Fast Forward to 33 on the video to skip the gaming introduction.) 

Seniors: 
Here's some of our favourite New Zealand kids' songs singers - Fatcat and Fishface: 

Fatcat and Fishface 

When You've Got Your Favourite Undies On      

Noodle   and here's the lyrics .

Here's a claymation version of Noodle. 

Dog's Breath is an interesting song with just animal sounds.The video is just someone else's interpretation of it. You can find out more about it here. 

And some of our other Fatcat and Fishface favourites:
Selfish Shellfish           Lyrics
Wreck of the Diddley   Lyrics 
Tip of My Tongue         Lyrics 
Bird Brain                    Lyrics