#4085. Months of the Year

Music, level: Kindergarten
Posted Sat Jul 21 03:21:03 PDT 2007 by S Hawk (s.hawk@hotmail.com).
Materials Required: tune of "Frere Jaques"
Activity Time: 5 min.
Concepts Taught: learning the order and names of all 12 months

This an easy song to remember and will be stuck in your head for hours!!

I incorporated this into my morning activities which include calender, weather, counting, etc.
Most calender concepts are interpruted through music and singing. I start with pointing to the calender and the month poster and ask which month
we are currently in (after the 1st few weeks they responde before you que). I encourage them to recite in unison. After we begin the song and they are instructed to clap on the current month once and continue singing.
Tune of Frere Jacques(Brother John)

JAN U ARY FEB RU ARY MARCH AP RIL

MAY AND JUNE JU LY AUG UST

SEP TEM BER OC TO BER NO VEM BER

DE CEM BER

The spaces are to initiate slight riffs
or just making the months fit the tune!

Don't forget to clap!!!