Theme Circle Activities

Theme: Music

Math Activity: Jingle Bell Math Game

Materials Needed: 2 bowls, 30 or so small jingle bells per group or student, large tweezers, dice block

Have students roll the dice and then using the tweezers move that many jingle bells from the one bowl into the other empty one. Have them continue repeating until activity is up or they run out of bells.

This will help students with dice number recognition as well as counting out up to 6. Using the tweezers also assists in their fine motor skills.

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Literacy Activity: Music and Feelings

Materials Needed: Speaker or sound system to play music from, paper (or pre-made worksheet)

Play songs popular and familiar to your students in your class. These can be modern pop songs, classic songs, etc. As you play songs, have students sit and think about how the song makes them feel and have them write it down. If they are unable to create a word to describe how they feel you can always allow them to draw pictures.

This will help students to connect more emotionally with music, be more aware of their feelings, and practice saying them as well as writing them out. This would be good to consult the counseling office beforehand so they have an opportunity to come into the class and talk about what different feelings are.

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