Kindergarten Rain Song

This week in Kindergarten music, we learned a song about the rain. For this song, we learned some special hand movements and talked about how the rain is important because it helps all living things to grow. During this song, Ms. Ritter played her frame drum and taught the students a short rhythmic ostinato. We then practiced saying and patting this ostinato so we could then play it on our gathering drum while Ms. Ritter sang the song. In this activity, students were working on musical independence, trying to keep their own part while Ms. Ritter sang a different part. This is one of many activities that we do in Kindergarten music to help prepare us to sing in harmony. Here is a recording of Mrs. Peterson's class saying their rhythmic ostinato, while Ms. Ritter sings the song.