Walking like a teddy bear - Song
Music Resource Description
Which bear? (pitch, timbre)
Show the children and demonstrate the sound of three completely different-sounding instruments, each representing a different bear eg low-pitched drum for Daddy Bear, shakers for Mummy Bear and finger cymbals for Baby Bear. Next demonstrate or explain what the children have to do when they hear each 'bear':
- Daddy Bear: make a big star shape, standing tall
- Mummy Bear: sit down
- Baby Bear: curl into a ball
All the children walk round the room into a space, as you sing-song three times: Which bear will it be? Then everyone has to stop, listen, and make the right shape.
Quick and Slow Bears (tempo)
All walk round the room into a space. This time the teacher plays a single instrument at a slow, medium or quick tempo - to do this, try saying to yourself: slow ... slow ..., walking-walking, running-running-running-running. The children move at the speed of the playing. If the sound stops, they become a 'frozen bear', completely still until the sound begins again.