Art Form: Music

Supplies Needed

-All Are Welcome book

Vocabulary

Tempo - the speed of the beat

Ostinato - a repeated pattern

Rhythm - long and short sounds and silences

Stead Beat - the consistent pulse or “heartbeat” of music

Rest - silence

Form - the organization of a piece (how the music is put together)
Character - a person in a story or play, or an animal or object that has human qualities

Instructions

1. Read the book. Discuss the events in the book. Who are the characters? What is the setting? What is the main idea or theme of the book?

2. Listen for the repeated phrase, “All are welcome here”.

3. Pat the steady beat on your knees. Say, “All are welcome here”, in a four-beat rhythm. You may say more than one word or syllable on a beat. Some beats may not have any words (this is a rest).

4. Add a repeated pattern or ostinato by patting and clapping the steady beat (pat-clap, pat-clap, etc.). Say, “All are welcome here”, while performing the ostinato.

5. Have someone read the book rhythmically while continuing the ostinato. They will read each line in a rhythm for four beats, so there will be multiple words and/or syllables on each beat. Each time they get to the repeated phrase, “All are welcome here”, read it together chorally.

6. Talk about how the book is organized: each section has three lines (in regular font) followed by the repeated phrase (in bold font). This is the form!

Extensions

Find materials around you to use as instruments (paper plates, empty paper towel rolls, pencils, empty cans filled with rice or beans, etc.).

Compare and contrast two sounds in the story. How are they alike? How are they different?