Art Form: Music

Supplies Needed

-All Are Welcome book

Vocabulary

Ostinato - a series of movements performed in
a specific order

Rhythm - an expressive movement of the body or limbs

Steady Beat - The consistent pulse or "heartbeat" of music

Rest - silence

Form - the organization of a piece (how the
music is put together)

Phrase - musical sentence

Character - a person in a story or play, or
an animal or object that has human qualities

Central Message - the big idea or lesson of the
story

Instructions

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

2. Notice how the words are organized: one repeated phrase (“all are welcome here”) preceded by three phrases with rhyming words at the end.

3. Create a four-beat pattern using your body (for example, pat-clap-snap-snap).
Repeat your pattern several times. This is called a four-beat ostinato.
Remember to keep the steady beat! Keep your ostinato simple!

4. Say “all are welcome here” in a rhythm while performing your four-beat ostinato. You will say more than one word or syllable on a beat. Some beats may not have any words. Find the rhythm you like best!

5. Read the remaining phrases rhythmically while performing the ostinato. Read each phrase in a rhythm over four beats—remember you may have multiple words and/or syllables on each beat.

6. Notice how the book is organized: each section has three phrases (in regular font) followed by one phrase repeated throughout the book (in bold font). These same and different phrases create a musical form! Read the book rhythmically while performing the ostinato.

Extensions

Read the book at different tempos (faster or slower).

Experiment with different ostinatos to perform while reading the book.