The Hello Song
Why this lesson is important:
Establishes Routine: Provides a consistent and predictable way to begin each lesson, helping students transition and prepare for learning.
Encourages Active & Regulated Participation: Promotes active involvement while practicing self-regulation through varied vocal responses and movements.
This game also teaches about tone. The students response is always 'hello', but each time they say it, it is will a different tone.
It encourages students to make connection with teacher and other students.
This song game, helps students learn to modulate their expression to have range and control.
- be loud without screaming
- be funny and still be able to get back on track rather getting lost in silliness.
- Be quiet, high, low,
- yawn and cover their mouth,
- Have arm movements connected with their vocal expresion.
- learn a slightly complicated rhythm pattern which takes several weeks to master
- Students practice there range by singing many 'dynamics' of sound and music
- Now its time to say "Hello," "Hello"
- Say it fast, Hello
- Say it slow, Heeeelllllllooooo
- Say it high, Hello(Use a high-pitched voice)
- Say it low, Hello(Use a low-pitched voice)
- Say it quiet, Hello(Whisper or silently mouth the words)
- Say it loud, Hello(Use a strong, loud voice. Distinguish being louder from screaming. Make sure you are not hurting anyones ears.)
- Say it with your nose, Hello(Say "Hello" in a nasal voice. You can be sillier here.)
- Say it with a Yawn, Hello(Cover your mouth with one hand, say 'hello' while yawning. Wave the other arm movement)
- Say it with a hum, Hmm hmm
- Sing it in a song slowly and beautifully, Hello (sing in pitches: Do re mi fa Sol, Sol fa mi re do. Enourage students to shift form silliness to a calm centeredness)
- Now its time to say 'Hello' Hello
- An-nd (clap clap) Sta-art (clap clap) Mu-sic! (clap)