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Go Round the Mountain: an improvisation exercise for elementary music

(26 customer reviews)
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This lesson uses “Go Round the Mountain” as a first step into improvisation for students in grades K–2. Students sing and play the circle game, practice replacing words in the song with help from a student conductor, and then improvise their own movements.

What’s included

  • A main menu with clickable links
  • Circle game directions, with 4 slides showing how to play
  • Song lyrics
  • Standard notation, plus colored notation for Boomwhackers™ and other pitched percussion
  • 4 improvisation warm-up slides with a student conductor
  • 2 slides that define improvisation and explain how to improvise with the song
  • 3 half-page worksheets for students to write or draw their improvisations

Formats

  • PDF

Ways to use it

  • A first improvisation lesson
  • A circle game for steady beat and singing

Standards (NCAS)

  • Creating: Anchor Standard 1 (generate and conceptualize artistic ideas)
  • Performing: Anchor Standard 4 (select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation)

License & help

This purchase is for one teacher to use with their own students. Each teacher needs their own copy. See the full terms of sale →

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26 reviews for Go Round the Mountain: an improvisation exercise for elementary music

  1. Katy Steklac –

    Fun way to teach improv! Thanks!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you for the feedback!

  2. Emily R. –

    Can’t wait to try this!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks 🙂

  3. Polka Dot Percussion –

    Thank you!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      You’re welcome Chelsea!

  4. Stephanie S. –

    Thanks for the ideas!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      You’re welcome!

  5. mirizca nortje –

    I have purchased this document, and was MOST excited to use it. However, the pdf is damaged/corrupted and I can’t seem to open it. Would it at all be possible for you to email the document directly of me?

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      I just re-uploaded the product to my store, which may have fixed the issue. Try downloading it again by going to “My Purchases” to re-download. If this doesn’t work, please consider heading to the FAQ’s and creating a ticket for this issue. It may be a technical problem, which unfortunately, I can’t do anything on my end to fix. In the meantime, if the re-download doesn’t work, please send an e-mail to me at theylbrickroad@gmail.com, and I would be happy to send you the file.

  6. Erin C. –

    Love this song – thanks for the visuals and ideas!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      I love it too. It was stuck in my head all day after creating this 🙂 Thanks for the great feedback!

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