Upon seeing the title of this post, you may be surprised that I’ve never featured this song before. Me too. As you know, I love coffee, so I’m pretty excited to share some ideas for teaching the song Some Love Coffee. I’ve seen a few different versions of this song, but today I’ll be using the one I’ve shown below.
Long/Short Sounds
Have students move to the music as you sing. You could give them scarves, ribbons, or just have them use their arms as they step around the room to the steady beat. Once they get a feel for the music, ask them to listen for the long sounds in the song. Each time they hear a long sound, they should float the scarf in an arch above their head. Demonstrate the action a few times before setting them loose on their own. If you want to try this activity with older grades, consider having them skate on paper plates. You can read more about that here.
Listening Map
Now that your students have had a chance to move around (and maybe even get a little sweaty), ask them to sit down in a circle. Print the listening map below and have students follow along as they sing the song. As they sing, walk around the circle and assess how each student is doing. If students are struggling to follow, you may need to revisit the lesson on a different day.
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I love your lessons! The lesson guide is a HUGE help -thank you! However, it is a little difficult to read with the light print. Is there a way to make it show up better?
Thank you!!
Thanks Kay! Do you mean that it's light when you print it out or on the screen? I went ahead and made the image on the screen as large as I could. Hopefully that helps! Thanks for commenting 🙂
KITTY
Lol, kitty indeed! If you love kitties, you should check out the Youtube channel Big Cat Derek. I've been OBSESSED lately 🙂
Now that I've gotten past the feline, I figure you should know that I really love your printables and teaching suggestions. I'm including this post in the March 2016 edition of the Music Education Blog Carnival.
https://mrstanenblatt.blogspot.com/2016/02/music-education-blog-carnival-march-2016.html
What a fun idea! I love the icons 🙂
Thanks!
Cute blog! 🙂 Love the coffee icons too!
Thanks Lindsay! The coffee icons were a freebie from the Paula Kim Studio. I love her stuff 🙂
I really like the chart with the various ideas for how to use the song in the classroom!! Aimee @ https://ofortunaorff.blogspot.com
Great! I hope it's helpful 🙂
I also love coffee, therefore I love this song. 😉 I have used this as a vocal warm-up with my choirs before too- I just used the first line. Great idea to use this for half note practice! #fermatafridays
If only I got up at the crack of dawn like you every morning, we could have our coffee over Skype 😉
I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your blog! I've used it all year as a source of information for my classes and it's been a big help! This might sound like a silly question, but I really like the fonts that you use in your lesson pdfs ~ what kind of font do you use?
Thank you Heather! That really means a lot to me, as I do try very hard to offer practical lesson ideas 🙂 It's not a silly question at all, the font is KG Neatly Printed Spaced from Kimberly Geswein Fonts.