This lesson plan uses the children's book "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" to teach pre-K and kindergarten students about text-to-text connections and solfege music lessons. Students will practice solfege sounds, sing "oh no" to parts of the story, and discuss what happened when prompted to make connections between the story and their own experiences. The plan aligns with national music standards about generating music ideas and interpreting intent in musical works.
This lesson plan uses the children's book "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" to teach pre-K and kindergarten students about text-to-text connections and solfege music lessons. Students will practice solfege sounds, sing "oh no" to parts of the story, and discuss what happened when prompted to make connections between the story and their own experiences. The plan aligns with national music standards about generating music ideas and interpreting intent in musical works.
This lesson plan uses the children's book "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" to teach pre-K and kindergarten students about text-to-text connections and solfege music lessons. Students will practice solfege sounds, sing "oh no" to parts of the story, and discuss what happened when prompted to make connections between the story and their own experiences. The plan aligns with national music standards about generating music ideas and interpreting intent in musical works.
connections while exploring the Soh and Me solfege through singing.
Age appropriate grade
Pre-K-Kindergarten
Connect to content area
Can be connected to Reading/ELL (text-to-text
connections)
Materials
Book: Dont Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Author: Mo Willems
National Core Standards
for Music
1. Generate and conceptualize music ideas and
work 8. Interpret intent and meaning in musical work
Step by step process
1. Have students sit on a reading mat/in a
circle 2. Have children practice Soh and Me solfege 3. Have children say Soh and Me solfege with the words oh no 4. Tell the students that when you stop reading the book and point them, they respond with oh no in the soh me solfege
5. Read the story, stopping after each
page/part so the children can sing oh no 6. Talk about what happened in the story and the reasoning they were saying oh no Resources/Lyrics Book: Dont Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Author: Mo Willems