Childrens Story Song

Old McDonald Had

a Farm
Objectives
1. Students will learn a story through a song
2. Students will follow the song, completing different actions
at specific parts.

Activities/Procedure

Grade Level: Kindergarten

Time: 10 minutes
Lesson Design by Robin
Murphy and Hailey Steger

Common Core Standards

Music performance standard A.4.5Students will sing in groups,
blending vocal timbres, matching
dynamic levels, and responding to
cues of the conductor.

Handwork
1. Class sings Old McDonald Had a Farm, doing the different
actions described below.
2. Each of the 6 students hold up their animal face plate
when they are mentioned in the song and make sounds
specific to their animal.

Dance performance standard A.4.2Students will define and maintain

personal space and move safely in
groups throughout the general
space.

Footwork:
All students make different animal movements during parts of
the song. Like for a duck, they flap their arms.

Extensions/teaching tips

Formation
Six students are chosen to stand at the front of the room with an
assigned animal face plate. The rest of the class is standing up
by their seats, ready to dance. One teacher plays a drum, while
the other leads the class in singing.

Materials
Animal face plates
Computer
Projector
Drum

Old McDonald Had a Farm