SPRING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND CHILDREN LOVE CELEBRATING "CARNAVAL" WITH SAMBA MUSIC & DANCING WITH SCARVES!
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This week is Carnival Season all over the globe, and Montessori children can celebrate while learning about the culture of the Brazilian "Carnaval", ( Portuguese: "Carnaval do Brasil") the largest in the world! The carnival season marks the end of winter and the anticipation of warm Spring days just around the corner.
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Since, we always begin our Music Time with singing a Hello Song, the children were delighted to sing "hello" the way it is said in Brazil:
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During our vocal warm-ups, we did our echo rhythms from Frank Leto's, Sambalala. That was a wonderful, fun Samba echo song! Here's that link from his Album at Amazon: "Sambalala" from Time for Music.
After our breathing and vocal warm-ups, we had a fun movement activity with colorful scarves. This music from Johnette Downing's album, The Second Line has a lively narration of actions for the children to do with their scarves. The "second line" is an important part of the Mardi Gras carnival in New Orleans and so the music is jazzy and perfectly paced for young children while they get a taste of carnival music! Learn more about that by clicking the link.
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We even continued the scarf activities after we sat down. The selection, Scarves on Your Laps from Johnette's Album is great for developing body coordination and naming parts of the body including left and right sides!
Photo by Jeri-Jo Idarius for Magical Movement Company
The children in the Montessori environment are usually familiar with the land & water globe and I love having one of the little ones fetch the globe and carefully carry it to our circle so that we can find the continent of South America. The children also enjoy seeing a picture of the continent taken from outer space.
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You can also point out where the country of Brazil is located on the continent of South America and if you have a flag of Brazil, it is lovely to show the children how to walk on the Montessori Line carrying the Brazilian Flag. You can read more about the classic Montessori activity of children marching on "the line' carrying flags at my past post: Musically Montessori #3: Let's Begin with Walking on the Line and Add Some Challenges! n
Photo by the artists at Dollar Photo Club
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Photo by the artists at Dollar Photo Club
Photo by the artists at Dollar Photo Club
Photo by the artists at Dollar Photo Club
Photo by the artists at Dollar Photo Club
Photo by the artists at Dollar Photo Club
I JUST POSTED my newest Lesson Plan Activity Pack, AT MY TPT STORE, for exploring the Carnival Season with children. If you are one of my subscribers, I sent you an email with an exclusive freebie download to go along with the Lesson Pack. If you haven't yet subscribed you can do it by clicking on the link to the left!
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