KNOW MORE

MUSIC

GRADE 1

LEARNER’S ACTIVITY BOOK

Nabwile Violet

Werashipala Kennedy

Wanjala Makokha

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Contents

PERFORMING...............................................1

Songs...............................................................................................1

Singing games...............................................................................11

Musical instruments ....................................................................19

Dance .............................................................................................30

CREATING/ COMPOSING MUSIC ...........38

Rhythm ...........................................................................................38

Melody .........................................................................................49

LISTENING AND RESPONDING...............59

Elements of music........................................................................59

PERFORMING

Let us identify

Activity 1

1. Working in groups, sing a song that you know.

2. What is the song about?

3. Which songs do you like singing?

4. Why do you sing the songs you like?

Activity 2

1. Look at the pictures below. Talk about them.

2. The children in picture A are singing a _________________ (lullaby,

patriotic song).

3. The mother in picture B is singing a _________________ (lullaby,

patriotic song).

Songs

A B

a) We sing a lullaby to make a child sleep.

b) A patriotic song talks about a country.

c) We sing a story song when telling a story.

d) A sacred song talks about God.

Let us learn

Activity 3

1. Listen to types of songs in the video links below.

https://youtu.be/zPm5y2FLN6E

https://youtu.be/KA2D4C-8EF4

https://youtu.be/oaF6Sj5CfUM

https://youtu.be/C3c8fzbsfOE

2. Your teacher will help you to identify and sing the songs in the

videos.

3. Say when we sing the songs.

Let us perform

Activity 4

1. Sing this song.

Lala mtoto lala

Mama anakuja lala

Mama anakuja lala.

2. The song above is a _______________ (lullaby,story) type of song.

3. Sing a lullaby from your community.

Activity 5

1. Your teacher will help you sing verse 1 of the national anthem

below in Swahili.

Wimbo wa taifa

Ee Mungu nguvu yetu

Ilete baraka kwetu

Haki iwe ngao na mlinzi

Natukae na undugu

Amani na uhuru

Raha tupate na ustawi.

2. The national anthem is an example of a ___________ (story song,

patriotic song).

3. Sing other patriotic songs with the help of your teacher.

Activity 6

Fill in the gaps.

Ee Mungu _______________ yetu

Ilete __________________ kwetu

Haki iwe ____________ na mlinzi

_________________ na undugu

Amani na ________________

______________ tupate na ustawi.

Activity 7

1. The people in the picture below are singing in the _______________

(ﬁeld, church).

Activity 8

1. Sing the song below.

Mungu yu mwema

Yu mwema kwangu.

2. The song above is called a __________ (lullaby, sacred song).

3. Sing a sacred song from your community.

Activity 9

1. Use the words below to say what the children in the picture are

doing.

Stamping Tapping Clapping

A B C

A.________________ B.________________ C._______________

2. Do what the children are doing.

Activity 10

1. Sing and do the actions in the action song below.

If you are happy and you know it

If you are happy and you know it, clap your hands

If you are happy and you know it, and you really want to show

If you are happy and you know it, clap your hands.

If you are happy and you know it, stamp your feet

If you are happy and you know it, and you really want to show

If you are happy and you know it, stamp your feet.

If you are happy and you know it, tap your knees

If you are happy and you know it, and you really want to show

If you are happy and you know it, tap your knees.

2. In groups, sing other action songs with the help of your teacher.

In action songs, we sing and do what the songs say.

Let us learn

Activity 11

1. Look at the picture below. Say what is happening.

2. We sing a __________ (story song, sacred song) during a story.

3. Tell a story and sing a song.

Activity 12

1. Your teacher will guide you to sing the song below loudly, softly,

fast and slowly.

Baby shark

Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo

Baby shark.

2. Sing the song like your teacher.

3. Sing the song loudly then softly. Sing the song fast then slowly.

Activity 13

1. Your teacher will play the song below.

Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall

All the king’s horses and all the king’s men

Could not put Humpty together again.

Humpty Dumpty learnt from the fall

Humpty Dumpty hated the wall

All the king’s men and all the children

Were not allowed to climb the wall again.

2. Learn and sing the song.

3. What is this song is about?

4. From the song, we learn that we should ____________ (climb walls,

not climb walls).

Activity 14

1. Your teacher will play verse 1 of the Kenya national anthem.

Kenya national anthem

O God of all creation

Bless this our land and nation

Justice be our shield and defender

May we dwell in unity

Peace and liberty

Plenty be found within our borders.

2. Your teacher will help you to sing the song properly.

3. Sing the song alone and in groups like your teacher.

4. Talk about what the song says.

5. The song encourages us to ___________ (live in peace, ﬁght).

6. When do we sing the national anthem?

We sing the national anthem:

a) When raising the national ﬂag.

b) When celebrating national holidays like Mashujaa day.

Let us learn

Activity 15

1. The song below is from the Sabaot community. Sing the song with

the help of your teacher.

Kongoi Yehova

Kongoi Yehova (Kongoi Yehova)

Kongoi misiin Yehova (Kongoi Yehova)

Kongoi misiin Yehova (Kongoi Yehova).

2. Sing songs from your community.

Fun with music

1. Colour the picture.

2. Colour the picture.

The boy in the picture is __________ (clapping, tapping).

2. Match the picture with the type of the song.

Sacred song

Lullaby

Story song

Patriotic song

Singing games

Let us identify

Activity 1

1. What do you do when you meet with your friends at break time

or during your free time?

2. Which songs do you sing while playing?

3. Look at the pictures below.

4. The children are _________________ (playing, dancing).

You can play and sing at the same time. This is called a singing

game.

Let us learn

Digital time

Activity 2

1. With the help of your teacher, watch singing games from the links

below.

https://youtu.be/2rS0eb0Ag6g

https://youtu.be/u_faAhJ5t94

https://youtu.be/QNqdMrjwaXs

2. What activities are the children doing?

3. The children are wearing _________________ (costumes, home

clothes) when singing.

4. Name the objects that the children in the videos are using.

a) We can dance, jump or skip while performing a singing game.

b) The play items used while performing a singing game are called

props.

c) We can wear costumes when performing.

Let us learn

Activity 3

Match the props with the correct names.

Rope

Sunglasses

Ball

Hula hoop

Doll

Let us perform

Activity 4

1. Your teacher will play the singing game below.

https://youtu.be/4XLQpRI_wOQ

This is the way we go to school

Go to school

This is the way we go to school

Early in the morning.

This is the way we comb our hair

Comb our hair

This is the way we comb our hair

Early in the morning.

This is the way

This is the way we brush our teeth

Brush our teeth

This is the way we brush our teeth

Early in the morning.

2. Learn and sing the song with the help of your teacher.

3. Do the actions in the song.

Activity 5

1. Look at the picture below.

2. The children are wearing _____________ (costumes, props).

Activity 6

1. The children are carrying ______________ (costumes, props).

2. Your teacher will help you to get props and costumes.

3. Choose a singing game to play.

4. Talk about the movements and activities that you will do.

5. Choose a part to play.

6. Perform the singing game.

7. Remember to be careful not to step on others.

To do at home

Activity 7

1. With the help of your parent or guardian, learn a singing game

from your community.

2. Choose costumes and props to use.

3. Practise singing games that you learnt from your parents or

guardians.

4. Teach the singing game to your friends.

Let us practice

Activity 8

1. Look at the picture below. Say what the children are doing.

2. Wear costumes.

3. In groups, play singing games that you know.

4. Wait for your turn to play it.

5. Share the props with your playmates.

6. What should you do to keep safe during a singing game?

Activity 9

1. Your teacher will help you to make costumes such as:

• A skirt from branches of the palm leaves or banana leaves.

• A hat from a carton box

• A skirt from a leso

2. Choose a singing game to play.

3. Wear costumes and get props.

4. Choose a role to perform.

5. Perform the singing game.

Fun with music

1. Colour the picture below.

2. Draw and colour a costume.

2. Draw and colour children performing a singing

game

Musical instruments

Let us identify

Activity 1

1. Which musical instruments are played while singing or dancing?

____________________________________________________

2. Look at the percussion instruments in the pictures below. Read

their names.Tick (

√) the ones that you have seen before.

Drums

Rattle

Rhythm sticks

Shakers

Activity 2

1. Listen to sounds of different percussion instruments using the link

below.

https://youtu.be/mkqxl8S_VEg

2. Name the percussion instruments in the video.

______________________________________________________

3. Which instruments are played by striking?

______________________________________________________

4. Which instruments are played by shaking?

______________________________________________________

a) Percussions are instruments that create sound when they are hit

or shaken.

b) Guitars produce sound when the strings are plucked.

c) Shakers produce sound when they are struck or shaken.

d) Drums produce sound when they are struck.

Let us learn

To do at home

Activity 3

With the help of your parent or guardian, ﬁnd out the names of the

instruments played in your community.Write them down.

______________________________________________________

Let us discover

Activity 4

Apart from the instruments, you can use parts of your body to make

sound when singing.

1. The parts of your body that make sound by clapping are

____________________________________.

2. The parts of your body that make sound by stamping are

____________________________________.

3. The parts of your body that make sound by tapping are

____________________________________

a) Body percussion are the sounds which are made by body parts

such as the hands, feet, ﬁngers and mouth.

b) We can make sounds with our body by clapping, tapping,

stamping and vocalising.

Let us learn

Let us perform

Activity 5

Use parts of your body to make sound as shown in the pictures below.

Clapping

Stamping

Tapping

Vocalising

A B

Activity 6

1. Watch the video in the link below showing body percussion.

https://youtu.be/xsAVNEAdyT4

2. Name the parts of the body that are used to produce sound.

______________________________________________________

3. Imitate what is happening in the video.

New word basket

Imitate means to copy.

Activity 7

Sing the song below and do what it says.

If you are happy and you know it

If you are happy and you know it, clap your hands

If you are happy and you know it, tap your knees

If you are happy and you know it, stamp your feet

If you are happy and you know it, say oh yes!

If you are happy and you know it, and you really want to show

If you are happy and you know it, clap your hands,

Stamp your feet, stamp your feet and say oh yes!

a) Parts of the body such as the head, arms, hands, legs, feet and

thighs can be used as body percussion.

b) We can make body percussion by tapping, clapping, stamping

and vocalising when singing.

Let us learn

To do at home

Activity 8

1. Sing a song to your family members while using body percussion.

2. Collect bottle tops, old plastic jerricans, wire or thread, nail, plastic

bottles, small stones or beads and sticks.

Let us create

Activity 9

Making a shakers

What you need: a forked stick, bottle tops, wire, nail, a hammer or a

stone.

1. Flatten the bottle tops using

a hammer or a stone.

2. Make holes in the middle of

the bottle tops using a nail

and a hammer or stone.

3. Pass a wire through the

holes in the bottle tops.

4. Tie the ends of the wire to

a forked stick.

5. Play a beat of your choice

by shaking the instrument.

Making rhythm sticks

What you need: Sticks.

1. Get two small sticks of the

same size.

2. Check to make sure the sticks

are smooth and strong.

3. Tap the two sticks together to

create a beat of your choice.

Making a rattle

What you need: Empty plastic

bottle, beads or small stones

1. Put some beads or small

stones in a plastic bottle.

2. Close the bottle tightly.

3. Shake the rattle to play a

beat of your favourite song

Activity 10

1. With the help of your parent or guardian visit a person who plays

a percussion instruments in your community.

2. Find out how some of the percussion instruments are made using

locally available material.

3. Practise playing some of the percussion instruments with the help

of the resourse person.

Activity 11

1. Say what is happening in the picture below.

2. Play the instrument you made.

3. Give your friends to also play your instrument.

4. Play the instruments that your friends made.

Activity 12

1. Divide yourselves into two groups.The ﬁrst group will sing a song

you know such as, If you are happy and you know it.The second

group will play the instruments you made to the beats of the song.

2. After singing the song three times, change roles. Now, those

playing the instruments will sing. Those singing should now play

the instruments.

3. Name the instruments that the children below are playing.

______________________________________________

a) Instruments make a song more exciting to listen to.

b) When we sing a song or play a dance with instruments, the song

or dance becomes more enjoyable.

Let us learn

1. Instruments that create sound when they are hit,

shaken or scrapped are called _______________.

2. Four parts of the body that can be used as body

percussions are

__________________________________________

3. Colour.

This is a _____________ and _____________.

Fun with music

Hitting

Shaking

Tapping

5. Name the instrument in the picture below.

6. Match the instrument with how it is played.

Dance

Let us idenfy

Activity 1

Look at the picture below. It shows children _________ (working,

dancing).

1. Have you ever danced? ________________

2. Where did you dance? ___________________

2. In what ceremonies or events do people dance in your community?

People dance during events such as:

a) Wedding ceremonies

b) Birthday ceremonies

c) Music competitions.

Let us learn

Activity 2

1. Your teacher will help you to watch dances using the links below:

https://youtu.be/kELqAOwnsLE

https://youtu.be/anli6AYKGnk

2. Talk about how the people are dancing.

3. Dance like the people in the videos.

Let us discover

Activity 3

1. Dance and move parts of your body.

2. Which parts of the body move when you dance? Tick (

√) in the

picture below.

3. Dance as you move each part of your body that you ticked (√).

Activity 4

1. Watch and listen to the video in the link below.

https://youtu.be/nY3N_j6KmNE

2. How are the children in the video moving their bodies as they

dance?

3. Dance like the children in the video.

Activity 5

1. Look at the picture below. In pairs, talk about what is happening in

the picture.

2. Your teacher will guide you to:

a) Dance as you wave your hands

b) Dance as you nod your head

c) Dance as you stretch your hands

d) Dance as you shrug your shoulders.

Let us practice

Activity 6

1. Watch the video in the link below.The video is about elements of

dance.

https://youtu.be/T3kzO-rjxWo

2. Your teacher will help you to identify the elements of dance.

3. Practise the elements of dance. Dance like the girl in the video.

The elements of dance are time,

space, energy and relationships.

Element of Dance

Body Energy

Space Time

What we move How we move

When we moveWhere we move

Let us learn

Activity 7

1. Your teacher will play a tune in the link below.

https://youtu.be/GRM9h8EQ6Bw

2. Get enough space and dance to the tune.

3. Say how you feel when you dance.

Let us create

Activity 8

1. The children in the picture are _______________________.

2. Create your own dance.

3. Nod your head, shake your body, walk, jump and step away as you

dance.

a) Locomotor movements need you to move your whole body

away from where you are standing. Examples of locomotor

movements are walking, running and stepping away.

b) Non-locomotor movements need you to move your body away

from where you are standing. Examples of non-locomotor

movements are nodding, shaking, turning, waving and shrugging

shoulders.

Let us learn

Activity 9

1. Look at the pictures below.What are the children doing?

A B

2. Pair up with your friend and dance to a song of your choice.

3. Form a group and dance to different songs.

Activity 10

1. Your teacher will play a video in the link below.

https://youtu.be/JoF_d5sgGgc

2. Dance to the song happily.

To do at home

Activity 11

Sing and dance to a song as your family members watch.

Fun with music

1. Colour the pictures.

2. Draw and colour a boy dancing.

NOSE EYE HAIR NECK

EAR WAIST LEG KNEE

FOOT MOUTH ARM STOMACH

3. Name the body parts using the words below the picture.Which

parts do you use when dancing?

Rhythm

Let us identify

Activity 1

1. Look at the pictures below. What are the children doing?

A B

2. In pairs do the following:

a) Clap your hands onces.

b) Stamp your feet onces.

c) Tap your shoulders onces.

3. Repeat activity 2, but do every action twice and then thrice.

CREATING/ COMPOSING MUSIC

Activity 2

1. Look at the picture below. What do you see?

2. What sound does the clock make?

3. Now, let us imitate the sound of the clock by saying tick–tock–tick–

tock–tick–tock.

Activity 3

1. Use a digital device to listen to the beat of a clock using this link

below:

https://youtu.be/u_jz6lJoG-c

2. Clap to the beat of the clock.

3. Tap your hands to the beat of the clock.

4. Stamp your feet to the beat of the clock.

a) The clock gives a pattern of beats.

b) Activities like clapping, stamping, tapping, walking, jumping and

sweeping keep repeating at regular breaks.

Let us learn

New word basket

A rhythm is a repeating pattern of sound or

movement of long and short beats.

Let us perform

Activity 4

1. Let us clap as we count.

a) 1 1 1 1

b) 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2

c) 1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3

2. Clap and count to the syllables in the following words. Count as

shown below each word.

Pig duck piglet Mary Patrick duckling butterﬂy

1 1 1, 2 1, 2 1,2 1,2 1, 2

baba imba ruka muziki kitabu chakula kikombe

1,2 1,2 1,2 1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 1 , 2, 3

Activity 5

1. Look at the pictures below. In pairs, talk about what is happening.

C D

Sawing timber Pounding grains

Moving train Moving tuk tuk

2. Now, in pairs imitate and clap to the rhythm of the sound made by

different machines or objects in the pictures above.

A moving train, pounding grains, sawing timber and cutting

vegetables in the kitchen make repetitive regular sound patterns

called rhythm.

Let us learn

Activity 6

1. Look at the animals in the pictures below.Write down their names.

CRESTED CRANES DONKEY CUCKOO

2. Now, let us use a digital device to listen to the sounds made by

these animals from the video links below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdCxHJIYz8I https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=y0g2pLGQk60

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcV-MWm3tBw

3. In groups, imitate and clap to the rhythm of the sounds made by

these animals.

A B

The sounds made by animals and birds in our environment like

the cuckoos, donkeys and crested cranes have repetitive rhythmic

patterns.

Let us learn

Let us discover

Activity 7

1. Let us sing the song below.

Brother John

Are you sleeping, are you sleeping

Brother John, Brother John

Morning bells are ringing

Ding, dang, dong

Ding, dang, dong.

2. In groups, clap to the sound of each word in the song as you sing.

Activity 8

1. Listen to the song below as your teacher plays it using a digital

device.

Mabata Madogodogo

Mabata madogodogo

Yanaogelea, yanaogelea,

Katika shamba zuri la miti ya juu

Yanafanya kwa, kwa, kwa, kwa

Yanafanya kwa, kwa, kwa

Katika shamba zuri la miti ya juu.

2. Read the words in each line.

3. Listen carefully as your teacher plays the song again.

4. Clap to the sounds of the words in each line in the song as guided

by your teacher.

Let us create

Activity 9

1. Which parts of the body can we use to make sound as we sing?

2. Match the pictures below with the correct action.

Tapping

Clapping

Stamping

3. In pairs, make sounds using the parts of the body.

Activity 10

1. Tap two sticks together or tap your hands on the desk to create

beats.

2. Now, put your hand over your chest, close to your heart as shown

in the picture below.

3. Feel the beat of your heart.

4. Tap as your heart beats.

The regular repeated throb of your heart is called a heartbeat.

Let us learn

Activity 11

1. Sing the song below.

Twamtaka raﬁki, twataka raﬁki

Twamtaka raﬁki, tuliyemchagua.

2. In pairs, create your own rhythms by tapping or clapping as you

sing the song above.

3. In groups, sing as you clap hands, stamp feet or snap ﬁngers. Play

percussion instruments such as sticks and drums.

To do at home

Activity 12

1. With the help of your parent or guardian, learn a song from your

community.

2. Make a percussion instrument.

3. Sing the song and play the percussion instrument.

a) We can use different parts of the body to make sound by tapping,

patting, snapping or clapping.These parts of the body are feet,

hands and ﬁngers.

b) Tapping two sticks together, tapping your two hands or tapping

on your desk creates rhythm.

Let us learn

Activity 13

1. Take a nature walk in the school environment with your class.Listen

to sounds of animals, machines and objects that have rhythm.

2. Write them down in a table like the one below.

Animals that make

rhythmic sounds

Objects that make

rhythmic sounds

Activities that make

rhythmic sounds

a) a) a)

b) b) b)

c) c) c)

d) d) d)

3. In groups, use an audio device like a smartphone or recorder to

record sounds made by different animals, activities, machines or

objects from the environment.

4. Present in class by playing back what you have recorded on the

digital device.

Activity 14

1. In groups, sing songs that you know while tapping, clapping,

marching and snapping.

2. Play instruments that you made.

Fun with music

1. Find and circle the words in the puzzle below.

A C L A P CLAP

T T A p A TAP

C R A N E CRANE

T B E A T BEAT

S A W P I SAW

D B D I G DIG

2. Name three animals which make repeated rhythmic sounds.

_______________________________

3. A __________ is a repeating pattern of long and short beats.

4. Colour the picture below.

5. Farida wants to stamp and clap to the beat of the clock. Show

her the path.

Melody

Let us identify

Activity 1

1. What is rhythm?

2. Your teacher will use a digita device to play the song below from

this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBUDcgEprIE

Mabata madogodogo

Yanaogelea, yanaogelea

Katika shamba nzuri la miti ya juu.

Yanafanya kwa, kwa, kwa, kwa

Yanalia kwa, kwa, kwa

Katika shamba nzuri la miti ya juu.

3. Clap to the sounds of the words in the song.

4. Now, sing the song as guided by your teacher.

a) Clapping or tapping in a song makes rhythmic sounds.

b) Imitating in a song by singing makes melodic sounds.

Let us learn

Activity 2

1. Walk around the school environment and listen to different sounds.

A B

2. Which animals, birds, machines, insects or objects make rhythmic

or melodic sounds?

3. Write them down in a table like on shown below.

Source of rhythmic sounds Source of melodic sounds

a) _______________________

b) _______________________

a) _______________________

b) _______________________

a) _______________________

b) _______________________

a) _______________________

b) _______________________

a) _______________________

b) _______________________

a) _______________________

b) _______________________

4. Imitate the sounds you can hear in the environment.

Digital time

Activity 3

1. With the help of your teacher, watch and listen to videos from the

links below.

https://youtu.be/h8Q-jlHBcXM

https://youtu.be/rc4dHR3Ang0

2. What is making the sounds?

3. In pairs, imitate the sounds you hear in the video.

4. With the help of your teacher,identify rhythmic and melodic sounds

made by the animals, birds and insects in the videos.

a) The donkey, cuckoo and crested cranes make rhythmic sounds.

b) Mosquitoes make melodic sounds.

Let us learn

Let us discover

Activity 4

1. Listen to the tunes below as your teacher plays or sings them.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star

How I wonder what you are!

Up above the world so high

Like a diamond in the sky

Twinkle, twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are.

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

Life is but a dream.

2. Now, sing the tunes with the help of your teacher.

3. Which words sound low and which ones sound high?

New word basket

Melodic variation is the change from a low sound

to a high sound. It also means the change from a

high sound to a low sound.

Activity 5

1. In groups, sing the tunes below with the help of your teacher.

Brother John

Are you sleeping, are you sleeping

Brother John, Brother John

Morning bells are ringing

Ding, dang, dong

Ding, dang, dong.

Brother John

Are you sleeping, are you sleeping

Brother John, Brother John

Morning bells are ringing

Ding, dang, dong

Ding, dang, dong.

2. Identify melodic variations from the tunes.

3. Which words or lines are low melody?

4. Which lines are high melody?

____________________________________________________

Let us create

Activity 6

1. Look at the bottle xylophone below.

2. In groups, ﬁll six glass bottles of the same size with different levels

of water as shown in the picture above.

3. Using a spoon or a nail, tap the sides of the bottles. Start with the

one with the most water up to the one with the least water.

a) The bottle with _______ (the most water, the least water)

makes the loudest sound.

b) The bottle with _______ (the most water, the least water)

makes the lowest sound.

Activity 7

1. Watch and listen to the video from the link below as played by

your teacher.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxsZL7Pbeq0

2. Now practise playing the song ‘Twinkle, twinkle little star’ on the

tuned water bottles in your groups.

a) Songs are made up of both high and low sounds.

b) High and low sounds make the melodic part of a song.

c) Melody is the part of a song or the tune in the song that our

brains hear and can know quickly.

d) A bottle that is full of water makes a low sound.

e) A bottle with little or no water makes a high sound.

Let us learn

To do at home

Activity 8

1. Make your own xylophone at home. Play the song Twinkle, twinkle

little star to your family members using the xylophone.

2. With the help of your parent or guardian, learn a song in your

community.

3. Identify melodic variations in the song you learn.

Activity 9

1. Listen as your teacher sings the tune below.

Moja, mbili, tatu, nne, tano, sita,

Saba, nane, tisa na kumi tumeﬁka

2. Now sing along with your teacher.

3. Listen as your teacher sings the song alone, creating melodic

variation from the word saba to tumeﬁka.

4. With the help of your teacher, identify the melodic variation.

5. Imitate the teacher’s variations.

6. In pairs, sing the song and vary the melody from the word na.

Activity 10

1. Sing the song below.

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday dear teacher

Happy birthday to you.

2. Sing the song as you create melodic variation. Your teacher will

guide you.

I can vary the melody of a tune:

a) When I change the sounds of the words.

b) When I change the rhythm of the words.

c) When I change the speed of the song.

d) When I change and sing either loudly or softly.

e) When I use a different instrument as I sing.

Let us learn

Fun with music

1. Make the sounds that these animals produce.

2. Draw and colour twinkling stars.

2. Match sounds with their sources from the environment.

Baaa baaa

Moo moo

Cluck cluck

Zzzzzz zzzzzz

LISTENING AND RESPONDING

Elements of music

Let us identify

Activity 1

1. Walk around the school compound.

2. Listen to the sounds from the environment.

3. What sounds can you hear from the environment?

4. Name the source of the sound.

5. In groups, imitate the sounds.

Activity 2

1. Listen to the sounds made by the different animals from a recording

or from the links below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0gE8bz_xDc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc4dHR3Ang0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8Q-jlHBcXM

2. In pairs, imitate the sounds made by the animals in the recordings.

Activity 3

1. Look at the pictures below.

2. Imitate the sounds the things in the picture make.

3. In groups, talk about what other sounds you can hear from the

environment. Make the sounds.

Let us discover

Activity 4

1.Talk about the picture below.

2. In three groups, choose the sound of one animal to make such as a

cow, donkey or cat.

3. Tie a cloth around your eyes.

4. Your teacher will guide you to mingle. Two members of the same

group should not stand together before the game starts.

5. Your group members will make sounds of the animal you chose.

6. Now, start moving around to ﬁnd the members of your group using

the sound of your chosen animal.

Activity 5

Listen to and imitate the sounds at home or in your neighborhood.

Digital time

Activity 6

1. Listen to the melody in the video link below that your teacher will

play for you.

https://youtu.be/20lb7lUOd_s

2. What is the source of the sound in the music? Is it from an instrument

or a voice?

3. a) The music is ________________ (loud, soft).

b) The music is _____________ (happy, sad).

4. Listen to this second melody as played by your teacher.

https://youtu.be/NR1mKs3t0G8

a) The source of music is from _____________

(a voice, an instrument).

b) The music is _____________ (fast, slow).

c) The music is _____________ (happy, sad).

Activity 7

1. Sing verse 1 of our national anthem in Swahili with a loud voice.

Ee Mungu nguvu yetu

Ilete baraka kwetu

Haki iwe ngao na mlinzi

Natukae na undugu, amani na uhuru

Raha tupate na ustawi.

2. Sing the same verse with a soft voice.

3. In two groups, sing in turns. One group sings loudly as the other

group sings softly.

Activity 8

1. Let us sing the tune below.

Brother John

Are you sleeping, are you sleeping

Brother John, Brother John

Morning bells are ringing

Ding, dang, dong

Ding, dang, dong.

2. Your teacher will guide you to sing the song at a fast speed.

3. Your teacher will guide you to sing the song slowly.

4. In two groups, sing in turns. One group sings at a fast speed as the

other group sings slowly.

Activity 9

1. Listen to the song in the link below.

https://youtu.be/8XkzznKu32E

2. Which part of the music sounds high?

3. Which part of the music sounds low?

4. Sing the song like in the video.

Elements of music in a song

a) Musical sounds can beloud or soft.This element of music is called

dynamics.

b) Musical sounds can be high or low.This element of music is called

pitch.

c) Musical sounds can be longorshort. This element of music is

called duration.

d) Musical sounds can be fast or slow. This element of music is

called tempo.

Let us learn

Let us practice

Activity 10

1. Let us sing the tune below.

Twinkle, twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are!

Up above the world so high

Like a diamond in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are!

2. With the help of your teacher, sing softly then loudly as you clap to

the sounds of the tune.

3. Your teacher will help you to sing the song fast then slowly.

We can sing a song loudly or softly.

We can sing with a high sound or a low sound.

We can sing a song slowly or fast.

Some songs are longwhile others areshort.

Let us learn

Activity 11

1. What is the girl in the picture above doing?

2. Listen to your friend sing a song that you know.

3. Talk about how your friend sang. Show respect for the opinions of

others.

4. Say what you liked about your friend’s singing. What areas does

your friend need to improve on?

5. Now, sing a song to your friends. Listen to what they say about

your singing.

Activity 12

1. Sing the song below.

Little monkeys jumping on the bed

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed

One fell off and bumped his head

Mama called the doctor and the doctor said

No more monkeys jumping on the bed!

Four little monkeys jumping on the bed

One fell off and bumped his head

Mama called the doctor and the doctor said

No more monkeys jumping on the bed!

2. When you listen to music, it make you feel?

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________.

3. Sing a song you know and show your feelings through movements.

Fun with music

1. Name two animals that make soft sounds.

_______________ and __________________

2. Name two animals that make loud sounds.

_______________ and __________________

3. Match the face with the feeling.

Happy

Sad

Angry

a) We respond to music through our feelings.

b) Our feelings are seen through our actions and movements.

c) A song can make you happy or sad.

Let us learn

4. Draw and colour a smiling person.

5. Circle these words in the puzzle below.

TEMPO DURATION PITCH DYNAMICS

R H I T H M D M M

Q C P O I X Y N V

T P I T C H N A R

E B F R V L A J S

M Z F M J O M X D

P C N G R L I E Y

O V K D O P C R I

S Q Z L E R S S O

T D U R A T I O N