Making Music for Save the Frogs Day!

These are some activities I'm planning for preschool attendees at our Save the Frogs! Day event, which will lead into my preschool music/early learning homeschool class as well. I thought others may want to use some of these as well.


Playlist for most songs. If you have Amazon Prime music, these are songs that are currently included in that plan.
https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/48b97671adc44ec593edc39c48dcf699sune?ref=dm_sh_62dc-8b57-b38b-4e0a-38fcc

Unit:	Save the Frogs music time (demo)
Music concepts:	Fast/slow
LwOT Concepts:	Frog Jump Letters-F
Hello Song-	Hello, How are you?
Alfred the Alligator	(Alfred the puppet brings out a toy frog from the mystery box-the kids identify and talk about the frog, and what sounds it makes)
Listening	Frog calls- listen and repeat
Instrument playalong	Guiros-Galump went the little green frog
Movement	The frog (move in jumping motions)
Fingerplay	Show pictures of real frogs/toads, discuss 5 Little Speckled frogs
LwOT activity	Frog jump Letters frog jumps- Air write
Movement w/prop	Salamanders and frogs String quartet No 10 in Eb Scherzo (ribbons/scarves)
Instrument play	Caribbean Amphibian-Shaker play
Story/Song	Over in the Meadow - Here is a version we created based on our most common local frog calls.  http://mylittlepython.blogspot.com/2018/03/over-in-meadow-frog-version.html
Instrument play/Family Jam	7000 kinds of Amphibians https://thewigglytendrils.bandcamp.com/track/7000-kinds-of-amphibians-a7k (assorted instruments)
Circle/Parachute play	The Axolotl Song
Goodbye song	Goodbye my friends
Materials/Instruments list	Water bottles, scrapers (popsicle sticks work well), and shaker fill                     guiro (frog guiro, if you have one)                     recordings of frog calls or Frogwatch USA stuffed frogs with recorded calls (https://www.stuffedsafari.com/Stuffed-Frogs-and-Plush-Frogs-s/45.htm)                     Assorted instruments                    Stuffed frogs and salamanders or pictures of real frogs and salamanders                    Scarves or ribbons                    Prepared Book: Over in the Meadow                    Wood or magnetic letter pieces (LWoT)                    Mystery box or bag                    Puppet if you use one (I use an alligator named Alfred in all my classes) For the water bottle guiros, collect recycled water bottles with ridges in advance, one per child. Add some shaker fill (Birdseed is good-that way if any escapes, it goes to good use), and close the lid. Seal with electrical tape or hot glue. You can add eyes and legs to make it more "Frog like" if you wish. Use a scraper to make your "frog guiro" croak, or shake to make other sounds. We will use these in some of the activities.
Home activity suggestions:	F is for frog/Letter assembly activity, fast and slow frog calls.