Haley Schmidt
Getting Ready for School!
Alarm goes off, and it’s time to get
up. Shake the body out, get out of bed, because it’s time to get ready for
school!
1.
Relaxation
a.
Mirror me
i. (Looking
in the mirror as you get ready)
ii. Scrunch
up various parts of the body for the class to mirror. Make faces so the
activity is fun and engaging.
iii. Examples:
lift up one shoulder, point the foot, put arm in the air.
iv. Get
the body moving.
v. Shake
it out at the end of the activity.
2.
Alignment
a.
After the class has relaxed their bodies, flop
the upper body over to face the feet.
i. Stand
shoulder-width apart.
ii. In
time with the teacher, slowly move up one vertebra at a time.
iii. Once
looking straight ahead, make sure posture is in singing position.
b.
Now you’re ready to go downstairs.
3.
Breathing
a.
There is breakfast on the counter
i. You
sit down at the table to find “Dino oatmeal” (?)
ii. You
take a moment to calm your excitement, then breathe in the smell of the
oatmeal, then out.
1.
Do this exercise a few times.
4.
Phonation
a.
Now it’s time to get to school!
b.
Driving a car
i. Vroom-vroom
ii. Motions
for driving the steering wheel, driving around the neighborhood, etc. Stick
hand out the window as if the hand is “surfing” in the air.
1.
On “oo” move the voice up and down.
5.
Sung Exercises
a.
Just in time for the first class of the day—choir
i. Bubbles
warm up.
1. 
ii.
1.
Ee, Eh, Ah, Oh, Oo (Optional hand motions)
2.
3.
Different consonants on the beginning (Mee, meh,
mah, moh, moo)
4.
Warm up moves up in half steps
5.
Consonants
iii. Descending
half-step patterns on wee—oo, wee—oo, wee—oo, wee—oo, wee.
1.
Start in A major, and go down by half-step (below
is in D major)
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