Materials
none
Instructions
1. Gather the children together. Read
them a book about the seasons, as well
as a book about Vivaldi (see list to the
left).
2. Talk with the children about the
seasons, and how the children know
when the seasons change.
3. Ask the children to imagine physical
ways they could indicate a particular
season, such as shivering for winter
cold, pounding their feet for
springtime rains, making sunbeams
with their arms for summer, or swaying
lazily like falling leaves for fall. Encourage the children to come up
with other examples. Talk about how these motions are symbols of the
various seasons.
4. Play Vivaldi's Four Seasons and invite the children to do interpretive
dances for each season.
Assessment
To assess the children's learning, consider the following:
l Can the children identify the various seasons?
l What kind of movements do the children suggest as symbols of the
different seasons?
l Do the children respond to the music? Can they identify the various
seasons in the music?
