Before the book is shared a second time, cut out patterns of rain drops. I found precut raindrops at my local teacher store. Laminate and place magnets on the back to create a magnetic white board manipulative. When presenting the book a second time, place a long piece (at least 12" to 18") of blue painters' tape on the magnetic white board or on the floor. Have children place 8 rain drops above or below the line to create a sol-mi melody. This time, sing the folk song as an A Section, inviting children to sing the created sol-mi pattern as a B Section. Repeat the A Section to complete an A-B-A song.
Form:
A Section - Rain, rain, go away. Little children want to play.
B Section - Sing sol-mi pattern created by 8 raindrops above or below the tape line.
A Section - Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day.
EXTENSION 1: Prepare bar instruments in C pentatonic. Invite children to play any pentatonic note each time they hear the word "rain" as the story is told.
EXTENSION 2: Invite children to find a partner. Working with a partner, write down a new sol-mi melody. Provide an opportunity to practice the new melody on bar instruments. Have children exchange the new melodies and play them as the story is told. Children will enjoy hearing their classmates playing their melody patterns.
EXTENSION 3: This is a great story to prepare a listening activity of The Moldau by Smetana as the story starts with a drip, drop, splash that eventually travels from a puddle into a pond, a brook, a lake, and a river until it finally reaches the sea. As you tell the story, invite children to choose non-pitched percussion instruments to play each time they hear the words "drip," "drop," and "splash." My children used a finger cymbal, triangle and smaller hand cymbal to represent the dynamic growth from "drip" to "splash."
Yeah for Thom! Thanks for this!
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