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Music Makes Me Move

Kindergartners learn that music makes them want to move — fast moves for fast music, slow moves for slow music — connecting sound to movement in a joyful way.

KindergartenMusic & Movement25 minutes1 class periodArtistic ProcessExplicit teaching4 StandardsNCAS
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Move to music.
  • ✓Move fast to fast music.
  • ✓Move slow to slow music.
  • ✓Have fun moving.
Essential Question

When you hear a fun song, your body wants to move! How does music make you dance and move?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

Music Makes Me Move Check

Project each item and have children answer about moving to music.

💃 Understand moving to musicTry it
Answer each question about moving to music.
The Lesson · Artistic Process (Listen · Explore · Create · Perform · Reflect)

25 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Listen — Move to the Beat

3 min

A fun song makes your body want to move — how?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Play a fun song.
  • Ask if they want to move.
  • Warm up.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Move.
  • Get ready.
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Explore — Music & Movement

7 min

Children explore.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send children to Music Makes Me Move Check.
  • Note fast moves.
  • Note slow moves.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Name.
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Create — Create

7 min

Children create.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Dance to fast music.
  • Dance to slow music.
  • Change your move.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Fast it.
  • Slow it.
  • Change it.
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Perform — Perform

5 min

Children perform.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Move with the music.
  • Follow a leader.
  • Be kind.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Move it.
  • Follow.
  • Be kind.
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Reflect — Reflect

3 min

Children respond.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say how music makes you move.
  • Show a move.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Show it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Music).

NCAS
MU:Pr4.2.K

Move to music.

NCAS
MU:Re7.1.K

Respond to music with movement.

NCAS
MU:Cr1.1.K

Explore music and movement.

NCAS
MU:Cn10.0.K

Connect music to feelings.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Move picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “I move ___ to the music.”
  • Move together.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with fast vs. slow.
  • Move along.
  • Follow the leader.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Freeze when music stops.
  • Match a move to a song.
  • Make a dance.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🎵Fast and slow music
  • 💻Music Makes Me Move Check
  • 👟Space to move
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

moveto change your bodydanceto move to musicfastquick and speedyslownot fastmusicsounds you hearbodyall of youbeatthe steady pulsefunsomething you enjoy
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What does fun music make you want to do?
Dance and move your body.
QUESTION 2
How do you move to FAST music?
Fast, too!
QUESTION 3
How do you move to SLOW music?
Slow and gently.

Reflect: move to music.

Have children dance fast to a fast song and slow to a slow song at home. A printable move sheet is in the Arts library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Music Makes Me MovePrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: beat, body, dance, fast, fun, move, music, slow
  1. not fast
  2. the steady pulse
  3. quick and speedy
  4. all of you
  5. to move to music
  6. something you enjoy
  7. to change your body
  8. sounds you hear

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does fun music make you want to do?
  2. How do you move to FAST music?
  3. How do you move to SLOW music?
Answer key — Part A: 1) slow · 2) beat · 3) fast · 4) body · 5) dance · 6) fun · 7) move · 8) music
Part B: 1) Dance and move your body. 2) Fast, too! 3) Slow and gently.