Frog in the Meadow // Sol Mi or Crotchet Rest Music Lesson with Singing Game

Frog in the Meadow is one of our favorite singing games. The 1st and 2nd grade music students love it because it’s fun, and I love it because I can use it to introduce sol mi or quarter rest. This folk song is a perfect singing game for Spring.

This is a Google Slides based lesson to teach the song Frog in the Meadow, the game, sol mi, or quarter rest (crotchet rest). It includes a presentation for solfa and a separate presentation for rhythm. It also includes sheet music, an audio file of the song (intended to help the teacher, not for the kids), and printable rhythm and heartbeat charts.

The sol mi Google Slides presentation includes 56 slides to teach high and low or sol and mi. It includes a body solfege movement activity, an interactive section where students can put the frogs on the highs and lows, an introduction to the staff, introduction to sol and mi, sol mi patterns to read, and game directions.

The quarter rest Google Slides presentation includes 40 slides to teach quarter rest. It includes beat charts, an introduction to quarter rest, rhythm slides to practice with iconic notation and regular notation, and game directions.

To play the game:
The “frog” walks around the circle while students sing.
At the end, the “frog” stops.
The 2 closest people go in opposite directions around the circle.
The first person to get all the way around the circle and high five the “frog” is the new “frog”

This is a great lesson for any Kodaly inspired teacher in the spring time.

Everything is included in regular and stick notation.

Includes:
56 slides Google Slides presentation for sol and mi
40 slides Google Slides presentation for quarter rest
40 slides Google Slides presentation for quarter rest in stick notation
Printable sheet music
Audio file (in slides)
Printable heart beat charts
Printable rhythm charts

Note: When you download, you will get a PDF with instructions on how to view the Google Drive folder. You will need to copy the slides in order to edit them.

Note: This product is based on movable do solfege.