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St. Patrick’s Day song and dance “St. Patrick Was a Gentleman” is a fun folk song and dance for the elementary music classroom.
St. Patrick’s Day Song and dance “St. Patrick was a Gentleman” is a fun music class lesson and dance. You can download the lesson for FREE!
Free elementary music lesson for St. Patrick’s Day. A song and dance with Qrff music elements.
Learn how to dance to this familiar Irish folk song. Lyrics and a simple accompaniment is included.
Try having your Kinders and First Graders play a a steady beat using a drum, marching or “pretend” to do an Irish dance.
Students can play d or (d/a) bordun for some added steady beat practice!
If they can read, have them follow the chords and play the D, C AND A bass notes on a beat.
Have half the class sing and the other half play instruments.
Create an ostinato for a shaker to play as one group singing, one plays the bass and another plays the beat.
Ask upper elementary students to play the melody.
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Watch this video series to get some fun ideas for using “1-2-3 O’Leary” in your music class.
Here are some fun St. Patrick’s music and movement activities to compliment your music lessons.
March Elementary Music Lesson Bundle of Music Activities K-6 TPT STORE LINK
March Elementary Music Lesson Bundle of Music Activities K-6 WEB SHOP LINK
St. Patrick’s Day PreK-2 Movement Activity Bundle : Scarf, Freeze Dance & Action Songs TPT LINK
St. Patrick’s Day PreK-2 Movement Activity Bundle : Scarf, Freeze Dance & Action Songs WEB SHOP LINK
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