Singing greek with Mariza Koch's songs 
Kalokairi mou myrizei
Kalokairi mou myrizei
Pronunciation
Αrticulation of double consonants /τζ/ (tz) and /τρ/ (tr).||Find Greek words that start with or contain the double consonants / tz / and / tr / and practice their use [τζάκι (tzaki, fireplace), Τζένη (Tzenē, Jenny), τράτα (trata, trawl), τρύπα (trypa, hole), etc.]
Understand the phenomenon of onomatopoeia: τζιτζίκια (tzitzikia, cicadas): τζι-τζι (tzi-tzi), τριζόνια (trizonia, crickets): τρι-τρι (tri-tri), γαβγίζω (gavgizō, bark): γαβ-γαβ (gav-gav), νιαουρίζω (niaourizō, meow): νιάου-νιάου (niaou-niaou), βρυχηθμός (vrychēthmos, roar): βρυυ-βρυυ (vryy-vryy), ψιθυρίζω (psithyrizō, whisper): ψι-ψι (psi-psi), etc.
Understand the phenomenon of onomatopoeia: τζιτζίκια (tzitzikia, cicadas): τζι-τζι (tzi-tzi), τριζόνια (trizonia, crickets): τρι-τρι (tri-tri), γαβγίζω (gavgizō, bark): γαβ-γαβ (gav-gav), νιαουρίζω (niaourizō, meow): νιάου-νιάου (niaou-niaou), βρυχηθμός (vrychēthmos, roar): βρυυ-βρυυ (vryy-vryy), ψιθυρίζω (psithyrizō, whisper): ψι-ψι (psi-psi), etc.
Speech Comprehension and Production
Study the poem “Τα τζιτζίκια” (Ta tzitzikia) by Odysseas Elytēs (composition: Linos Kokotos).
Listen to the respective song.
Teach the phenomenon of onomatopoeia: tzitzikia (tzi-tzi) (sound of the cicada), trizonia (tri-tri).
Form the words according to the sound produced [γαβ-βγίζει (gav-vgizei, bark), νιάου-ρίζει (niaou-rizei, meow), μου-γκρίζει (mou-gkrizei, moan), βε-λάζει (ve-lazei, bleat)]. The children find their own examples and write short couplets using the echomimetic words that they find.
Narrate the myth of Aesop “The Ant and the Grasshopper” and dramatize it in the classroom.
Read the poem “Ta tzitzikia” by Odysseas Elytēs.
Listen to the respective song.
Teach the phenomenon of onomatopoeia: tzitzikia (tzi-tzi) (sound of the cicada), trizonia (tri-tri).
Form the words according to the sound produced [γαβ-βγίζει (gav-vgizei, bark), νιάου-ρίζει (niaou-rizei, meow), μου-γκρίζει (mou-gkrizei, moan), βε-λάζει (ve-lazei, bleat)]. The children find their own examples and write short couplets using the echomimetic words that they find.
Narrate the myth of Aesop “The Ant and the Grasshopper” and dramatize it in the classroom.
Read the poem “Ta tzitzikia” by Odysseas Elytēs.
Music Activities
Arrange in a circle. Utilize the patterns of tzi-tzi-tzi and tri-tri-tri with gentle rhythmic movements in various parts of the body (head, shoulders, knees, legs) while each student will have to make their own movements using their own body or on a friend.
Perform the song with choreography (e.g. in a circular arrangement, in the first part of each verse the group has to walk right or left, and in the second part of the verse the group has to make rhythmic movements on the spot).
The children are divided into two groups, the tzitzikia and the trizonia. Each group sings the melody of the song with its own voice, the tzitzikia with the syllable "tzi", and the trizonia with the syllable "tri". They usually sing every two bars. The conductor leads the group showing the input of the voices and the variations in the volume and tempo.
Perform the song with percussion instruments using different tones or musical instruments for each animal mentioned.
Listen to the sounds of cicadas and crickets from recordings coming from different areas and times of the day.
Create a soundscape with insects that appeared during the summer (cicadas, crickets, mosquitoes, bees, etc.).
Perform the song with choreography (e.g. in a circular arrangement, in the first part of each verse the group has to walk right or left, and in the second part of the verse the group has to make rhythmic movements on the spot).
The children are divided into two groups, the tzitzikia and the trizonia. Each group sings the melody of the song with its own voice, the tzitzikia with the syllable "tzi", and the trizonia with the syllable "tri". They usually sing every two bars. The conductor leads the group showing the input of the voices and the variations in the volume and tempo.
Perform the song with percussion instruments using different tones or musical instruments for each animal mentioned.
Listen to the sounds of cicadas and crickets from recordings coming from different areas and times of the day.
Create a soundscape with insects that appeared during the summer (cicadas, crickets, mosquitoes, bees, etc.).
Cross-thematic Connections - Greek Culture
Interdisciplinary concepts: time, environment.
Summer in Greece: weather, agricultural work, leisure time, sports, holidays, tourism.
Refer to the summer dishes of the Greek cuisine [γεμιστά (gemista), μπριάμ (briam), τζατζίκι (tzatziki), μουσακάς (mousakas), τουρλού (tourlu), etc].
Make the Greek salad, “χωριάτικη” (chōriatikē): everybody participates in the washing, cutting, adding of spices, mixing of the ingredients, and at the end they eat it.
Refer to the cicadas, crickets and other insects that are found in Greece during the summer months (mosquitoes, gnats, flies, etc.) and the way they produce their sound [e.g. the chirp of the crickets - Τεττιγίδες (Tettigides, Cicadidae) family comes from the vibration of muscles located in the back of its body).
Summer in Greece: weather, agricultural work, leisure time, sports, holidays, tourism.
Refer to the summer dishes of the Greek cuisine [γεμιστά (gemista), μπριάμ (briam), τζατζίκι (tzatziki), μουσακάς (mousakas), τουρλού (tourlu), etc].
Make the Greek salad, “χωριάτικη” (chōriatikē): everybody participates in the washing, cutting, adding of spices, mixing of the ingredients, and at the end they eat it.
Refer to the cicadas, crickets and other insects that are found in Greece during the summer months (mosquitoes, gnats, flies, etc.) and the way they produce their sound [e.g. the chirp of the crickets - Τεττιγίδες (Tettigides, Cicadidae) family comes from the vibration of muscles located in the back of its body).
Age level
7-11 years old
Language level
Beginner
Intermediate
Nutrition
Seasons
Ta chrōmatista tragoudia
Kalokairi mou myrizei.m4a
