Singing greek with Mariza Koch's songs 
Melissaki
Melissaki
Pronunciation
Phonemic awareness activity: recite the lyrics of the song syllabically and with rhythm.
Speech Comprehension and Production
Diminutives ending in -άκι (-aki): μελισσάκι (melissaki, small bee), περιβολάκι (perivolaki, small orchand) etc. Practice other neutral nouns as well, i.e. σκυλί-σκυλάκι (skyli-skylaki = dog-small dog), δέντρο-δεντράκι (dentro-dentraki = tree-small tree), πουλί-πουλάκι (pouli-poulaki = bird-small bird).
Cross rhyme between 1st-2nd and 3rd-4th verse: φτερά-φορά (phtera-phora = wings-time), φτερά-χαρά (phtera-chara = wings-happiness). The pupils choose different animals and create similar couplets.
Cross rhyme between 1st-2nd and 3rd-4th verse: φτερά-φορά (phtera-phora = wings-time), φτερά-χαρά (phtera-chara = wings-happiness). The pupils choose different animals and create similar couplets.
Music Activities
Sing with parallel rhythmic movements in space and pause for the duration of the rests.
Sing in canon, where the second voice is introduced in the third meter.
Familiarize with the τίρι-τίρι-τι-τι (tiri-tiri-ti-ti) pattern and accompany other songs with this rhythmic ostinato.
Sing in canon, where the second voice is introduced in the third meter.
Familiarize with the τίρι-τίρι-τι-τι (tiri-tiri-ti-ti) pattern and accompany other songs with this rhythmic ostinato.
Cross-thematic Connections - Greek Culture
Interdisciplinary concept: environment.
Animals in their natural habitat (adaptation, survival, evolution, symbiosis with other animals).
Match the description of human behaviors and environments with those of animals (to gather like bees, to follow like sheep, to fight like cat and dog, to climb like a monkey etc.).
Animals in their natural habitat (adaptation, survival, evolution, symbiosis with other animals).
Match the description of human behaviors and environments with those of animals (to gather like bees, to follow like sheep, to fight like cat and dog, to climb like a monkey etc.).
Age level
3-7 years old
Language level
Beginner
Animals
