Ride of the Valkyries

• DOMAIN(S)

  Cognitive Development and General Knowledge (CD)
• INDICATOR(S)

  CD-CR1.4a
• AGE GROUP(S)

  48-60 months

Provide each child with a toy spaceship or similar toy vehicle. (You could also make spaceships from cardboard tubes with red and yellow streamers attached to the end). During outdoor time, encourage children to begin with their spaceship standing vertical on the ground. Play Richard Wagner's “The Ride of the Valkyries” for the children. At the beginning of the piece, they should blast off their spaceships into the air. Throughout the piece, encourage them to use the musical cues to move their spaceship up, down, in circles, and other directions. The music will provide hints of movement that may be appropriate, but you could also point out high and low pitches and soft and loud moments.

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