Charlie Over the Ocean
Practice moving in ways that demonstrate the meanings of various prepositions while playing the singing game, Charlie Over the Ocean.
Resources
- Notation and recording of Charlie Over the Ocean, available from Utah State Board of Education Elementary Songbook. Click on the title for notation and lesson ideas, Play 1 for a recording with vocals, and Play 2 for a recording without vocals (accompaniment only). If you are confident learning this song from the music notation, the activity can be done without any recordings. It is not necessary to have the notation available while teaching the lesson.
- Optional: Sound system to play digital music recording of Charlie Over the Ocean
- Space for students to move, preferably seated in a circle formation.
Fine Art Standards
SINGING: Sing in a natural voice free from strain. Use the body to internalize the beat.
Integrated Standards
LANGUAGE ARTS: Conventions of standard English -Prepositions.
Objectives
Students will sing the song Charlie Over the Ocean and move in accordance with the prepositions sung in the song.