Add an engaging movement singing time activity as you help the children learn the melody and the pitch in this More Than Enough Pitch Leading lesson plan! It will be a fun way to get everyone involved while you teach this sweet Mother’s Day Primary song (see our master list of songs!)
More Than Enough (archives) is such a lovely song by Shawna Edwards with a wonderful message that all moms need to hear, especially from their beloved children they pour so much time into raising.
More Than Enough Pitch Leading
Sing through More Than Enough once, before introducing this activity.
Briefly explain what pitch is (how high or low a sound is) and how it changes throughout a song’s melody. Today, we are going to learn about pitch and this song’s melody as we lead the pitch!
Invite the children to hold their hand with their palm facing flat towards the ground. Move your hand up and down following the pitch chart with your hand staying horizontal.
For example, following the first line of the song, you’ll sing “Maybe I’ll never know the love it takes” and start with your hand relatively low at your belly, move it up one step, then back down to your starting height, then down, then down one more step. Jump back up 2 steps to your starting height, then down one more time. Finally, you’ll jump up a couple of steps and hold that pitch as you hold out the note for “takes.”
Demonstrate following the pitch leading for the first line of the song. Then ask the children if they are ready to follow along. Start again from the beginning and sing through the first verse or the entire song, depending on your teaching focus as the children follow your lead and the pitch leading chart.
Extension Activities:
- This pitch leading activity is a great opportunity to focus on dynamics. Are there certain notes you want them to hold out, sing slower, sing louder or quieter to add effect, or any other dynamics? After singing through the pitch leading chart as is, then mark it up and adapt it to fit your dynamics. Or pause and adjust as you teach the song if something doesn’t sound quite right, such as a note not being held out long enough or a word being sung a bit too long.
- Invite 1-2 children to come up front to help lead the pitch leading – one on each side of the room. You can hand them a fun object to lead the pitch with – try a spatula, a rhythm stick, a flashlight, a fun pointer, or anything else you can find!
- Use the quarter page size Pitch Leading cards to challenge the kids to work together in small groups and arrange the pitch leading cards into the correct order as you sing. You can then invite them to pick 2 to flip over – see if they can do those ones by memory! Keep flipping over more cards trying to do the pitch leading by ear.
For another fun similar activity, head over to see this Westward Ho Pitch Leading singing time activity!
More Than Enough Pitch Leading Printable Song Helps
This free in-post printable includes a pitch leading chart for the 1st verse.
This activity has extended printables available including the pitch leading chart for the entire song and 1/4 page pitch leading chart that saves you printing for a small Primary group or you can use as a game to put the pitch leading cards in order!
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For another fun activity to help you teach this song with added movement, head over to see this More Than Enough Egg Shakers lesson plan!
What other fun ways will you use this More Than Enough Pitch Leading singing time activity in your Primary room?
