While patting the beat on your lap, teach the song Rain is Falling Down by rote. Or...
Play the song. Repeat and invite students to sing along while patting the beat on their laps.
Define legato - smooth and connected. Demonstrate singing the song with legato style.
Invite students to sing Rain is Falling Down with legato style.
Play the song again and explain that the second time through, the singers are singing in canon. Define canon - two or more musical lines entering at different times.
Arrange students into two groups and sing Rain is Falling Down in canon.
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