Drip, Drip, Drop Little April Showers….. a fun session idea to engage your client(s) in a variety of ways. From instrument play to potential songwriting, this song can be adapted to suit many different areas of need.
Instructions
- Learn the song
- Lead sheet included in downloadable materials
- Use the song for instrument play/improvisation
- Sing through one verse of the song at a time
- Prompt client(s) to play instruments at the end of each verse
- Ideas for dividing the group:
- everyone plays after the end of each verse
- Split the group into two smaller groups and group 1 plays after verse one and group 2 after verse two.
- Split individuals by instrument choice- i.e. drums play after verse 1 and shakers play after verse 2.
- Use the song with colorful images
- Print out/write the lyrics on a large piece of paper in a large font and print/cut out images
- This adaptation can also be easily used for telehealth by sharing your screen with the words and images
- Images are included by clicking the blue button to the left
- Sing through the song once to introduce the song to your client(s)
- Sing through the song again, pausing after each line in the song and work together to place the pictures with the correct words in the song
- You can discuss what the pictures are first and recall what was sung in the song or sing the song again if they can’t remember the word that went in a certain line.
- Lyric lines and images match up as follows:
- Drops of water image for lines 1 and 3
- Drum image for line 2
- Children listening image for line 4
- Cloudy image for lines 5 and 7
- Sun image for line 6
- Music image for line 8
- Print out/write the lyrics on a large piece of paper in a large font and print/cut out images
- Use the song for Songwriting
- Inroduce the song by singing through the first verse
- Utilize the melody and have client(s) create their own verse:
- You can write a verse prior to the beginning of the session and leave blank spaces for clients to fill in
- Allow client(s) to completely write their own words for an entire verse if they are able.