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Thank you for your interest in the FULL VOICE MUSIC resources. We
LOVE working with young singers and we are dedicated to creating
fun, colourful and educational materials for voice teachers working
with young singers. This download includes sample lessons from
the FULL VOICE Workbooks, Sight Singing Superhero and Vocal
Warm-ups and Technical Exercises for Kids activity boards.

WAIT! Don’t just look at them. Print them up and TRY them with
your students. We guarantee that you will see big smiles and have
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One Tonic Sol-fa: DO to MI 4

Two Tonic Sol-fa: DO to SO 6
Three Tonic Sol-fa: DO to DO’ 8
Four Tonic Sol-fa Scale / Quarter Notes and Half Notes 10
Five Breathing / Clapping and Counting / Whole Notes 12

Review One 14

Six Tonic Sol-fa Without Hand Signs /Counting and Singing / Dotted Half Notes 16
Seven Tonic Sol-fa / Listening Activity / Counting and Singing/ The Music Staff 18
Eight Tonic Sol-fa / Music Notes Review / Writing Notes with Stems 20
Nine Tonic Sol-fa / Counting and Singing / The Treble Clef 22
Ten Musical Alphabet / Note Names on the Music Staff / Note Names: Middle C and D 24

Review Two 26

Eleven Technical Exercises / Learning Line Notes 28

Twelve Singing Legato / Listening Activity / Learning Space Notes 30
Thirteen Singing Steps / Steps on the Staff / Tonic Sol-fa Moving in Steps /
Performance Assessment # 1 32
Fourteen Singing Skips / Skips on the Staff / Tonic Sol-fa Moving in Skips 34
Fifteen Singing Steps and Skips / Tonic Sol-fa Moving in Steps and Skips /
Identifying Steps and Skips 36

Review Three 38

Sixteen Singing Steps and Skips / Tonic Sol-fa: Triad / Bar Lines, Measures
and Time Signatures 40
Seventeen Quarter Rest / Half Rest 42
Eighteen Whole Rest / Writing Rests 44
Nineteen Singing Scales / Listening Activity / Counting Rhythms with Rests 46
Twenty Singing with Dynamics / Listening Activity / Writing Music 48

Introductory Level Review 50

Additional Music Writing Activities

Additional Rhythm Reading Exercises 52
Performance Assessment Form #2 and #3 54
Mini Recital 55
Repertoire List 56
 TONIC SOL- FA: DO TO MI Date: __________________________

Tonic sol-fa is a singing method that uses words and hand signs for every note in a scale.
Tonic sol-fa is very easy to learn and helps singers to sing out confidently. Tonic sol-fa is
also a fun activity. Your FULL VOICE workbook has lots of tonic sol-fa games and activities
for you to try with your teacher, classmates and parents.

Here are the first three hand signs of

the tonic sol-fa scale.

DO RE MI Your teacher will show you how to

sing and sign them.

1. � Sing and sign the first three notes of the scale with your teacher slowly.
a) Sing and sign repeating notes.

Repeating notes stay at

the same pitch.
DO DO DO

b) Sing and sign ascending notes.

Ascending means that the

pitch moves higher.
MI
RE
DO

c) Sing and sign descending notes.

MI Descending means that the

RE pitch moves lower.
DO
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 Hi Voice Teacher!
Thank you for your interest in the Vocal Warm-Ups and Technical
Exercises for Kids! resource. This fun download includes four pages from
the ebook.

The warm-up part of the voice lessons is important. Not only are we are
helping our students explore and discover their voices, but we are
introducing basic music concepts and developing music reading skills.

Many of our young singers are visual learners. They need to see the
information as well as hearing them to comprehend and process the
information. We created these activity pages to assist teachers in providing
a fantastic vocal warm-up and engaging beginner voice students in a
comprehensive curriculum that includes ear-training, music theory, and 1. Tonic Sol-fa
sight singing.
2. Tonic Sol-fa
This resource is available in two formats, 8.50 x 11 glossy card stock 3. Vowel Sounds
“activity boards” and as a digital download (pdf) for easy printing.
4. Steps & Skips
This resource includes a reproducible private studio/classroom license
for personal use only. This resource can be copied/printed for your private 5. Tones & Semitones
students or music classroom…forever! Not for resale or distribution. To
6. Singing Major Scales
purchase please visit: https://www.thefullvoice.com/warmupsforkids/
7. Singing Major Triads
These pages include activities from the FULL 8. Awesome Arpeggios
VOICE Workbook Series. The FULL VOICE
Workbooks are a comprehensive curriculum 9. Tongue Twisters
researched and developed for the young
10. Singing with Articulations
vocal student ages 6 and up. Every workbook
includes technical exercises, music theory, 11. Singing with Dynamics
rhythm reading, ear training, sight singing
and MORE. 12. Scales, Triads & Arpeggios

13. Ascending Chromatic Scale

The FVWS is now available in music stores across Canada and the United 14. Descending Chromatic Scale
States. They are always available at thefullvoice.com. Get your Teacher 15. Chromatic Challenges
Welcome Package today!
16. Major & Minor Pentascales
Now available in AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
17. Singing Minor Triads

18. Natural Minor Scale

Questions? Comments? Please contact us. We are always here to help.
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SINGING major
triads
A triad is a chord made up of the first, third, and fifth
notes of a scale. The notes on the staff move from
line to line to line or space to space to space.

A major triad is made up of the first, third and fifth broken solid
notes of a major scale. DO, MI, SO. If the notes are played triad triad
one after another it is a broken triad. If the notes are
played at the same time, it is called a solid triad.

1. ��Sing the following:

a) DO DO MI MI SO b) DO MI DO MI SO

c) DO MI MI SO SO d) DO MI MI SO MI

2. � Sing major triads ascending and descending using tonic sol-fa after your teacher
plays a starting note.

a)

b)

3. � Listen to the following three-note melodies, played at random by your teacher.

4. � �
Identify if the melodies are tones, semitones or triads.

tones semitones triad

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Articulations specify how individual notes are to
be performed within a phrase or passage of music.
Articulation markings are symbols that tell us
how to exactly sing (or play) a note (or notes).

legato Sing legato! Legato means smooth and connected.

1. ��Sing the following exercise using relaxed, open vowel sounds.

The curved line connecting the notes is

called a slur. It tells us to sing legato.

staccato
Sing Staccato! Staccato means short and detached. Staccato
notes are marked with dots above or below the note head.

2. ��Sing the following exercise slowly.

Return to repertoire
Articulation challenge Can you find articulation markings
in the music you are performing?

Why do you think the composer

3. ��Sing the following exercises slowly. wanted to use different articulations
in this song?

4. ��Draw your own articulation markings in the exercise below.

5. ��Sing your new exercise slowly. (Or make your teacher sing it!)

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A semitone is the smallest interval.
A chromatic scale is a scale that moves in
semitones. You use different tonic sol-fa syllables
ascending
when you ascend and descend.
Chromatic Scale
Ascending chromatic tonic sol-fa
syllables are pronounced with an “EE”
sound. (di = “dee”)
di ri fi si li DO’

1. ��Sing the ascending chromatic scale very slowly. (Hand signs optional)
� TI
a)
li
DO di RE ri
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LA

b)
si

DO di RE ri MI FA fi SO SO

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c) fi
FA
DO di RE ri MI FA fi SO si LA li TI DO’

MI
2. �Sing the ascending chromatic scale above using:
a) vowel sounds.
b) different dynamics (piano and forte). ri
c) different tempo (lento, moderato and allegro).
RE
d) different articulations (legato and staccato).

3. � What is a sharp?
di
4. � Are you singing any songs that have chromatic passages? DO

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Sight Singing Is Super Fun!
Ok, Learning to read music takes time and effort - but when you break it
FREE SAMPLE
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down into small simple activities, include visual play-based music
games and cheer your students to victory - it can be a fun time! And
your young singers will become sight singing superheros in no time!

Start with the basic skills training

1. Tonic Sol-fa Do - MI
Confident singing
Tonic sol-fa is a method that allows singers to sing unaccompanied and 2. Tonic Sol-fa DO - SO
quickly build their confidence. Start with simple warm ups using the
3.Tonic Sol-fa DO- DO’
tonic sol-fa scale and let them sing without piano accompianment.
Encourage your singers to sing scales, triads and arpeggios without 4. Tonic Sol-fa Triads
singing or playing the notes with them. 5. Rhythm Reading - Notes
Rhythm Reading
6. Singing & Counting Rhythms
Superhero singers can learn the note values and practice simple rhythms
by clapping and counting aloud. Encourage your singers to keep a slow 7. Rhythm Reading Rests
and steady tempo. 8. Time Signatures
Notes on the Staff
9. Eighth Notes
Just like piano students, our super singers need to be able to read notes
on the music staff. This resource includes mini note flashcards to make 10. Rhythm Reading Drills
learning notes fun. Writing activities help too!
11. Music Staff & Treble Clef
Interval Study
12. Notes on the lines/spaces
Young singers can use scales, triads and arpeggios to hear and sing
simple intervals. They don’t know it yet - but they have supersonic 13. Singing Major Scales
listening skills already!
14. Sight Singing
Putting in all together
15. 2 bar drills (DO-MI)
Once future superheros have developed strong music skills, simple two
bar sight singing drills can help to put all the skills together. Encourage 16. 2 Bar drills (DO-SO)
singers to keep a super slow tempo and try drills more than once! 17. 2 bar drills (DO-LA)

18. Two bar drills (DO-DO’)

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19. Flashcards
This resource is also available as a printable download for
sharing with your students. It can be printed in colour or 20. flashcards
grey scale.

Questions? Comments? Please contact us. We are always here to help.

Nikki@thefullvoice.com / 905-297-0284 (Mon - Fri)

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The letter names of the notes on

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1. ��
Identify the line notes.

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spaces
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Super hero tip: Want to be SUPER FAST at naming the notes on the staff?
Use the note naming FLASH CARDS and become a note naming hero!
C Major sight singing drills -
1. � Look at each example carefully and answer the questions aloud.
2. ��Clap and count the rhythms.
3. � Sight sing the melodies slowly.

i) how many beats is this note held for?

a)

ii) What kind of rest is this?

i) What is the starting note?_____

b)

ii) What is the ending note?

iii) How many beats is this note held for?

4. ��Sight sing the following melodies slowly.

a) � b) �

c) � d) �

e) � f) �

g) � h) �

i) � j) �