Week of May 24th, 2010

PARACHUTE FUN

All classes had a blast using the parachute to play fun musical games such as "Roll that ball right down to town" and "There was a man in our town who went for a walk one day". We had fun exploring pitch and tempo as it relates to movement around the parachute. Ask your child about it! :)

INFANT THROUGH TWOS

We had a very fun week in music class exploring more of our new songs, including "Riding on My Teacher Pony", "Walk all Around", "Elevator and Escalator" and more! Next week a zip file will be made available here at the blogsite that contains lyric sheets for all of the songs we are singing. As part of a fundraiser for the JN Music Program, we will also be selling CDs at a very reasonable price with our music curriculum!

THREES, FOURS

This week concluded a week of review for three and four year old students! I am very pleased with the learning that our friends have done! Everyone seems very capable of identifiying a quarter note, quarter rest, and the rhythms that can be created using these two values! We used rhythm instruments as well as clapping, snapping and tapping to play different combinations of quarter note "tahs" and quarter rests..."Shhh!". We also sang a few new songs from our songbooks including "Grattitude Attitude" and more!

SCHOOL AGE

We had alot of fun this week learning about half notes, as well as watching clips from "The Sound of Music". We watched the musical number "Do Re Mi" and also learned the song! We are using solfege and Curwen hand symbols to learn Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do and we are also doing alot of other fun vocal warm ups in music class. We can't wait to show you some of our singing skills!

PARENT RESOURCES THIS WEEK:

Interested in buying a small parachute for home play? Here is a link!

Buy a Parachute on Google Shopping"

The Sound Of Music, "Do Re Mi" on YouTube:
The Sound Of Music: "Do Re Mi"

Week of May 10th, 2012

Infants, Toddlers and Twos
Welcome to music class! We had fun greeting eachother, learning hello and goodbye songs, and moving to music with the guitar! This week in music class we are reading a fun book called "There are Ten in the Bed".

This is a fun song about ten puppies in the bed! You can do a simple movement by making a "rolling motion" when the words say "all rolled over" or "roll over, roll over"! We had fun using a dog puppet. It's easy to sing this song! Give it a try with your child!

TEN IN THE BED

There were ten in a bed
and the little one said
"Roll over, roll over"
So they all rolled over and one fell out.

There were nine in a bed
and the little one said
"Roll over, roll over"
So they all rolled over and one fell out.
(Continue counting down)

Listen to a sound clip of this song here!
Ten In The Bed.



Threes and Fours


Welcome to music class! We had fun learning eachother's name and singing hello and goodbye songs with the guitar this week. We also were introduced to our very first musical concept in music classs, the quarter note! We call these "tah"! Students read four quarter notes and played rhythm sticks to the rhythm "Tah - Tah - Tah- Tah". Ask your child what a quarter note looks like! We practiced distinguishing them from other notes by coloring a worksheet called "Quarter Note Carrots".

Part of our music class consists of worksheets that are kept in folders in the three's room! This marks our progress and keeps materials for each child together. Feel free to ask to see your child's folder or look through it with them! Folders will stay in the classroom until the end of the year, or transitioning time, when they will be sent home.

More information on the quarter note can be found online! Here is a great drum tutorial on how to count them: Counting Quarter Notes.

School Age

JAZZ DAY!

This week in music class we are learning about different jazz artists, the instruments they play, and the way the music makes us feel! We will be focusing on artists and singers like Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and more! Look in the hallway at the end of the week to see a neat bulletin board about our experiences.

ALSO IN MUSIC CLASS THIS WEEK:

Choral and xylophone practice! We will be practicing the choral songs we have learned so far, and also using our xylophones to play our sheet music with the accompaniment for the first time!