Music Class April 15-19

 

 

 Last week was all about the celebration of Easter!  We started off by speaking of the true meaning of the Christian Easter by showing the children photos of the cross, and representations of Jesus' glorious emergence from the tomb:  He is RISEN! 

 

We then discussed additions to the Easter celebration, such as coloring eggs, stories of the Easter Bunny and talked about traditional Easter family dinners.  Colorful Plastic eggs were passed out (and VERY well sealed!) containing different household noisemaking items such as coins/change, jelly beans, paper clips, jingle bells and wooden beads.  (The infants in the nursery were given real shakers for safety reasons.)  The children learned about the guitar and had the opportunity to strum the strings (very gently, of course!).  We sang a song with many verses about a silly chicken that laid a "shaking egg" as they listened carefully for when to shake their eggs fast, slow, high, low, and in circular motions.  Other classes sang together a song called, "The Little Easter Bunny." Everyone had great energy this week!



Three's Age Group

 

        



Toddler's Age Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Nursery/Infants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Four's Age Group

 

 

 

 

 



Welcome Back Music Class!

April 8th-12th, 2019
 

    Miss Christie has completed her first week of 2019 music classes with all the kiddos!  Each age group experienced a slightly different teaching level, but all children were able to play the same instruments. 

We started off our first week of music class by practicing our listening skills.  To celebrate the new spring season, infants and toddlers read the book, Hello, Spring! by Mary Packard.  We then spoke the colors of the rainbow in unison, according to the color on each desk bell or resonator bar.  We also counted the total number of instruments.  Everyone was shown how to play each instrument, and each child had a chance to play both the resonator bar and the desk bell.  The entire room often sounded like many wind chimes all at once! 

 

Children ages two and older read the book, Wake Up, It's Spring! by  Lisa Campbell Ernst.  We listened for every time the word "spring" was mentioned.  We used a set of multi-colored desk bells and resonator bars to ding every time we heard the word "spring." They also learned the names of the solfege symbols which were assigned to each pitch.  Finally, we played an audio/visual game to practice memory of colors, patience/self-control and fine motor skills.  All age groups had a blast!

 

 Age 4 Group

























 

 

 

 

 

 

Age Three Group

 

 

 

Age Two Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toddlers Group

 

 

 

 



 

 



 

 

 

 

Nursery/Infants