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

 

 

 

 

 



Week of March 29th, 2010

SCHOOL AGE MUSIC CLASS


Love, Love
In lieu of Good Friday tomorrow and Easter on Sunday, we took an opportunity to learn a new song this afternoon that had an interesting sound to it. Often when we sing bible songs, worship and hymns to children they have a major overtone. This song, though it has a bright message, has minor sounds within the chord structure that make for an almost "sad" sound at times. I thought it was an interesting and appropriate selection for this instrospective holiday!

FUN WARM UPS: Today we did a fun exercise to warm up our vocal chords at the start of class. I took a basket of scarves and each child chose one. We then tossed them up in the air and laughed until they hit the ground. It was hard to stop giggling!

We also played physical games today and again, reiterated the concepts we've learned with boomwhackers and xylophones. See past blog entries for music concepts and how you can learn about them and review them at home with your child!