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"