The first grade program is coming up really soon! Join us on March 12th to hear a tale that teaches that with a little bit of imagination, anything can have a purpose, or 6! We present to you, Who Took the Farmer's Hat!
Use the PowerPoint below to practice singing the songs in our program!
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Friday, January 31, 2020
Learning to Write Rhythms!
Second Grade has been practicing saying and reading rhythms since we started the year. Now that we've come back from Christmas, we're learning to write them on our own! It is an exciting time, and the kids are doing a great job! Check out their writing!
First we wrote on dry erase packs to learn how to form the shapes of the rhythms. We learned that they are a colored in d or a colored in p. NOT b or q!
After we learned how to properly write rhythms, we used our Country of the Month, China, to write our own rhythms! Using the Chinese Characters for the words "love / friend / beauty / honor," students arrange the characters in the pattern that they liked the best and wrote their rhythms based on the syllables contained in the words. After writing our own rhythms, we got to play them on instruments! We did this to celebrate Chinese New Year, learning that this lunar year is the year of the rat! Check out our Chinese compositions!
First we wrote on dry erase packs to learn how to form the shapes of the rhythms. We learned that they are a colored in d or a colored in p. NOT b or q!
After we learned how to properly write rhythms, we used our Country of the Month, China, to write our own rhythms! Using the Chinese Characters for the words "love / friend / beauty / honor," students arrange the characters in the pattern that they liked the best and wrote their rhythms based on the syllables contained in the words. After writing our own rhythms, we got to play them on instruments! We did this to celebrate Chinese New Year, learning that this lunar year is the year of the rat! Check out our Chinese compositions!
Learning to write rhythms has been so fun! We can't wait to write more!
Friday, November 22, 2019
Sunday, September 15, 2019
SongTales
As part of becoming artful musicians, students need to hear music sung in an artful way, just as they need to hear stories read in an artful manner to become expressive readers. To help with this goal, every Kindergarten and First grade class ends with me singing them a SongTale, a story through song. The students grow to love these stories and ask for them often. They've asked so often in fact, I'm telling you how to get them here! If you follow the posted links, you can actually download the mp3s of our SongTales FOR FREE! Then, your kiddos can listen to them as much as they want!
Kindergarten:
Over in the Meadow- https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/over-in-the-meadow-book-g9032
Had a Little Rooster- https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/had-a-little-rooster-book-g9665
First Grade:
The Crabfish- https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-crabfish-book-g6535
Risseldy, Rosseldy- https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/risseldy-rosseldy-print-g8121
Kindergarten:
Over in the Meadow- https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/over-in-the-meadow-book-g9032
Had a Little Rooster- https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/had-a-little-rooster-book-g9665
First Grade:
The Crabfish- https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-crabfish-book-g6535
Risseldy, Rosseldy- https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/risseldy-rosseldy-print-g8121
Friday, August 30, 2019
2019-2020 Off to a Great Start!
This year started off so quickly and these kiddos have been doing a great job! Our goal in the music room is to become tuneful (can remember and sing a song using the correct voice), beatful (can keep the beat to a piece of music on their own), and artful (can display and describe feeling and emotion evoked by music through dance and words). To achieve these goals, the students need a vocabulary of music terms. We have been learning those terms throughout the year so far through music games and activities! Check us out!
Kindergarten:
Through the game "Musical Houses," students in Kindergarten have been learning about the community of music, how we all have to work together to achieve a great and fun sound, and how every part is important. Look at us helping each other make it from house to house (hula hoops) as the music plays and stops!
First Grade:
First grade has been working on body and spacial awareness in the music room. A lot of kids have trouble locating where their bodies are in relation to other people's bodies, and different ways they can move their own. To help with this, we are playing a form of "freeze dance." Students are allowed to dance however they wish when the music is on as long as they are not running (safe) and can successfully avoid bumping into someone else (my body in relation to another body). Then, they have to freeze however the card I hold up shows when the music goes off (different ways I can move AND my body in relation to another body). Check us out!
Second Grade:
Second grade has been working on isolated body parts and fine motor skills through a balancing activity. While soothing music from our country of the month, Japan, plays by the koto, students must walk while balancing a paper plate on part of their body. If the plate falls off, they must freeze until someone ALSO balancing a paper plate saves them by getting and handing the frozen student their plate without dropping their own. It's a lot harder than it looks! Check it out!
Kindergarten:
Through the game "Musical Houses," students in Kindergarten have been learning about the community of music, how we all have to work together to achieve a great and fun sound, and how every part is important. Look at us helping each other make it from house to house (hula hoops) as the music plays and stops!
First Grade:
First grade has been working on body and spacial awareness in the music room. A lot of kids have trouble locating where their bodies are in relation to other people's bodies, and different ways they can move their own. To help with this, we are playing a form of "freeze dance." Students are allowed to dance however they wish when the music is on as long as they are not running (safe) and can successfully avoid bumping into someone else (my body in relation to another body). Then, they have to freeze however the card I hold up shows when the music goes off (different ways I can move AND my body in relation to another body). Check us out!
Second Grade:
Second grade has been working on isolated body parts and fine motor skills through a balancing activity. While soothing music from our country of the month, Japan, plays by the koto, students must walk while balancing a paper plate on part of their body. If the plate falls off, they must freeze until someone ALSO balancing a paper plate saves them by getting and handing the frozen student their plate without dropping their own. It's a lot harder than it looks! Check it out!
Friday, August 23, 2019
Kindergarten's First Instrument Experience
Kindergarten got to play instruments for the first time in Music class this week! It was so much fun! Loud and organized chaos is the best way to get to experience music. Instruments were grouped according to their type: woods, scrapers, shakers, metals, membranes (drums), and melody. Students got to play the different types of instruments for 3 minute segments and rotated through so that they got the opportunity to play them all! It was so much fun! Check out some of them below.
Friday, May 10, 2019
Kindergarten Surprise!
I can't believe it is the end of the year already! It's insane how quickly a year can go and how much a child can grow in that short period of time. As a "Have fun this summer, and keep playing music!" gift, every year, Kindergarten gets to make their very own musical instruments. They make maracas! Using plastic easter eggs donated by various amazing people, spoons, beans, and tape, these kiddos get to make their very own musical instrument to take home and play as much as they want. Yes parents, I told them to annoy you as much as possible this summer with their beautiful maraca playing! Thank you for always supporting me and this music program by encouraging your children to sing, dance, and play all day at home!
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