Day: July 9, 2020

Suggestions specific to this lesson: Wow, the semester flew by! I love teaching your kids and am so grateful to work with parents that are so involved in their child’s life. You are really giving your children a gift by allowing them to learn the skills and concepts that live [...]

Next week is our last class of the semester and PARENT DAY. The kids love showing off what they have learned to their parents! This lesson was the 2nd to last lesson of the semester!! Can you believe it? It went by so quickly. Watch out for when your Blue [...]

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Next Wednesday is lesson 14. Then Wednesday December 4th is our last lesson of the semester and is PARENT DAY. Please make the necessary scheduling and childcare arrangements. This will be a special opportunity for your child to show you what they’ve learned and play musical activities with them. [...]

Parents will be attending class next week on November 21st. Then November 28th is no parents. Then December 5th is parent day – the last class of the semester. We can’t wait to sing and play with you again! We are heading toward the end of the year, which means [...]

Thank you for being such great parents! I hope you are enjoying this musical journey. I surely am! When you come to class, the kids may act a little differently than when they come alone. Your child may sit and watch certain activities, instead of participating that day. Or they [...]

Thank you, thank you! I just can’t tell you how great your kids are. I know I keep bragging about them, but they have been so much fun and truly such wonderful students. In the Red Balloon Student Manual it states, “Young children will assimilate the concepts I introduce in [...]

Please click the button at the bottom of the page to print your child’s puppet show. Have fun coloring your new puppet show pages! It’s important that you help your child color/cut/paste their puppets to the sticks so they can bring them to class EVERY week. It’s always tragic when [...]

Next week is Fall Break, so NO CLASSES! We are having so much fun in class. I can’t believe how easily the kids understand the musical concepts we are learning. Remember, every song has a purpose. We aren’t just playing with barnyard animals and catching foxes to take up the [...]

Hello week number 7! Boy, time sure does fly. Can you believe we are half way through the semester?! Everyone did such a great job of identifying the lines and spaces of the staff. Keep practicing lines and spaces on the staff. Ask your kiddo if the note is on [...]

I sure had a fun week with the kids! They are so much fun to teach! Everyone has been doing homework and “play” practicing. I can tell the kids are listening to their music, as they are singing along with me. Thank you for making listening time a joyful priority [...]