Blue Bugs Lesson 12

PARENT WEEK NEXT WEEK! Parents will also come on the last lesson. We will do the drawing for prizes next week in class. Bring your yard signs with you to class.

Don’t forget if you haven’t registered online for Green Turtle Shells you will be charged a late fee after May 31st. CLICK HERE to register.

The recital is coming up on Friday May 3rd, time TBA. Below is the practice list for the recital. Please take the time to rehearse their assigned songs at home and help them prepare for their performance. Keep in mind, we are not a performing group, but we do like to showcase what we have learned. Please make sure they know the words to the songs listed below, and they practice the bell parts.

Any questions, let me know!

Recital Practice list:

1st year 3:30 class
BELLS: Do, Re, Mi (Major Scale up and down on bells! We WILL also sing the DO MI MI, MI SOL SOL part of the song w/ CD.)
SINGING: Hear How the Bells, Old Paint, Can’t Bug Me, Chords in Pieces

1st year 4:45 class
BELLS: Old Paint: (DO, MI, SOL, DO, MI, SOL etc. over and over again) Play with the CD so they get used to pacing.
SINGING: Hear How The Bells, Can’t Bug Me and Do, Re, Mi, (practice with solfeg hand signs. On the “DoMiMi” part, they will sing the lyrics, “When you know the notes to sing..etc.), Chords in Pieces

The Ants Go Marching

Marching to this fun song helps us learn to keep a steady beat. We also reviewed the cadence pattern SOL LA TI DO. Repetition is key to training the ear!

Baby Butterfly

This song is hard to get out of your head once you start singing it. This activity is designed to help the students identify bug rhythms and rhythmic patterns in the songs they are singing. In class we went on a bug hunt!

We have been using solfege for a while now. If your child needs more exposure to help them remember the hand signs, read on…

Turn on this fun video of the “Ants Go Marching” and have your kids act out the catchy nursery rhyme! An added bonus…it’s great exercise!

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