Red Balloons Lesson 3
Parents, class went SO WELL today! Thank you for coming and being an active part of your child’s musical education!
Remember, next week, just drop off your kiddo with their completed homework 5 minutes before class and we’ll be ready 45 minutes later! =) If you drop them off earlier they get bored waiting for other kids and it effects behavior.
I’m so thrilled at how good the kids were today. Thanks for helping them at home. What a gift to spend quality time with your precious child, bonding and creating fun music memories! This is SO much fun!! Be sure to check the bottom of this page for the WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW video.
Barnyard Boogie
This peppy song is even more fun when you realize we are imitating and identifying complex rhythmic patterns! The brains of young children are designed to extract patterns from complex layers, making more connections with each exposure. Start with playfully clapping the animals separate from the CD at a slower speed. Soon they will clap right along as the CD plays!
DO is Home
Our purpose here is to match pitch, and eventually, to accurately pull that middle C out of thin air with no cues! WOW! This process will take six months to three years, so we’ll work on it every week during our three years together.
Staff Awareness
In Let’s Play Music we experience things before we label them. Experiencing and playing with the music staff is a great way to understand how it functions. When we start to add things to the staff like notes, and key signatures, the students will have information stored in their brains that they can connect it to, so identifying lines/spaces on the staff is the beginning of our visual love of the staff.
Play an ostinato on the bells – harmony training
An ostinato is a repeated musical pattern that is played at the same time as a separate melody. We did this today as we played DO SOL on the bells while singing the song “Hear How the Bells”. Our ears are getting SO SMART!
Why do we use folk music in Let’s Play Music? This question is an important one. Read HERE to find the answer! Also, Click HERE to read about one of our Let’s Play Music graduates!
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Last year parents couldn’t attend on parent week, so I made these quick little videos to help them know what was most important from class to use in their home music time. It’s a good reminder for all parents.
For my convenience, I have preloaded content for the whole semester. I will update each future post with specific time-sensitive info before I send the link each week. If you choose to read ahead you might see details that don’t apply to your child’s class. For this reason I do not recommend reading ahead. Thank you!