The kids are doing great! Parents, thank you for being so consistent and supportive to your kiddos. You help me, as the teacher, to add another layer of knowledge each week because you have so nicely cemented the previous week’s concepts and skills. Keep up the good work! Your kids will thank you for this. You’re creating smarties!
Baby Step, Leap
We sing, dance, and notate on the staff board a step and a leap when we sing this song. The students are subconsciously learning intervals. In the second year, we will bring this knowledge to their conscious mind by labeling the steps and skips.
Waltz of the Flowers
Today I performed our new puppet show for the whole class! This activity helps train our ears to hear patterns and how music is put together. We call this classical form. This puppet show is unique because it gives kids a way to talk about our emotions. This is part of emotional learning for kids: being able to label the way that they feel and work to understand feelings.
Ooooo Halloween
Ooooo Halloween allows us to hear in our heads (audiate) the beats that aren’t played aloud. This activity subconsciously teaches the students how to feel a steady beat and anticipate it. It's so fun!
Click here to watch this video and learn interesting facts about the composer of the song Waltz of the Flowers. You might also like this video of Waltz of the Flowers being performed on stage as part of the Nutcracker Ballet.
Enjoy coloring these pages while you listen to the Waltz of the Flowers! Listening to music while coloring is a great way to actively listen to classical music!
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