We
have had an exciting start to music in the Catbird Classroom!
Over
the last couple of weeks we have been discovering the different sounds our
voices make - speaking, singing and even whispering. We have been following our
ladybug with our voices so that the higher she flies the higher our voices go!
Walk
(normal speed), tip-toe (fast) & Stretch (slow) have helped us to notice
different way to move. In this activity we have been listening and responding
to the instrument changes. Keeping a stead beat has been a strong focus and
introducing songs with only two or three notes helps us to hear the pitches
more easily. We show this when we sing Hello Everyone!
Here
are the words of some of the songs & rhymes we have being playing with:
Music
has a beat (shh)
Feel
it in your feet (shh)
Let
us stand in line like
Children
in the street (shh)
The
‘shh’ represents a rest in the music, we show this by moving the beat from our
laps to a clap
Trot
trot to Boston to
buy
a loaf of bread (shh)
Trot
trot home again
the
old man said (shh)
Book:
‘This is the way we go to school’ by Edith Baer. There are many ways to move,
we have trotted, walked, flew, swam and hopped to Boston.
We
have been listening and trotting to Rodeo: Hoedown by Copland
Star
light star bright
First
star I see tonight,
Wish
I may, wish I might
Have
the wish I wish tonight
We
have made many wishes on a star and with an endless supply of fairy dust there
are many more to come!
Bubbles!!!
Moving
to Beethoven’s Moonlight sonata we catch, lift up and drop bubbles, we can blow
on our bubble to make it grow big enough to step inside and paint!
Next
week we will be looking at a new Ladybug song and will be learning a finger
play to help better prepare us to use mallets which will happen later in the
year!
MUSIC
IN PHILLY:
Here
is a link to concerts aimed to introduce young children to the orchestra:
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