September has been so much fun in the music room! It has been a joy to meet all of the new students and see everyone. We are finally getting settled back into the swing of things.
In Kindergarten and Early Primary, we have been doing interactive activities with "The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" and now "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" (if you're in the school, stop by and see our life size palm tree). We have also been learning the percussion instruments and voting on our favorite ways to play them: shake, strike, or scrape. Our favorite new song is "Forte, Piano" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUYEvCly8Fo).
In 1st and 2nd Grades, we started the year off with some fun smart board activities. We are now starting our PROGRAM! Yay for Christmas in September :). This year, we are performing THIS OLD GINGERBREAD HOUSE. If you haven't gotten notes and scripts at home yet, you will this week! We have also gone on explorations to find out about instruments at www.classicsforkids.com.
In Primary and 3rd Grade, we have been talking about instrument families. We have used the smart board to go on explorations learning about different instruments (www.classicsforkids.com). The smart board is really fun! We are now starting our program HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS! This is a fun show. Since the third graders did Nutcracker last year, we get to try an all new third grade program! This program has a lot of 2 part singing... and it's not easy! If you haven't gotten notes and scripts at home yet, you will this week!
In 4th and 5th grades we have been working on our recorders! They are starting to sound pretty good! We can play simple three note melodies and all have our blue Olympic ring (for the recorder Olympics)! Next week, we will get our yellow rings by learning to play MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB and by being able to identify all of the notes on the treble staff. 5th grade has also started a POP music unit!
We have been busy! Enjoy this beautiful fall weather!
