Preschool, Pre-K
Since the Winter Concert, we’ve enjoyed learning active songs like “Spring Up,” “Freeze”, “Sansa Kroma” with rhythm sticks, the Irish song “I’ll Tell Me Ma,” and a song about Leprechauns!
We’ve learned camp songs like “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt” and “I Love the Mountains, I Love the Rolling Hills.”
We make active games of identifying notes and then trying to get a skoosh ball into a bucket. We follow along with the song map of “Flight of the Bumblebee” while tapping in time.
We’ve listened to the sounds that many orchestral instruments make and then tried to identify them through listening only. We’ve listened to Cliffe’s “Sunshine & Cloud” and tried to identify the type of weather changes he was expressing in his composition.
Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade
Since the Winter Concert, we’ve enjoyed learning active songs like “Spring Up,” “Freeze”, “Sansa Kroma” with rhythm sticks, and the Irish song “I’ll Tell Me Ma.”
We practice moving, counting, and singing in rhythm by jumping in and out of hula hoops, clapping along to the written rhythms in the iPad app, “Rhythm Cat,” following the song map as we listen to “Flight of the Bumblebee,” and we’ve played a game of “Who Am I” with musical notes and expressions instead of names. We make active games of identifying notes on the piano and staff and then trying to get a skoosh ball into a bucket.
We’ve played a game of Orchestral Instruments Concentration after listening to all the different sounds that they make. We’ve listened to Cliffe’s “Sunshine & Cloud” and tried to identify the type of weather changes he was expressing in his composition. We’ve sung along with pop songs like, “In My Room” (Beach Boys) and “Brave” (Sara Bareilles).
We’ve learned about the composer Giacchino Rossini and his opera, “The Barber of Seville” and I shared the Bugs Bunny cartoon that was set to that same music, “The Rabbit of Seville!”
Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grades
Since the Winter Concert, we’ve enjoyed learning active songs like “Spring Up,” “Freeze”, “Sansa Kroma” with rhythm sticks, and the Irish song “I’ll Tell Me Ma.”
We practice moving, counting, and singing in rhythm by jumping in and out of hula hoops, clapping along to the written rhythms in the iPad app, “Rhythm Cat,” following the song map as we listen to “Flight of the Bumblebee,” and we’ve played a game of “Who Am I” with musical notes and expressions instead of names. We make active games of identifying notes on the piano and staff and then trying to get a skoosh ball into a bucket.
We’ve played a game of Orchestral Instruments Concentration after listening to all the different sounds that they make. We’ve listened to Cliffe’s “Sunshine & Cloud” and tried to identify the type of weather changes he was expressing in his composition. We’ve sung along with pop songs like, “In My Room” (Beach Boys) and “Brave” (Sara Bareilles).
We’ve learned about the composer Giacchino Rossini and his opera, “The Barber of Seville” and I shared the Bugs Bunny cartoon that was set to that same music, “The Rabbit of Seville!”
Chorus
Since the Winter Concert, we’ve had two impromptu Lunchtime performances: 1) Valentine’s Day “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” and 2) St. Patrick’s Day “I’ll Tell Me Ma.” We dance and sing and treat it like a very exciting flash mob.
We practice singing in rounds (specifically “Dona Nobis Pacem”) and we are always practicing our psalm performances. I’m continually impressed with the Chorus members’ bravery and enthusiasm
