Anyone, Any Age can make music!
Welcome back Leverett Music Makers of all ages, it’s wonderful to be with you again! I am sad that we will not be heading back to our Leverett classrooms this year – I miss all of you! However, I am grateful that we still get to communicate through blogs and so the music making can always continue.
Here is a composition from our friend Gilead (which is shortened a bit due to technological requirements) from last week’s listening and composition assignment. Great job Gilead!
For my PreK and K Friends,
PREK-K MUSIC BINGO CARD
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Pretend you are a tiny elf and tiptoe through your house without being noticed. |
Draw a picture that shows your favorite song. See if someone can guess what it is. |
Sing a song you know about numbers or counting. |
Set up your toys and sing them a song. |
Build a music note out of building toys like blocks or Legos. |
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Use your stuffed animals to perform a counting song. |
Set up your toys and show them your favorite dance moves. |
Sing a new version of Old MacDonald using only animal toys from your house. |
Have a dance party. |
Have an adult time your and see how many different sounds you can hear in one minute. |
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Make an instrument out of things in your kitchen. |
Try to sing as many songs as you remember from music class this year. |
Make up a song about food. |
Sing an echo song for a family member. |
Teach a family member an action song from class. |
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Find a nursery rhyme or song in one of your books. |
Make a rhythm pattern using 4 different foods. |
Sing a song about colors. |
Make up a rhyme about your family. |
Create a rhyme about washing your hands. Make sure it has actions too. |
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Build a tall tower and see if you can make your voice ride an elevator to the top and back down. |
Pretend you are a giant shrinking into a tiny gnome. |
See how many minutes you can play without making any noise. |
Draw a picture of a dance. |
Listen to a piece of music and keep the beat in 8 different places on your body. |
For My First and Second Graders
Try this Music Bingo Card – Cross off each box that you are able to complete this week and see if you can create a Bingo! See how many you can do and feel free to email pictures of your creations to renauld@leverettschool.org. (Parents the idea behind this card is to let your child have a self directed learning experience this week to explore different creative options – so I’m not including a time expectation. Just enjoy and have fun!)
1st and 2nd Music Bingo Card
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Walk in different pathways (curvy, straight, zigzag) in your yard. |
Make a new rhythm using 8 4 different colors. |
Set up your toys and perform a concert for them. |
Make up a song using sol and mi using hand signs Sol= MI= |
Call someone in your family and sing them your favorite song. |
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Draw a picture that shows loud. Draw a picture that shows quiet. |
Practice skipping, jogging, marching, tiptoeing, galloping, and stomping. |
Create new words to a song you know. |
Build a rhythm out of your favorite building toys. |
Sing a song you learned in class to a family member. |
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Play a rhythm using things you find in your bedroom. |
Draw all the music notes you know. |
Make up dance moves for your favorite song. |
Make up a song about your favorite food. |
Use big or small toys to make a rhythm that shows ta ta ti-ti ta |
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Use a piece of yarn or string to make a squiggly shape. Sing your shape. |
Make up a song using only clapping and stomping. |
Draw a rhythm and see if you can teach it to someone else. |
See if you can sing higher and higher as you walk up the stairs. |
Create a song using only consonant sounds. |
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Find 5 things in your house that make music. Tell a family member what you found. |
Build a tower with blocks or Legos. Have a toy ride to the top and make a ghost sound as they ride. |
Play a rhythm using your toys. |
Choose a song and draw a picture of the story it tells. See if someone else can guess the song. |
See if you can sing lower and lower as you walk down the stairs. |
Grade 3-6
This week I invite you to watch the video in the links “Old Town Road song version of the Treble and Bass Clefs.” Please run through this video two times. Try singing along with it on the second watching to help you remember note names.
Then, go to the Classical Kids Note Naming link in the 3-6 links. Practice naming notes in the treble clef. If you have time and you want another challenge, try making up your own story using the treble clef words and letters!