Sharing our Talents

Students often share their music with their peers in our classroom.  Kindergartens have learned to play the sound of snow falling, and to represent high and low sounds with movement.  Grade Ones have written their first rhythms with animal names and are learning how to play them on percussion instruments.  Grade Twos have created their own body percussion chorus for the classic song, "Peas Porridge".  Grade Threes are composing melodies and playing them on the xylophone.

Our Wall of Stars:
a reminder of the wonderful music that has been shared.

Students perform by themselves or in a small group, and their peers learn how to be a supportive and curious audience.  Over and over we practice giving and receiving our musical ideas within our community.

As part of this learning process, I've invited students in Grades One, Two and Three to share a piece that they have learned outside of school.  Students have sung and danced, and played the piano and violin.  It has been exciting for students to share their talents with their classmates, and to learn about how different people make music beyond the classroom walls.   

Each performer is invited to record their piece on a paper star, and I hang these mementoes in our classroom.  It has been wonderful to see the space filled so quickly, and I look forward to adding even more performances to our wall!