Ducks, High & Low, and Warriors

This week, KINDERGARTEN students returned to our imaginary farm to visit the ducks this week. They experimented with several ways to use drum to accompany our duck song, and then each student chose their own technique to play along with the final verse!  

high, high, high, low

Now that our GRADE ONE community knows how to sing "high and low" notes, students have now begun to learn how to record these sounds with written symbols. Using a single line staff and oval shaped notes, each class composed short melodies and figured out how to play them on the xylophone. Students also learned our "Popcorn Song", a musical snack that gives them an opportunity to practice "playing the way the words sound".  By performing the rhythm of text, students build the foundation for formal rhythmic notation later in the year.

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"Warriors"

Meanwhile, GRADE TWO and THREE students were keeping the beat to a song from the Celtic tradition called "Warrior". Students enjoyed the challenge of both maintaining a steady pulse and ensuring that their beat aligns with the beat of the music they are listening to - especially as the tempo and energy  build through the piece! Ask your student(s) to teach you our movement patterns, and challenge yourself to keep the beat by clicking on the link to the left!