Today we played another ostinato on our bells to the song "Are you sleeping." We learned how to play a slug on the bells. The slugs are really half notes and are held for 2 beats, so we should exaggerate the way we wave that "extra" beat up in the air, before continuing on with our bug beats.
Wasn't it fun to see the BINGO song in action? This really seems to be a favorite with the kids. This song teaches great audiation, rhythmic balance and beat.
The homework this week is super short, but should be a springboard for you to try to “trick” your child with lots of questions like: How many monkey steps make one lion step? How many cicada steps make TWO elephant steps? This exercise shows the various beat relationships and is a great math lesson. The chart of different animal steps shows divisions of space. The CD rhythms divide time. As the children see the correlation between the 2 divisions, they are building "spatial awareness" which is a necessity for success in math. WOW!!
We started the new "Fox Hunt" puppet show today. Don't forget to have your kids color, cut and paste up their puppets.
See ya real soon!
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