The genuine response of children to nature and beauty is so sweet. One of the priveleges of teaching music is being able to observe this special moment when the student hears something that touches them. What makes it even sweeter as a musician is when the response is something I played on the piano for them. Yesterday I played Bach's Prelude in C major for my younger class. They were silent...I reached the end of the piece, they were silent....Then one breaks the silence - "That was beauuuutiful Miss Lisa!!" followed by agreement from the rest of the class. Then, " Can you play the The Pink Panther now?" lol. At least they enjoyed it for a moment...Now, The Pink Panther ended with enthusiastic applause!
This week, we played Pass the Note - a rhythm game, worked on melodic dictation (putting what they hear me sing on the music staff) and began putting our model orchestra together, coloring and cutting out the string section. We're still working on reaching 100 with the metronome. 55 is our highest number so far...
We have started using a system of counting called Blue Jello, so if you hear them talking about blue jello in a chant, do not be alarmed. Soon they'll be talking about purple huckleberries, gooseberries, pineapples, and celery, too.
The older class started their study on Mozart for this session. This week we listened to The Overture to The Marriage of Figarro, read about Mozart's life, and began working on our Mozart lapbook.
I look forward to experiencing many more sweet moments in music class.
This week, we played Pass the Note - a rhythm game, worked on melodic dictation (putting what they hear me sing on the music staff) and began putting our model orchestra together, coloring and cutting out the string section. We're still working on reaching 100 with the metronome. 55 is our highest number so far...
We have started using a system of counting called Blue Jello, so if you hear them talking about blue jello in a chant, do not be alarmed. Soon they'll be talking about purple huckleberries, gooseberries, pineapples, and celery, too.
The older class started their study on Mozart for this session. This week we listened to The Overture to The Marriage of Figarro, read about Mozart's life, and began working on our Mozart lapbook.
I look forward to experiencing many more sweet moments in music class.