Here’s what we did last month:

Week 1: We practiced note names, intervals, and key signatures with Takenoko.

Week 2: We learned about composing with sequences with Sequence Song.

Week 3: We practiced intervals on the keyboard and on the staff with Winter Intervals.

Week 4: We practiced counting with Remote Control Rhythms.

 

Here’s what we did last month:

Week 1: We pulled out the drums for Drumming in Eight.

Week 2:  We practiced notes with Pluck the Turkey (Note Review).

Week 3: We learned to play “For Health and Strength” by rote memory. Once they had it down, we used Pumpkin Bowling to play “For Health and Strength” as a duet. Based on which pin they bowled down, my accompaniment was either country-western, block chords, oom-pa-pa, etc. For those students who were sufficiently advanced, I sometimes played the  melody while they played the accompaniment.

Week 4: We chose Christmas songs for the season, which took a lot of the time. Once that was determined, we played the Musicality Activity, using my nutcracker as the game piece. For some of the older students, I just held the signs and they chose one. I wasn’t sure they would go for the game version, and it went fine.

 

 

Here’s what we did last month:

Week 1: We reviewed our notes with Monster Eyeballs.

Week 2: We practiced counting and clapping rhythms with human and monster Skeletons.

Week 3: We practiced performing our recital songs with Halloween Performance Prep.

Week 4: We talked about the rondo form and composed Halloween-themed Rondos. Afterwards, I recorded and posted all of their spooky compositions here.

Here’s what we did in September:

Week 1: We practiced identifying notes with Slash the Note.

Week 2: We practiced building rhythms with Spin the Rhythm Bottle.

Week 3: We worked on improving our improv melodies with Melody Shapes.

Week 4: We chose songs for our upcoming recital. Some of them are already excellent at their chosen song. Some of them are a little less than excellent, so we drilled trouble spots on it using the Remote Control drill method. Many thanks to the St. Louis County Library for providing the robot.