Below are some classroom favorites per grade level this school year. Many are games that would need to be modified to play at home. Don't remember a tune? Have a favorite church song that you don't have the music for? Send Mrs. Blomeke an email and she will get a recording to you!

1st Grade- Apple Tree, Naughty Kitty Cat, Johnny Caught a Flea, Bow Wow Wow, Bounce High Bounce Low, Doggie Doggie Where's Your Bone, Little Sally Walker

2nd Grade- On a Log Mr. Frog, Billy Sad, I'm On the King's Land, Here Comes a Bluebird, Rocky Mountain, Great Big House in New Orleans, Acka Backa Soda Cracker

• The Banner Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=988uPXAmBYk
• The Table Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3LvqJC82WE

3rd Grade- I Lost This Farmer's Dairy Key, Chicken on a Fencepost, Old Brass Wagon, Love Somebody Yes I Do, Let Us Chase the Squirrel, Hot Cross Buns, Alfred the Alligator, Old Arks a Moverin, One Bottle of Pop, Sarasponda, Siyahumba, Alouette

4th Grade- Tideo, Long Legged Sailor, I've Been to London, Scottland's Burning, Cut the Cake, Down the Ohio, Lil Liza Jane, De Colores, Miss Mary Mack

Looking for new songs? Check out www.musicplayonline.com and click on your grade level. It is an awesome resouce that aligns with many of the skills and concepts that we are learning in music class!

Time to play and practice those instruments at home! Play through old music, new music or write your own! Below is a website that I like to use to find my favorite songs. If you are looking for a particular song, especially church music, please let Mrs. Blomeke know and she will see if she can track it down for you! Many times, Googling the song title and "sheet music" may do the trick!

https://www.musicnotes.com/

Kids are experts at creative play, and music-making is no exception! Ask your child to create a song using their favorite instrument. No instruments at home? Make one! We are all blessed with our voices as a wonderful instrument to use and explore as well!

If you're looking for more creative outlets, the following websites are hands-on and fun:

Chrome Music Lab: https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/

Incredibox: https://www.incredibox.com/v6

Online Music Sequencer: https://onlinesequencer.net/

Chord Building- Hookpad Theory: https://hookpad.hooktheory.com/

1st and 2nd Grades: Ask your child to write some music using the notation symbols listed below. After writing the notation, students may add lyrics. Have them perform their composition for you, a cappella or with an instrument. Want to go outside? Have your child write their symphony on the sidewalk using chalk and send me a picture! See the links below for help in reading and writing music notation.

1st Grade Notation- Quarter notes (ta), paired eighth notes (ti-ti) and quarter rest

2nd Grade Notation- Quarter notes (ta), paired eighth notes (ti-ti), quarter rest, half note (two-oo)

Reading Model: https://www.loom.com/share/91c14fae2b404fddbf636f19ba79d735

Writing Model: https://www.loom.com/share/6c53a533643347deba485df9d7b07ac0

3rd and 4th Grades: Using the blank staff paper, have your child to write their own song on the five line treble clef staff using rhythms they already know in 4/4 or 3/4 time. After writing the notation, students may add lyrics. Have them perform their composition for you, a cappella or with an instrument. Want to go outside? Have your child write their symphony on the sidewalk using chalk and send me a picture! (Check out Alexis' song below!)

3rd Grade- Quarter notes (ta), paired eighth notes (ti-ti), quarter rest, half note (two-oo), whole note (fo-o-o-our).

4th Grade- Quarter notes (ta), paired eighth notes (ti-ti), quarter rest, half note (two-oo), whole note (fo-o-o-our), set of sixteenth notes (tikatika), dotted half note (three-ee-ee).

Fourth graders may want to experiment with the following notation writing websites:

• Noteflight: https://www.noteflight.com/
• Flat: https://flat.io/