End of September - October

We have been using basic percussion instruments with each class. Next week we will be using the Orff and Metalaphones. This will be very exciting.

The grade 5's learned a sea chanty and a folk dance to go with it. I am so proud of their creative movement and taking a risk by dancing with partners.

One of the grade 4 classes will begin recorders next week. This will last for 4 weeks then change to the next grade 4 class until all 3 grade 4 classes have had a chance to explore this instrument and read notes etc. Each student will be assigned a recorder (which I will sanitize prior to the children using it and before another child uses it). If you have one at home that can be brought in that would be wonderful.

In the early grades, we have been singing lots of fun songs, playing instruments to stories (Mortimor) and following simple instructions for movement as well. This week I brought in a puppet to tell a story which was a big hit.

In EEP and Kindergarten we have been singing lots of songs based on a variety of different movement and singing concepts including: 5 green and speckled frogs, The wheels on the Bus; Where is Thumbkin, Tommy Thumbs up, Shake your Sillies out and Head and Shoulders.