Grab a drum (or a bowl) and let's get started! Play through these 4 drumming videos for your lesson this week.
Grab a drum, bowl, or anything that make s a sound to play along with these drumming questions.
Play the beat with spoons and answer the questions. Then, you can drum along and ask the questions.
Play the beat on spoons, ask the questions on drums, or answer on the drum!
This music teacher dad is having a blast! I hope you do too!
This week I am asking you to create your own staff at home. Watch the 1st video to get ideas for materials to build your own staff. Then, you can write on the staff with me for the next two videos. If you want, you can send me a picture of your staff with a melody! I would love to see your creativity!
Also, I made some videos about rabbits. These are some of my favorite rabbit songs. Hopefully these songs you can sing every time a rabbit appears in a story you are reading, or if you spot a rabbit on a walk outside!
Mr. Rabbit
Old Mr. Rabbit
Vegetable rhythms part 1
Vegetable rhythms part 2
with Mrs. Newman!
Great Japanese Rock Paper Scissors game!
with Mrs. Newman!
Need to Move? Feeling stuck in the house? Try making a train with your family (or pets - if they will not get upset!) and move around your home! Remember trains go fast and slow, go up hills and down mountains, and even go through tunnels. Maybe you will make a tunnel out of pillows, blankets, and chairs for you to pass through? You can sing these songs while moving or listen to Train songs like "Chattanooga Choo Choo" by the Glen Miller Orchestra, Take the A-Train" by Duke Ellington, or "Long Train Running" by the Doobey Brothers.
I hope you enjoy all of these train songs and books.
Your Lesson has 8 parts this week! All of the videos are working with music by Camille Saint Saens- A French composer that composed "Carnival of the Animals."
Video of the Book Carnival of the Animals, read by the Author John Lithgow
Learning the rhythm for "Fossils" from Carnival of the Animals
Learning Animal Body Percussion
Creating our own Body Percussion Rondo
Perform our Body Percussion Rondo
Listen to Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott play, "The Swan"
Listen and Watch the listening map for "The Aquarium"
Dance party and Zoo yoga poses to "The Aviary," "The Kangaroo," and "Elephants"
Plus, at the bottom of the lesson are two links. One to a YouTube playlist of Happy Songs and another to a Spotify playlist of Happy Songs. Enjoy listening with your families.
Fossils listening Map
Learn Animal Body Percussion
Create our own Body Percussion Rondo
Perform the Body Percussion Ronod
Listen and Watch Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott play "the Swan" from Carnival of the Animals
Listen and Watch this listening map of "The Aquarium" from Carnival of the Animals
Dance Party!
Free dance and Zoo Yoga poses for 3 songs from Carnival of the Animals