Mid-September:

We're a few weeks in with our music lessons, and thus far we've had the opportunity to explore the fundamentals of beat, rhythm, syncopation, melody, tempo, dynamics, whole/half/quarter/eighth notes...and after all that work, rests! The kindergarten begins lessons this week along with library, so the fun is just getting started!!! Keep an eye (and an ear) out for the next update sometime around mid-October. School has begun =)

Mid-October

Several weeks into our school year and we've already had some hands-on creative expression with egg-shakers, hand drums, boom-whackers, hand drums, and various other percussion instruments to continue in steady beat & rhythm exercises, moving on to body percussion sounds with snaps, claps, stomps, and hands on laps. Here and there, students have had opportunities to put mallets to xylophones, metallophones, and glockenspiels, as well as jingle some bells and strum a guitar. Thanks to the spooky mood of this month, we've even had a go at listening to major/minor chord differences. The most accessible instrument of all has also seen some practice, as we warm up our voices with songs for the Christmas performance just around the wintry corner.

Mid-November