Also on the musicplayonline website, you can click on 6^th Grade and play the games listed above. These are actually ways of practicing some skills and knowledge we have been working on in music class (lines and spaces and music vocabulary). Follow the directions below.

1. Click on the game you want to play

2. Read the instructions

3. Click START and play

4. Also, for each game, there is a menu above the game called “activity type.” The first time you play, leave it where it is. Then you can try the various “activity types.

Remember our sayings for treble clef lines and spaces (from bottom to top):

LINES—Every Good Boy Does Fine

SPACES—F,A,C,E spells the word “face”

Remember our sayings for bass clef lines and spaces (from bottom to top):

LINES—Great Big Dogs Fight Animals

SPACES—All Cows Eat Grass.

Go to All Games, click on "Rhythm Racing," choose the level and play the game. 6^th graders should be able to play levels 1-4 in the game. Here are some new helpful hints:

1. Listen to each rhythm (the game gives you plenty of time to answer)

2. Figure out what the counting should be--like a rhythm reader (1, 2e+a, 3+, etc)

3. Decide if this is the same as what you heard.

4. Click on YES or NO.

Go to the website tonictotor.com to try these two free games related to piano playing. Here are the directions:

1. Login with username "labmand" and password "labm98957"

2. Go to the menu--the lines at the top/left of the green screen.

3. Click on "freeplay" in the games section. These two games are free.

4. Click on "piano keys"

5. You will see various levels. You actually should start at Pre-A for a review of the piano white keys. [Remember: dog house and people house--dog, cat, elephant, front door, back door, Aunt Anne, grandma.]

6. Click on "finger puppets"

7. Also start this on level Pre-A for a review of finger numbers for piano playing.