Lesson 12

Parents come next week & tuition is due!

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The recital is coming up! A separate email with specific practice instructions will be sent out. Please take the time to rehearse assigned songs at home and help your child prepare for their performance. Keep in mind, we are not a performing group, but we do like to showcase what we have learned!

Homework: pp. 28–31 Students cut out and glue on the Chords in Pieces solfege, as well as color the triangles. Be sure to listen to the CD and practice on the bells! Bell practice is essential to prepare students for Year 2 on the keyboards.

The Ants Go Marching
Marching to this fun song helps us learn to keep a steady beat. We also reviewed the cadence pattern SOL LA TI DO. Repetition is key to training the ear!

Baby Butterfly
This song is hard to get out of your head once you start singing it. This activity is designed to help the students identify bug rhythms and rhythmic patterns in the songs they are singing. In class we went on a bug hunt!

We have been using solfege for a while now. If your child needs more exposure to help them remember the hand signs, read on...

Turn on this fun video of the "Ants Go Marching" and have your kids act out the catchy nursery rhyme! An added bonus ... it's great exercise!