Thank you, parents, for attending today! Please note, there may be a typo in the "Play Piano" section of the practice this week. It says to play p. 4 of Turtle Shells, but it should say p. 5. This week, place the red Stickers on the bass C, E, and G for the Left Hand (LH) and remove the Right Hand (RH) stickers IF your child is ready. Think of the stickers as training wheels — we wouldn't use them forever but they're a great help when getting started! Celebrate Connection Focus on making practice time as fun and loving as possible — give your child warm, friendly eye contact, smile with your voice, be a little silly, show you are relaxed and happy to sit with your child, and look for the good in your child's effort. Notice the joy in your child's eyes. Verbalize the good you see and hug your child often. This is the beginning of the practice relationship that will be essential to your child's success in Let's Play Music. The more you invest your energy into positive interaction, the more solid and successful this habit will become. Homework pp. 4–5: Students trace the clefs and fill in the chord notes. Left Hand Finger Power through Bubble Hands & Turtle Shells This semester we will focus on strengthening our left hand finger muscles! Use Bubble Hands to strengthen and reinforce finger numbers. Thumb is 1, Pointer is 2, Middle is 3, Ring-man is 4, and Pinky is 5. LH pinky is on C, the bottom red dot. Playing Turtle Shells with the music album will ALSO help strengthen those fingers. Look closely at the music on the page and it will help you know what finger numbers to play. Do You Want To Build a Red Snowman? The Left Hand Red Chord looks like the right hand Red Chord: stacked up nice and neat with a 3rd on the bottom and a 3rd on the top in a snowman shape. Use LH finger numbers 5-3-1 (finger 5 on bass C, the bottom red dot). Invite your little musician to play Old Paint with the left hand this week! Caterpillar Song The proper hand position for this technique song is Middle C Position where both thumbs SHARE Middle C like a BUTTERFLY! Since both red chords are shaped like a snowman, how do we know which hand to play it with? By looking at which CLEF is on the staff. Introducing Treble and Bass Clef! The TREBLE CLEF has a lot of curls, like "Girls Curly Hair, (say it in a high pitched voice because those are the high notes that we play with our right hand). The BASS CLEF looks like "Father's Strong Arm and some fathers like to play bass-ball!" (say it in a deep voice because those are the low notes that we play with our left hand). You can download the Pirate Ships coloring book below. Enjoy coloring together while listening to the music! ![]()
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