Class was fun last week! Keep up the good work practicing and please remember to play the Alphabet Pieces game. Next week is PARENT DAY. I'm excited to see you and your kiddo in class.  

We will also have some extra fun celebrating Spirit Week! Spirit Week gives us an excuse to celebrate Let's Play Music and this incredibly fun way to learn musicianship and playing the piano. I'll even introduce a little studio contest that will run for a couple weeks and give you a chance to win some fun prizes! 

The Let's Play Music company is also celebrating the LPM Spirit ALL MONTH by holding national contests on their Instagram page! Follow them @letsplaymusic_official to get the details on how to win. This week it's $200 prize to go toward tuition! There's also a monthly grand prize for 2 tickets to Disneyland! 

Oh, When the Saints & Lullaby and Goodnight

D-O-W-N and that’s the DOWN-BEAT! The downbeat is the strong beat that tells us when to begin playing a song. Sometimes the downbeat is on the first word of a song, sometimes it is not. Ask your child what word the DOWNBEAT is on in both of these songs!

Tinga Layo

Our toe-tapping donkey, dances a shaky, stylized rhythm called CALYPSO. See if you can hear this fun rhythm while singing along!

I Am Robin Hood

It’s duet time! While your child plays the melody, you or a sibling can clap or pat drumbeats on lap in a repeated slug pattern. Then switch! Once your child is confidant playing the melody by themselves, invite them to pat their own leg while playing. Impressive harmony!

When listening to Don't Put Your Trash encourage your child to do the actions to the part he hears during the harmony. It is also creative to change up the lyrics especially when encouraging chores: Don't put your SOCKS (insert any noun) in my BEDROOM (insert any place) my bedroom's full!

I value open and honest communication so please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, concerns, or comments.

Thank you!