Today was a really fun class and we covered a lot of great stuff. Your kids did great! It was our last week of The Royal Problem puppet show (we performed it with the parachute!)  and next week I'll introduce a new puppet show. We practiced playing rhythms in 4/4 time counting to 4 for each measure and started learning Part 1 of Song of Joy. Your kids' sight reading skills keep improving. Remember to help them look for whether the notes stay the same, or if they go up/down a baby step/skip. 

Next week is parent week! Come enjoy class with your kids! See you then. :) 

Song of Joy

After experiencing it with our bodies, your child is ready to execute this tricky upbeat rhythm with their fingers. This song is also an opportunity to play as part of an ensemble in class and to audiate the model in their head while playing on their own. 

Speaking of playing as an ensemble staff, check out this live instrument flash mob of Ode to Joy in Spain!

How's it going with your flashcards? Have you shuffled in the treble clef lines yet? Click here for an online game to quiz your student on all of the treble clef notes we have learned so far! 

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Thank you!