Second Graders in Ms. Beber's class use balls to practice keeping the steady beat while listening to "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from the "Peer Gynt Suite" by Edvard Grieg. Using the balls gives the children a physical way to explore the tempo changes, while the dynamic changes of the piece help strengthen listening skills.
Students in K-Doremus are learning to tie their own shoes by singing the song, "Can You Tie Your Own Shoes?" and then practicing on shoe templates complete with real shoe strings!
2-Restrepo's class playing Boomwhackers on "Che Che Koolay", a call-and-response song from Ghana.
4-Ray's class has begun learning to play the recorder! The music room is ringing with the sounds of "Hot Cross Buns" and "Down At the Station!"
4-Biermann learned a rhythm stick dance from India!
3-Brown's class playing the Autoharp on our Book Fair song, "Books Fall Open".
3-Pena's class is studying musical Form using our ribbon wands to interpret Kabalevsky's "Galop" from "The Comedians".
K-Smith's class playing "hands together" on the steady beat on our "Respect Rap".
3-Russo's class interpreting Rossini's "William Tell Overture" with the parachute.
1-Talley's class playing rhythm instruments on Rossini's "William Tell Overture".
1-Taylor's class playing Orff instruments on our "Respect Rap".
4-Green's class playing handchimes on "Chatter With the Angels".
K-Lemanski's class demonstrating the handsign for Mi.
K-Lemanski's class demonstrating the handsign for Sol.
