Monthly Archives: August 2012

Freeze: Creative Movement Class!

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Hilary Yip

Welcome to Creative Movement on Thursdays and Fridays for the Seals, Elephants, Giraffes, Monkeys, and All-Stars.  Classes are on a weekly rotation basis in addition to their music classes earlier in the week.  It is all about moving and grooving … Continue reading →

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Calm Guitar Strumming

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Hilary Yip

The Ducks are an energetic group of students!  So curious, they want to explore all the instruments in the music room.  As a reward for doing well during our movement activity, I gave each student an opportunity to strum my … Continue reading →

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Click Clack: The Alphabet Train

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Hilary Yip

“It’s the ‘A’ train dump truck.” – Z. Adventurers The Alligators, Adventurers, Agents, Owls, Zebras, and Giraffes started this year working on the alphabet train.  With rhythm sticks, students made the “click clack” sound of the train coming.  I placed … Continue reading →

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Vocalizing As A Cow: “MooOooooOOOoo”

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Hilary Yip

“Up.  Down.  Up, down, up, down.  MoooOooOooOo” – picture on the board The students of All-Stars, Monkeys, Zebras, and Giraffes are working on vocalizing.  Using a microphone and cow puppet, they are following the direction of the arrows with their voices, … Continue reading →

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Music Communities in Development

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Hilary Yip

“A community is where people work together and take care of each other.” – G. Mustangs The Explorers, Mustangs, and Penguins are learning about communities in their academic lessons.  So in music, we are building our own community of musicians … Continue reading →

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