Hilary Yip, MT-BC, NMT
Board Certified Music Therapist, Neurologic Music Therapist
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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Happy Halloween!
It’s a great day to have rain to get in the Halloween spirit! Many students have asked about making the skeletons and in some classes we did not get a chance to make them. Click Skeleton Pieces for a PDF … Continue reading
Posted in All-Stars 13-14, Bears 13-14, Butterflies 13-14, Dolphins 13-14, Ducks 13-14, Elephants 13-14, Explorers 13-14, Giraffes 13-14, Halloween, Ladybugs 13-14, Mustangs 13-14, Penguins 13-14, Rockets 13-14, Seals 13-14, Turtles 13-14, Wranglers 13-14, Zebras 13-14
Tagged Halloween spirit, Happy Halloween, ids, kids, music, Skeleton
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“The Sneaky Sounds” Instrumental Prelude
Congratulations to all the performers today! The Penguins and the Mustangs did a great job acting out “The Vanishing Pumpkin,” our Halloween show. The Explorers set the Halloween mood with a musical prelude “The Sneaky Sounds.” About a month ago, … Continue reading
Posted in Explorers 13-14, Halloween, Instrument Play, Music
Tagged Halloween, Halloween show, kids, music, music composition, Sneaky Sounds
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Spider Web Play Additional Photos
Here are more pictures for the Spider Web Play Extensions (click here to read post) and Spider Numbers Game (click here to read post). Two more days to enjoy spider web play until Halloween!
Posted in Giraffes 13-14, Halloween, Mustangs 13-14, Turtles 13-14
Tagged Halloween, kids, music, numbers, Spider Web
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Spider Web Play Extensions
The spider web is proving to be fun for many opportunities of extended learning. My music selection today was “In the Hall of the Mountain King” from “Peer Gynt” by Edvard Grieg. Many students recognized the music from movies, their … Continue reading
Posted in Bears 13-14, Dance, Dolphins 13-14, Ladybugs 13-14, Seals 13-14, Zebras 13-14
Tagged kids, music, music classes, numbers, Spider Web, The spider web
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Martial Arts: Step-Drag On the Lines
In martial arts, the Ladybugs, Rockets, and Explorers learned how to do a step-drag: step with one foot and then drag the other. We did the step-drag on the spider lines, which gave us directionality, space, and a visual cue … Continue reading
Posted in Explorers 13-14, Ladybugs 13-14, Martial Arts, Rockets 13-14
Tagged foot movements, Martial Arts, movement
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Call for Materials: Sound Garden
I am excited to announce that I have teamed up with Kelly and the Butterflies class to create a Sound Garden at The Parish School. Having a Sound Garden promotes music learning outside the classroom, providing areas for listening to … Continue reading
Posted in All-Stars 13-14, Bears 13-14, Butterflies 13-14, Dolphins 13-14, Ducks 13-14, Elephants 13-14, Explorers 13-14, Giraffes 13-14, Ladybugs 13-14, Mustangs 13-14, Penguins 13-14, Rockets 13-14, Seals 13-14, The Parish School, Turtles 13-14, Wranglers 13-14, Zebras 13-14
Tagged Sound Garden, The Parish School
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The Spider Numbers Game
I created a spider numbers game using the giant floor spider web. With pictures of spiders, I numbered them from 1 to 10 and left 6 blank spiders. As a class, we talked and decided an action corresponding to each … Continue reading
Posted in Explorers 13-14, Halloween, Mustangs 13-14, Penguins 13-14, Rockets 13-14, Uncategorized, Wranglers 13-14
Tagged Halloween, kids, Music Game, Spider
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