Lynn Kleiner's Music Box
Once again I am including a variety of activities for Irish music-making. This week’s download, Cockles and Mussels, will have all your classes singing, dancing, and playing. Check out this week's blog for the ways to use this from tots, preschool – grade 4 recorder.
We typically use our Rhythm Readers Weekly Lesson Plans for Kindergarten (if they’ve had our preschool music program) or Grade One (if they have had our Kindergarten Music). This year, a PTA raised funds for us to teach in a public school that had not had music. I use Rhythm Readers with Grade 2 students and I must say, they are loving it! Here are our awesome music makers after they figured out the 16 beats of Pease Porridge. The rhythm sticks on the floor show the bar lines, The porridge cups show the beats. The spoons show the quarter and eighth notes. This will be played next week on unpitched instruments with beat, rhythm and rests. (Spoons tapping on the bottom of the cups are also fun for some rhythmic improvisation or playing the rh! ythms of the rhyme!)
Rhythm Readers lessons are 50-55 minutes so we use one lesson plan per 2 lessons since we only see them for 25-30 minutes. This set gives us 26 weeks with this 13 lesson plan pack.
This week’s video shows clips of a PK/K class learning I-IV-V chord changes, a 2 and 3-year-old class learning timing and expressive qualities, and a kindergarten class experiences musical phrasing. These are a few of the type of activities during our glorious 4 days together at the summer training! I’m looking so forward to our awesome locations.
Happy Music Making,
