Silver Buttons #9 – Musik & Me – Featuring Lets Play Music and Sound Beginnings

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Lesson # 9

Children sing spontaneously because it is joyous, playful, personal, expressive, and creative. Their natural desire to imitate helps develop their singing voice, learn to match pitch and sing simple melodies correctly.

Next week’s songs:

Days of the Week
DO Pentatonic Scale
In My Class I Have Some Bells
Cherry Pe
Lady with the Alligator Purse
Celebration Dance (Horn Concerto #4)
Un Elephant
Six Little Ducks
Il Court Il Court Le Furet
The Water is Wide

Registration starts this FRIDAY at NOON for the next semester of Sound Beginnings which is called Black Spiders! For those of you “graduating” into Let’s Play Music, you can register for that as well. If you register by March 20th, you don’t have to pay the $20 registration fee! I have several class times available for both SB and LPM.

I will be doing more preview classes the next couple weeks. Please sign up for as many preview classes as you would like. (Think of them as “make up” classes for any you may have missed!) Please let your friends know about the preview classes as well. Full preview classes are WAY more fun than small classes. I have to cancel any preview class that doesn’t have at least 3 families in it!

You should have received a separate email about Spirit Month, so have fun earning as many tickets as you can!

Unvoiced Sounds
The "unvoiced" sounds do not have a vowel sound attached. Pronouncing these sounds correctly will help your children as they start to sound out words they are reading. Voiced vs. Unvoiced, Text/Video Explanation

SOL-MI singing
Children naturally use the Sol-Mi interval when singing or calling, making it a great place to start when teaching children to sing in tune! LPM Blog

“Il Court, Il Court Le Furet” is a traditional French children’s folk song and singing game. French folk music varies by the region in which it originated and reflects the traditions and culture of that region.

Because all folk music around the world originated with commoners, untrained in the musical arts, it’s melodies are easy to learn and sing. This makes folk music, in any language, a wonderful tool for early music instruction.

Optional Home Fun Activity:
Color and cut out the ferret puppet on page 35 in your workbook.

Here is a video of a jazzy version of “Baby Elephant Walk” that features the clarinet! Also, be sure to check out the bass around the 2 minute mark (and there are trumpets shown briefly around the 1 minute mark as well)!

Spacial Awareness and Gross Motor
The gross movement used in class helps to develop the infant’s vestibular system. The vestibular system provides our brain with information about motion, head position, and spatial orientation; it
also helps us to keep our balance, stabilize our head and body during movement, and maintain posture.

Sound Beginnings is education through musical play! It prepares children for success in Kindergarten and Let’s Play Music. Sound Beginnings provides research-based elements that stimulate growth in the areas particularly crucial to the development of the young child. These elements make up the foundation of the Sound Beginnings curriculum. Here is just one:

Sound Beginnings channels the young voice into beautiful, in-tune singing by providing proper vocal modeling in the correct range. Solfege hand signs teach pitch relationships; the minor 3rd (SOL-MI) pattern is used to develop in-tune singing and pitch matching.

Have a musical day!
-Ms. Bethany 🙂