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| Lesson # 10 |
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 Next week’s songs: - Days of the Week
- Acka Backa
- The Shape Song
- Name the Instruments (French horn, clarinet, triangle, trumpet, bass)
- Jack and Jill
- Lady with the Alligator Purse
- Six Little Ducks
- Celebration Dance (Horn Concerto #4)
- Il Court Il Court Le Furet
- Un Elephant
- The Water is Wide
| | Believe it or not, our semester of musical fun is quickly coming to a close! I would love to have you join us for more musical adventures. The next semester of Sound Beginnings will be Black Spiders. I hope to see you all there…well, most of you! For those of you with a child that will be age 4 by September 1st, I invite you to come to a Let’s Play Music free preview class. You can sign up here: https://www.musikandme.com/Preview-Class. I encourage you to invite a friend to join you too! You can learn more about Let’s Play Music on my website: www.musikandme.com It’s similar to Sound Beginnings, but not really! It’s a 3-year total musicianship program where kids will learn piano skills, music theory, classical music appreciation, in-tune singing, and SO MUCH MORE, all through play! |
 Cultural Importance of Dance
Dance has long been used throughout the world to celebrate festivals, births, weddings, crop harvests, or other important occasions. Simple Overview, Basic Timeline/History Next Semester
Our next semester of Sound Beginnings classes is Black Spiders! In addition to creepy crawlies we will learn about trains, manners, and the months of the year. You’ve already received a separate email with registration information. Be sure to check it out if you haven’t already! The Early Bird Special ends soon! |
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We love our sing-along books in Sound Beginnings! Besides being fun, reading aloud to young children has many benefits. To name a few: - It varies the vocabulary to which children are exposed.
- It affects brain activity associated with visual imagery.
- It enhances concentration.
- It develops creativity and encourages imagination.
- It strengthens social, emotional and character development.
Fun Fact: if you spend just 20 minutes per day reading with your child, during the course of the year you will have accumulated over 120 hours of quality time with him/her. Optional Home Fun Activity:
Make the alligator purse on page 25 in the workbook — it’s a great place to store your shape buttons! 🙂 | | |
| Here is a video with our Celebration Dance! It’s really called Horn Concerto #4 by Mozart. It’s a little longer here than what we do in class, but it shows the instruments playing it…especially the French horn! (You can see just how big the bass actually is – there are two of them in the back at time 0:36!) |
 Language Development
Babies learn words more easily when they are accompanied by simple melodies. Singing folk
songs, rhymes, and other child-friendly repertoire exposes them to new vocabulary. |
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| 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: | | |
 | In class we experience steady beat and imitate rhythmic patterns with our voices, bodies, and through hands-on use of instruments. We incorporate Eurythmics, which is movement-based rhythm training that is perfect for toddlers! | |
Have a musical day!
-Ms. Bethany 🙂  |