Musik & Me – Featuring Lets Play Music and Sound Beginnings

Creating musical children…one note at a time!

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Lesson # 12
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No class next week because of Spring Break!

Next week’s songs:
  • Days of the Week
  • Name the Instruments (clarinet, French horn, bass, trumpet, triangle)
  • Jack and Jill
  • Acka Backa
  • Lady with the Alligator Purse
  • Button You Must Wander
  • This Little River
  • Six Little Ducks
  • Il Court Il Court Le Furet
  • Celebration Dance (Horn Concerto #4)
  • The Water is Wide

Parents come the following week and final payment is due! If you are unsure if you are caught up on your payments or not, please just ask.

All entries for the Spirit Month drawing are due this Saturday by 8:00pm. NO EXCEPTIONS. You MUST fill out this form if you wish to enter the drawing. You can text me a picture of your BINGO card if you didn’t bring it to class.

I hope you and your children have learned some fun songs you will continue to sing together. Singing is not only enjoyable, it has is beneficial in the following ways:

  • boosts the immune system
  • lowers stress levels and is a natural antidepressant
  • broadens communication skills
  • boosts confidence     

Chants & Rhymes
Chants and rhymes expose children to the rhythm and sounds of language that improve communication skills and build vocabulary. Rhythm & Rhyme, General Benefits

Improbable Storylines
Besides being fun, reading books with improbable story lines engages a child’s imagination, curiosity, and creativity. Humorous Books
learn and grow
Solfege is a centuries-old method used around the world and widely taught at all levels of music instructions. It utilizes syllables and hand signs to develop and strengthen the understanding of pitch relationships and teach sight singing. Understanding solfege also aids in transcribing (writing down) music and improves improvisational and composition skills.    
Optional Home Fun Activity:
Make the duck puppets on page 33 in the workbook.
Here is a short video series I made for you that can help you remember the solfege signs!
Cause & Effect
Your baby’s primary interest is making things happen. So when your little one shakes a bell or rattle and then hears the sound, this helps make the first—of many—learning connections about cause and effect, or "what happens when I do this?"
7 foundational elements
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:
classical music Our classes teach intelligent listening and understanding of classical form in a fun and interactive way. Each semester we study the timbre (tam’-ber) of various instruments and our ‘smart moves’ dances involve the whole body in an enjoyable, classical music experience.

Have a musical day!
-Ms. Bethany 🙂

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