In Kindergarten we have been working on singing, dancing, and playing instruments. Since the beginning of the year we have been "Going to the Farm" and singing about a different animal each week. Every animal makes a sound which we play on a different instruments. Once we learned all 5 instruments, we played them altogether! Here's a picture of "Listen to the Animals." Notice each row has their own instrument and they passed them to the next student themselves!
- ducks: "quack" on claves
- chicken: "bawk" on tone bells
- sheep: "baaa" on maracas
- cow: "mooo" on triangle
- horse: "neigh" on castanets
Since Kindergarten has music three days a week, one extra time than the other grades, we do a technology day on Tuesday! This gives the students a chance to learn about different artists that use instruments in new and exciting ways, or learn new movement activities from expert videos. This week we did Cosmic Kids Yoga. This is a great series of videos that matches yoga moves to stories! Yoga is a beginning tool for learning how to create dance moves to match lyrics in songs. Here's a picture of the class doing yoga!