Tuesday, February 4, 2025 | Blue Bugs Lessons

Lesson #5

Are you turning the Blue Bugs music on everyday? ♫ Your whole family will benefit. Thanks for being such great supportive parents! These kids come to class ready to learn and have fun. They are just soaking up the musical concepts and skills I am teaching. They could not do it without great parents like you, working right alongside them. Give yourselves a big pat on the back. Great work!

Please respond to my survey so I know what days/times work for you for next fall! I want to be sure you will have a 2nd year class! If you're not sure of your schedule, just give your best estimate. I will adjust classes if necessary as time gets closer to ensure that everyone can be in a second year class. (I would like a starting point though!) Here's the link:

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P.S. Tuition is due this week (if you haven't already paid it)!

Umburra
Learning to anticipate a beat and feel the beat internally is necessary when developing little musicians. The Umburra game helps us to do just that! Practice it at home when you are "playing" with your students. Pass the stick on the beat and whoever has it at the end of the song is the winner!

Playing Skips on the Bells!
We are learning piano skills when we play skips on our bells. Even though the students don't know it, what we learn on the bells will transfer directly over to the piano. It's better to sight read using "relationships" like steps and skips because it reduces the processing your mind has to interpret when reading notes. Plus, we can do it BEFORE they learn note names. It's brilliant!

Rhythmic Notation
Today in class we added another layer of knowledge using our bugs! We saw that our musical bugs match with musical rhythms!! It was a great ah-ha moment and musical discovery for your student. They got to match each bug with it with it's rhythmic representation. (That's our home fun writing activity this week!)

We have a great article on subdividing. Check it out here!  
 

Let's take a walk in the jungle! "Walking In The Jungle" uses full body involvement (walking, stomping, jumping, skipping) with some creative play to teach steady beat. Gather your children and teach this song to the whole family.

Here is a link to all the skills videos as well as the link to be able to purchase a class video to make up for a missed class. (tap or scan)

Have a musical day!
-Ms. Bethany :)