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Here you can find all the information for the classes each week!
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Pink Piggies #12
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 | Pink Piggies Lessons
Lesson #12
No class next week because it’s spring break! Final tuition is due when we come back in 2 weeks.
Lesson 15 will be an "Instrument Day"! This class gives families a chance to share an instrument. Of course, performing is optional and you are welcome to just listen, but we would enjoy hearing from you, your child, or another family member or friend who plays an instrument. We welcome any and all performers! Let me know if you have any questions.
Next week we'll sing these songs in class:
- Ten Little Pennies
- Name the Instruments
- Grandma's Glasses
- Doggie, Doggie, Where's Your Bone?
- Take Me Out to the Ballgame
- Bow Wow Wow
- To Market
- The Happy Farmer
- My Little Rooster
- Uno, Dos, Tres
- De Colores
Two of the songs we sing this semester, Picaflor and Hey! Hey! Look at Me!, have only two pitches, SOL and MI. A third song, Doggie, Doggie, Where’s Your Bone?, adds LA for a total of only three pitches. This is because the SOL-MI interval is the easiest interval for the child to learn to recognize, imitate, and sing in tune, therefore allowing children to have successful singing experiences. We also use these songs to expose children to the musical staff and pitch relationships.
Optional home fun activity: Make the doggie and bone puppets on page 29
(Remember, these activities are optional but can be a great bonding experience to do with your child during the week.)
Here's a fun video of "Grandma's Glasses" for you!
Have a musical day!
-Ms. Bethany :)
Orange Roots #12
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 | Orange Roots Lessons
Lesson #12
NO CLASSES NEXT WEEK FOR SPRING BREAK! The following week will be parent week and final tuition is due! If you are unsure if you are caught up on your payments or not, please just ask.
I will be printing each child's composition in a book that I will present each child at the recital. I will need to finalize their compositions this week so they have time to practice them. I want them to feel confident playing them in front of an audience. If any changes need to be made, please let me know ASAP!
In class this week we got to experience harmonic dictation. We listened to more than one note played at a time and wrote it in our books. The students are getting really good at knowing the difference between how the red, blue and yellow chords sound!
Any changes your child would like to make to their compositions should be given to me as soon as possible. I'm planning to print final copies pretty soon, so I'd like to be sure they are exactly the way the students want them.
Our compositions are coming along great! Please be sure your student is introducing their piece (as it is written in their homework book) each time they practice it so they can be well prepared for our recital! The introduction should be memorized, but their composition doesn't need to be... although it will help them feel more confident if they do!
We are getting so good at playing our scales in F Major, G Major, and A minor. Check out this fun video to see what it would look like to play your scales with your feet!!!
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 :)
Blue Bugs #12
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 | Blue Bugs Lessons
Lesson #12
No class next week for Spring Break! Parents come the following week and final tuition is due! If you are unsure if you are caught up on your payments or not, please just ask.
Next class we will choose what your child will be playing in the showcase. I'll give you each a couple options. I'd like all the kids to have a couple opportunities to shine. Remember, we are not a performing group, but we do like to showcase what we've learned, so please have them practice their part. They don't need to have it memorized, but they will feel more confident if they do.
The Ants Go Marching
Marching to this fun song helps us learn to keep a steady beat. We also reviewed the cadence pattern SOL LA TI DO. Repetition is key to training the ear!
Baby Butterfly
This song is hard to get out of your head once you start singing it. This activity is designed to help the students identify bug rhythms and rhythmic patterns in the songs they are singing. In class we went on a bug hunt!
We have been using solfege for a while now. If your child needs more exposure to help them remember the hand signs, click here to read a very helpful article on the LPM blog. Also, I made my own quick videos of how you can remember the signs.
Turn on this fun video of the "Ants Go Marching" and have your kids act out the catchy nursery rhyme! An added bonus...it's great exercise!
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 :)
Bridge #29
Thursday, March 20, 2025 | Bridge Lessons
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Here is some of what we did in class this week:
This week your child will do the red and purple highlighted assignments at home! Parents need to initial completed assignments this week in order for the kids to get their reward in class!
Be sure your child is practicing their recital piece (primary song) every time they practice. They don't need to play the entire song, but they need to try to make a small section of it perfect. Use those sticker charts I gave you!
Don't forget to please help your child pass off their songs and scales to earn pins! You just need to send me a video of them playing. The scales can be played with or without the back track, but they need to be perfect at least one time with both hands. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Have a musical day!
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Yellow Arrows #11
Thursday, March 20, 2025 | Yellow Arrows Lessons
Lesson #11
Here is a really great technique idea you can try at home! It's a video made by a Let's Play Music teacher in Ogden. Please watch it and try it with your child, especially if they are having trouble keeping their "bubble hand" shape! This will help keep fingers from "flying away". Give it a try!
Registration for next year is open for current students and we are at the final stages! You have until April 30th to register and enroll your student for 3rd year. If you register by March 29th, you won't have to pay the $20 registration fee! I realize some of you are waiting on other details before finalizing your class time. Just be sure you watch the deadline so you don't get a late registration processing fee.
Celebrate Connection
A few ideas to make practice time more playful!
- Tap the rhythm of your RH while tapping the rhythm of your LH on the keyboard cover (Or just tap one hand if the song is hands alone).
- Pick a measure to play, then close your book and try it from memory.
- Face Time (or call) a family member and play for them.
Scale In and Out
This technique is teaching contrary motion where the same finger numbers are played together moving in opposite directions. RH pinky (5) begins on Treble C and LH pinky (5) begins on Bass C. Play and sing IN the major scale with fingers 5 4 3 2 1 POP 3 2 1. Both thumbs will land on Middle C. Then play back OUT using fingers 1 2 3 POP 1 2 3 4 5.
Oh, When the Saints
March 2, 3, 4! We can march with our feet AND our fingers. A marching chord is a type of stylized chord that will make this song sound much more like a march. To play a marching chord, play the bottom note of the chord alone and the top two notes (interval) together and the fingers are MARCHING! Feel free to march around the house as your child plays marching chords with this energetic song!
Tinga Layo
To practice Tinga Layo, play the block chord as written with the calypso rhythm. An example of how to play this rhythm is at the bottom of the page in the songbook. Follow the chords and CHANT in rhythm Shoo-oot the Bug Bug or Ting-a Lay-O while playing!
With Spring in the air, your blooming musician can hop on this life-size keyboard practicing the music alphabet in the sunshine!
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 :)
