Songs from the Montessori Lesson, January 13
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We had such a fun class today! We discussed theme and variation today in class. Reagan played her violin for everyone to help us learn what at theme and a variation are. First we listened to the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the violin and then sang the song together as a class. Singing the song the way we are used to is the theme and the rhythmic notation looks like this;
Next Reagan changed the rhythm of the theme creating a variation on Twinkle Twinkle. We could still identify that the song was Twinkle Twinkle Little Star but this time she used a 16th note rhythm that we called "Grandma rides a motorcycle." Ask your children if they remember this variation and can sing it for you this week at home. We will sing more variations on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in the weeks to come.
We did an instrument play along to Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. Click the link below to play along at home and enjoy listening and watching the video as well!
We have also been working on creating our own vocal rhythmic patterns with animal sounds! All of the children are very creative and rhythmically accurate!
Next Reagan changed the rhythm of the theme creating a variation on Twinkle Twinkle. We could still identify that the song was Twinkle Twinkle Little Star but this time she used a 16th note rhythm that we called "Grandma rides a motorcycle." Ask your children if they remember this variation and can sing it for you this week at home. We will sing more variations on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in the weeks to come.
We did an instrument play along to Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. Click the link below to play along at home and enjoy listening and watching the video as well!
We have also been working on creating our own vocal rhythmic patterns with animal sounds! All of the children are very creative and rhythmically accurate!
