Journey Montessori, February 10
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I have so much fun teaching your children each week! We listened to the Tortoises from the Carnival of the Animals this week. We talked about how slowly they were dancing and used large, slow stretching movements to go along with this music. The children are getting more accurate with identifying instruments and what families they belong in each week! Listen to the Tortoises at home this week and see if your child can identify the animal the music is about and what instruments they hear! Parents can you hear a slow version of the "Can Can" being played? If you want to hear the fast/regular "Can Can" go to the May 22, 2010 posting and click the YouTube link there for it, then come back and listen for the slow version the turtles do here!
We also had a wonderful time dancing to the "Russian Sailors Dance." The children changed the way they were dancing and moving each time the music changed. We had to move with big and small, loud and soft, fast and slow, and high and low movements. Try this out at home with your child. If you don't know how to move to the music just follow what they do, kids are smart! You can listen to the "Russian Sailors Dance" by clicking on the YouTube link under the January 27, 2011 post.
Your children are creating fantastic rhythm patterns each week. I am always amazed at their creativity and willingness to share!
If you have the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" at home, ask you child to sing it to you. We sang the book to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."
We also had a wonderful time dancing to the "Russian Sailors Dance." The children changed the way they were dancing and moving each time the music changed. We had to move with big and small, loud and soft, fast and slow, and high and low movements. Try this out at home with your child. If you don't know how to move to the music just follow what they do, kids are smart! You can listen to the "Russian Sailors Dance" by clicking on the YouTube link under the January 27, 2011 post.
Your children are creating fantastic rhythm patterns each week. I am always amazed at their creativity and willingness to share!
If you have the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" at home, ask you child to sing it to you. We sang the book to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."
