First Day of School

Sorry this is 2 days late! I had late church activities the last 2 nights and it has been a bit crazy! Now that I have my free day (Yeah!) I have a moment!

We had a great first day. I took pictures of everyone for our school bus on the wall, we explained their point folders and everyone seemed excited. Here's what happended in the classes I taught:

K Music- we are using the red Kindermusik Young Child CD (Cindy, I will make you a copy). We learned about different genres of music (band, choir, instrumental) and listened to examples of each. Practiced playing to a study beat, learned some music circle songs, had a parade, and introduced "ta" for quarter note "tee-tee" for eighth note and "sh" for rest.

French- Ms. LaLonde worked on colors with the K students and reviewing colors with 2nd grade. Sang songs. Good class. She told me it was a lot of fun working with more kids and they did great!

World Music (all grades). We are exploring music around the world and using the World Music CD (Cindy I will make you a copy). We introduced "Fatayo" and song from Senegal, Africa. We learned all about the country (weather, foods, language, flag etc.) We filled out our passports. We learned this song is a call response song and did a drumming activity using this idea. We danced with shakers to the song.

Ensemble Class (2nd grade) We got our stands, music, and recorders. They were told to practice once this week remembering 3 things: embouchure (there mouth should seal around the recorder with no teeth touching the mouthpiece), hand position (left hand on top, right on bottom), and breathe control (they should blow like they are making the flame on a candle flicker but not go out). In the beginning of their recorder books is an explanation of each if you would like to read further. They were very excited about thier "real " recorders!

Kindergarten History- We took a pretend rocket ride out of this world and viewed the Earth from space. We learned about the 7 continents, and sang a song about it. We played a guessing game, matching pictures to the continent they went on and looked at pictures of that continent. We read a book about a space journey called "Floating Home". They all did great.

See everyone at our "Mexican Fiesta" on Saturday at 4:30!