Now that everyone has gotten to know one another we were able to jump right into our singing and movement activities first thing this morning. We sang some new songs and reviewed some of the favorites from Monday.
Our instrument family of the day was the brass section, so at orchestra rehearsal we visited the trumpet, french horn, trombone, bass trombone, and tuba. The bass trombone and tuba's extremely low notes were pretty impressive.
Back in our classroom we played with various rhythmic instruments from the percussion section. Everyone had a chance to hold and play drums, tambourine, woodblock, guiro, cowbell, jingle bells, castanets, and sandblock to accompany a recording of John Philip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever"
Beyond exploring ways of playing these instruments, we've also started describing the types of sounds each can make (short/long, high/low, etc). Tomorrow we have an art activity where each child will paint what they hear while listening to a piece of music (please don't wear your best clothes tomorrow- we may get a bit messy!)
Looking forward to seeing each of the campers tomorrow,
-'Miss Susannah'
Susannah Steele
Our instrument family of the day was the brass section, so at orchestra rehearsal we visited the trumpet, french horn, trombone, bass trombone, and tuba. The bass trombone and tuba's extremely low notes were pretty impressive.
Back in our classroom we played with various rhythmic instruments from the percussion section. Everyone had a chance to hold and play drums, tambourine, woodblock, guiro, cowbell, jingle bells, castanets, and sandblock to accompany a recording of John Philip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever"
Beyond exploring ways of playing these instruments, we've also started describing the types of sounds each can make (short/long, high/low, etc). Tomorrow we have an art activity where each child will paint what they hear while listening to a piece of music (please don't wear your best clothes tomorrow- we may get a bit messy!)
Looking forward to seeing each of the campers tomorrow,
-'Miss Susannah'
Susannah Steele
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