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I'm so excited to start registration for a new year of Let's Play Music! I will be teaching 1st year, 2nd year and 3rd year classes this year, and I'm thrilled to be adding Sound Beginnings classes (a precursor to Let's Play Music) for 2-4 year olds as well! Classes start in August and follow the 2013-2014 school year. Register now to secure your spot. Classes fill up fast!
Click Here to register online.
For questions please feel free to contact me:
Lily Hight
letsplaymusic.lily@gmail.com
801-995-9526
Let's Play Music
Let's Play Music is a music theory course that emphasizes total musicianship through piano playing, singing, classical music, note reading and ear training...and it's accomplished through PLAY! Children start the 3-year sequential program at age 4-5.
Let's Play Music classes (ages 4-5):
Tuesday 10:45 - 11:30 pm; register now
Tuesday 1:00 - 1:45 pm; register now
Sound Beginnings
Sound Beginnings is a fun new curriculum that is specifically designed for ages 2-4 and their parents. By providing a solid music and preschool foundation, Sound Beginnings prepares students for success in Let’s Play Music and Kindergarten! The curriculum is organized into four non-sequential semesters. Each semester is four months long and provides experience with important music concepts and skills through different songs and games. Classes include singing, movement, games, stories, and activities, focusing on different concepts each semester.
Sound Beginnings classes (ages 2-4):
Tuesday 9:15 - 9:45 am; will open when 10:00 am time is full
Tuesday 10:00 - 10:30 am; register now
Welcome back from our holiday break! We're going to have so much fun in our Blue Bugs semester! Here are some of the fun new things we did today:
We learned a new cadence pattern today, So-La-Ti-Do. Learning cadence patterns help us hear the ending patterns in music. They bring us back to "home." Learning to recognize patterns is essential in music training as we train the ear and learn skills that will aid us in reading and playing music.
I'm impressed with how well the students are remembering their solfeg syllables and hand signs and how well they played their major scales up and down on their bells. We learned the actions to our Clickety Clack song, learned how to skip, and sang and played a sad, slow song about our old horse "Paint."
We also introduced our Bug Rhythm song which will help us with rhythmic notation and subdiving a beat. These cool rhythm bugs are going to teach us a lot!
Last, but not least, we learned a new puppet show today! Triumphant March is a song from the opera "Aida" by Giuseppe Verdi. We have so much fun performing our puppet shows while learning to listen intellegently to classical music and recognizing classical form.
Hooray for Blue Bugs!
We've completed our Red Balloons semester which is packed full of invaluable ear training, rhythm development, and staff awareness activities. Way to go 1st years!
Check out all the great musical skills we're developing!
Have a wonderful holiday break! We'll see you for the start of our Blue Bugs semester on January 8th!
Below is a list of the learning activities we've accomplished so far along with each activity's purpose:
In Let's Play Music we love our puppet shows! They help us appreciate and
listen intelligently to classical music. The children learn to distinguish the
different sections, instruments, and themes while doing actions that tell a
story.
We've had so much fun performing "Aragonnaise" from Carmen
by Georges Bizet (aka "The Magical Lamp")! We're now moving on to our "Waltz of the Flowers" puppet show which is a song from "The Nutcracker" by Pytor Tchaikovsky. The children received new puppets to color and create this week. I can't wait to see how they turn out!
Classes have started with our Red Balloons semester! We're having so much fun playing and learning. What a joy this program is!
Coming Up...
We've got a date and time for the MANDATORY PARENT ORIENTATION meeting! It will be held at my house, 792 W 1360 N, Orem on August 14th at 7:00 - 7:45 p.m.
You will be given a lot of important information that evening, so this meeting
is for parents only. You'll also receive your student's materials for the year,
and learn how to help your child succeed and get the most out of class! I’ll
give everyone a quick reminder call a couple of days before, but please mark
your calendars. Also, please RSVP to me so I know that you're able to attend that
night.
I'm looking forward to a fun-filled year of musical training! It will be so great!
Fellow Let's Play Music teacher, Gina Weibel, was featured in the news in her area! I thought the news station did a great job representing the fabulous Let's Play Music program. Check it out!
http://video.channel3000.com/watch.php?id=42250
