Daily (Weekly) Music Bingo Calls
Each day look at your bingo card and date the box that you completed the task. If you miss a day but you still want to do the activity that is OK too. If you need or want more bingo cards click here and you can reprint. Have fun and be musical!!!
mdunbar-cloutier@cesvt.net
DAILY MUSIC BINGO CALL
Thursday, June 4- Today is the last day of music. Had we been at school, we would have had field day or free choice. Some of the favorite things to do at school for free choice are: dancing/playing with balloons, ribbon wands, scarves and animusic. Linked are some videos to make your own ribbon wand and also my favorite scene from animusic, a live version at intel and also a different ball machine. Pick some of your favorite music and dance and celebrate the end of the school year. Remember that you can go back and do any of the activities on my website all summer long!
Friday, May 29- Today is the last day of daily tasks. It is refection time. Think about all the musical activities you have done throughout distance learning and tell me which was your favorite and why. Here is a very simple form to submit your reflections on.
Thursday, May 28- Today's theme is Body Percussion. Using your body to create music has been done for hundreds of years. The most common body percussive sounds are snapping, clapping, patting (your legs or other parts of your body) and stomping your feet. Attached is a google slideshow that has a couple of patterns students created many years ago as well as a slide for you to create your own. If you want to create something even more involved and harder, go for it. You can also practice the patterns at different tempos (speeds) to see how fast or slow you can do it. Have fun and don't forget to share your work with me at mdunbar-cloutier@cesvt.net.
Just for fun, if you want to watch a couple do a body percussion routine to "Dance Monkey" that is attached too. Can you do it? I had a hard time getting it at first!
Wednesday, May 27- Today is really hot. Find some shade and listen to the music of nature, birds, the wind, a brook, or even insects.
Tuesday, May 26- This week would have been free choice in my classroom. Please fill out this form and tell me what your favorite musical activities are
Friday, May 22- This weekend is Memorial day. Many communities would normally celebrate with parades and celebrations to honor those in the Armed Forces. I challenge you to have your own parade in your back yard. Create your own music, decorate your bike, wave a flag or ribbon. A common song that is played in a parade is "Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Phillip Sousa.
Thursday, May 21- Did you know kids all over the world play games with rocks? Today I have a video of a famous game from Ghana called "Obwisana" You will need one or two rocks per person. Have fun and don't forget to send me videos of what you do!
Wednesday, May 20- Did you know that you can create instruments out of rocks? Here is an example of a rock marimba. Here is an example of singing rocks. And finally a rock gong.
Tuesday, May 19- Continuing with our "Rocks" theme. Here is a link to the song "Rock, Paper, Scissors." Many of you may remember playing the song and the game during our dance unit in the past.
Monday, May 18- This week the specialists are going to do "Rocks" as a theme. For each of us you are going to need rocks so today focus on getting outside and gathering rocks. For music on Thursday you will need to have between 1 and 5 rocks that are easy to grab and pick up. Not too small or too big and heavy. So go outside and find a collection of rocks.
Friday, May 15- I have officially called all the squares on the bingo game. If you need to work on one you missed, find the activity directions below. If you have filled out your bingo cards and are ready to submit it, please do. You can take a photo, scan or just email me how many bingo's you got or if you did all the squares. For those that return them, I will send you a certificate of completion.
Thursday, May 14- A fun way to exercise is to dance. Today's challenge is to put on your best exercise/dance outfit and create your own dance. You can choose your own music, your own moves and then dance away. If you want to dance and create with others, or just get ideas on how to create your own dance, you can join me live at 11:30 for students in grades 3-6 and at 1 for students in k-2. Look for the link to appear here or on your google classroom page about 10 minutes before each time. If you create your own dance, please record me a clip and send it my way! Can't wait to see you and your awesome dance moves!
Wednesday, May 13- If we were at school we would be working on our dance unit. Today's countdown is to dance! So do some warm up dances today. If you have just dance, gonoodle, or just a playlist get ready to move and grove. Tomorrow at 11:30 (3-6) and 1 (k-2) I will be a dance party live. So get moving today so you will be ready tomorrow! Can't wait to see you!
Tuesday, May 12- There has been a lot of birthdays the last few weeks around my house. SO because today is "C" in our schoolwide countdown, today is for me is to celebrate. Do this by picking a musical way to celebrate, sing, dance, play an instrument, listen to uplifting exciting music. And if you need a song for today how about Celebration by Kool and the Gang!
Monday, May 11- In honor of "beach day" find a beach toy or item and use it to keep a steady beat. Examples include: tossing and catching a beach ball, tapping a bucket like a drum, passing a diving stick back and forth between hands, or waving/bouncing a towel. Get creative and have fun.
Friday, May 8- Catch up and share day. I'd love to post pictures and videos of instruments people made this week and see your Mother's day playlists. Today is a day to take pictures and videos and send them my way.
Thursday, May 7- Prepare for Mother's Day: Today's assignment is broken down by grade: K-2: This week’s theme is Mother’s Day and Ducks. Here is a link to a song called You Are My Sunshine. This song has special meaning to me because my mom used to sing it to me when I was a little girl and now I get to sing it to her especially on Mother’s day. I also attached links to a couple of my favorite duck songs and musicals books. Little White Duck was a favorite of my daughters but sadly I left the book at school. I also attached a song called 5 Little Ducks that is fun to sing along to. Enjoy singing and let me know which of the three songs is your favorite.
3-6: Hello Everyone. Moms are special people and this weekend is a chance to honor your mom. For your assignment this week, I want to see a playlist of the top 5-7 songs that show how much you love your her or grandma or other special person in your life. The songs can be something that she has sang to you, something that she really likes, a song about being special, a song that you always dance with your mom to. You can find youtube videos or set a playlist on Spotify, Amazon Music, iTunes (Apple Music), or find other music you have available (old tapes or records). Then on Sunday, when you do something nice for Mom, you can play your music as a background soundtrack or give it to her as a gift. Make sure you send me a copy of your playlist in whatever format you choose. Even if you choose to just write it like I did below. My email address is mdunbar-cloutier@cesvt.net.
Here is my playlist for my Mom: You Raise Me Up-Josh Groban; Wind Beneath My Wings- Bette Midler; On Eagle’s Wings- Michael Crawford; You are My Sunshine- Johnny Cash; Because You Loved Me-Celine Dion; Count On Me- Bruno Mars; Lean On Me -Bill Withers; I Just Called to Say I Love You- Stevie Wonder
My Spotify Playlist My Youtube Playlist
Wednesday, May 6- Keep working on making instruments. Check out the gallery page to see my African Mbira (thumb piano)
Tuesday, May 5- Last week Ms Danielle and Ms Baumann had you do things with found objects. For the rest of this week, work on finding objects in your house to make an instrument. Here are a couple sites that have instructions for instruments, however, I would love to see what you come up with on your own. Site 1 Site 2
Monday, May 4- May the Fourth be with you! (That's a Star Wars joke) Even if you haven't watched Star Wars yet, I bet you have heard the music written by John Williams. Here are 3 videos: Theme Song with line rider, Imperial March conducted by Darth Vader, Work out with Star Wars
Friday, May 1- Practice singing along to one of the jazz songs I have posted below and/or sent in google classroom. Or if you want-sing your jazz story, record it and send a copy to me. I miss hearing you all sing!
Thursday, April 30- The Language of JAZZ singing!!! Are you ready to learn a new language today? Today’s challenge is to learn to sing some scat. This is a jazz vocal style that allows you to make up words and they don’t need to mean anything! Some artists are really good at doing this. Ella Fitzgerald (the artist many of you learned about last week) was amazing at scat singing. Below is a story with scat, a song with scat and a worksheet to help create a little scat story. If you check out the videos section on my website, you will find even more examples. Before you explore the scat singing try saying this scat sentence: ZA-baza BOO-zaba ZEE-zah RO-ni
Once you get the hang of it, try listening to the stories: The Jazz Fly or When Louis Armstrong taught me to Scat and use some scat. I would love to hear your examples after you make some up. To help assist you in this process I have attached a google worksheet that you can turn in to me or you can record yourself singing the story and send it to my email mdunbar-cloutier@esvt.net. Have fun, be goofy but make it flow! I can’t wait to see what you create. If you have a different way you want to scat that works too.
Wednesday, April 29 - Let's get back to Jazz today. Visit Classics for kids and listen to one of the Jazz lessons. Send your quiz results to my email.
Tuesday, April 28 - I woke up to sun so to celebrate, I'm planning on a dance party. Grab your favorite tunes and move that body!
Monday, April 27 - Over the weekend my family celebrated my husband's birthday and mine. One way we celebrated was to do a Superhero Murder Mystery dinner. My four children were assigned a superhero as well as myself and my husband. My husband's character was "Red Wonder" with a superpower of magical rap lyrics. All night he was rapping up a storm. Now it is your turn. Rap means Rhythm And Poetry. Write a rap about your favorite season or any other favorite topic. Send them my way so I can share with the school on my gallery page. Have fun!
Friday, April 24 - Today is a day to catch up on anything you might have missed or do your favorite musical activity.
Thursday, April 23 Did you know that April is National Jazz Appreciation month? In honor of that the next two music day (Thursday) assignments will be around the topic of Jazz music. The song I posted on my website yesterday (“What a Wonderful World World”-by Louis Armstrong) was written and performed by a legend in the Jazz world. This will bring you to many Jazz links. Pick a read aloud about a famous Jazz musician or is an informational video about what jazz is. You also see a video of some jazz music that you can play in the background while you do your other school work, chores, reading, playing games or even having your lunch. There is nothing to turn in this week but don’t forget what you learn because you will need it next week! Have fun and enjoy some jazz.
Wednesday, April 22 - In honor of Earth Day, let's listen to a new song. One of my favorites for Earth day is Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World." An extra challenge is draw your own picture to go with the descriptions in the song!
Tuesday, April 21 - Tomorrow is Earth day so today try to write (compose) your own song about the earth. If you'd rather write a song about something different that is OK too. Below are links to a couple of different composition tools if you'd like to try that way. If you would rather write the lyrics out or just sing anything you create, I'd love to see what you do!
Monday, April 20 - Follow up day. If you were able to interview someone share what you learned about them. Click on this link and share with me.
Friday, April 10 - Create a list of 5-8 interview questions to ask an adult about the music they listen to. Then use your time over the weekend and vacation to call or write to someone who does not live with you and ask them your questions. (Don't visit them) Questions could be: What is your favorite style of music? Who is your favorite musical artist? How have your musical preferences changed over time? Who influenced you to listen to the music you do? Do you play any instruments? If so what? What did your parents think of the music you listened to? See if you can come up with your own!
Thursday, April 9 - Create an ostinato. What is an ostinato? There are 3 video links that will teach you and give you examples. Link 1, Link 2, Link 3. Once you learn a bit about ostinatos, create your own. You can sing it, play it or both. If you can get others in your house to join in, you can even layer them on top of each other. For an extra challenge, you can listen to some of your favorite music and see if you can hear all the ostinati (means more than one ostinato) in the songs you already listen to. Don’t forget to share pictures and videos of what you do as I always look forward to them. My email is mdunbar-cloutier@cesvt.net. Have fun.
Wednesday, April 8 - Record yourself singing or playing something, listen to it and then try again and see if you can improve on what you did like 2nd draft you do in writing. Email me to share anywork you do. (mdunbar-cloutier@cesvt.net)
Tuesday, April 7 - Create a song to go along with a book. You can pick any book however repetitive or rhyming books are often easier. Use the composition links below if you want computer help with notation or just record on your own. If you need a book to write about check out one of my favorites to compose for: Mortimer.
Monday, April 6 - Create a list of your top 10 favorite songs or print this worksheet and create your own "mix tape"
Weekend Challenge, April 4-5- Listen to 100 minutes of music (or more)
Friday, April 3- Sing a duet with someone. Record it and send it my way if you would like it posted on my webpage!
Thursday, April 2- Play the cup game. Here is a link to the video tutorial. You can also join me live at 10 (Join Hangouts Meet) or 1:30 (Join Hangouts Meet) to play with anyone who joins the meeting. Remember to bring a plastic cup and have a flat surface to play on.
Wednesday, April 1 - Keep the beat to song. Pick your favorite song, pick some ways to keep the beat (clap, snap, tap/pat, step, hop, jump, wave, stretch and so many more.) A challenge is to count your movements to the count of 8 and then switch it up. If you do that, you have created a dance to the song as well.
Tuesday, March 31-Illustrate a song. Pick any song and draw images to go along with it. If you'd rather just color, click the link in "Musical Worksheets." My version of Old MacDonald is at the bottom of this page.
Monday, March 30- Make a list of songs that begin with the letters of your name: Add yours to this Google Doc.
Weekend Challenge, March 28 & 29- Play "Name that Tune" with family. You can either sing/hum a tune, find an instrumental version on the internet or even play it on an instrument.
Friday, March 27-Sing a book. Arioso is when you use your singing voice and sing anything you want. Singing books is a fun way to get started without having to think what to sing. Click the links on the song titles to see couple of videos of me reading and singing some picture books. Some books are already a song so it's easy (example: If your happy and you know it), and some are a bit different but repetitive patterns make it easy (example Old Black Fly). If you are older and only reading novels, read a page or two out loud in your singing voice (example: Charlotte's Web).
Thursday, March 26-Play an instrument you have at home. Do you have a keyboard, drum, guitar, ukulele, recorder, harmonica or something else? If you do not have any of those remember your singing voice is an instrument and you can turn your body into an instrument as well. Below is a video of poisonous pattern if you want to play a game with me
Wednesday, March 25- Watch a Musical or a concert. Watch one that is new or find one you've seen before and sing along. This is a great activity to do as a family. Get some popcorn, a blanket, and wear your PJ's. You can find some free movies on Netflix, Amazon, Disney Plus and YouTube. You can rent a variety of others on Amazon and Redbox. (Must get parent permission for that.) Playbill.com has some shows for free that are live recordings of Broadway productions. The Met Opera is also offering free shows (links below for those). Let me know what you chose!
Tuesday, March 24- Get up and move!! Play Freeze dance. Choose your own music or you can follow any of the links on the link page. My favorite is Freeze dance 2.0.
Monday, March 23- Do a music worksheet. Students in grade K-2 can color in their Carnival of the Animals Coloring book or choose a worksheet from below. Do as many as you want. Click here to tell me what your chose.
Weekend Challenge, March 21 & 22- Listen to a NEW radio station
Friday, March 20- Create a list (log) of a songs you hear each day you are not in school. You can do your own or use the this log to do it. See if you can listen to at least one song everyday. Some of you may need multiple pages if you listen to a lot of music.
Thursday, March 19- Sing along with a favorite song (or two). Click my choices for extra songs to sing Tomorrow from Annie and A Million Dreams from the Greatest Showman
Wednesday, March 18- Play and online music game (links are below)
mdunbar-cloutier@cesvt.net
DAILY MUSIC BINGO CALL
Thursday, June 4- Today is the last day of music. Had we been at school, we would have had field day or free choice. Some of the favorite things to do at school for free choice are: dancing/playing with balloons, ribbon wands, scarves and animusic. Linked are some videos to make your own ribbon wand and also my favorite scene from animusic, a live version at intel and also a different ball machine. Pick some of your favorite music and dance and celebrate the end of the school year. Remember that you can go back and do any of the activities on my website all summer long!
Friday, May 29- Today is the last day of daily tasks. It is refection time. Think about all the musical activities you have done throughout distance learning and tell me which was your favorite and why. Here is a very simple form to submit your reflections on.
Thursday, May 28- Today's theme is Body Percussion. Using your body to create music has been done for hundreds of years. The most common body percussive sounds are snapping, clapping, patting (your legs or other parts of your body) and stomping your feet. Attached is a google slideshow that has a couple of patterns students created many years ago as well as a slide for you to create your own. If you want to create something even more involved and harder, go for it. You can also practice the patterns at different tempos (speeds) to see how fast or slow you can do it. Have fun and don't forget to share your work with me at mdunbar-cloutier@cesvt.net.
Just for fun, if you want to watch a couple do a body percussion routine to "Dance Monkey" that is attached too. Can you do it? I had a hard time getting it at first!
Wednesday, May 27- Today is really hot. Find some shade and listen to the music of nature, birds, the wind, a brook, or even insects.
Tuesday, May 26- This week would have been free choice in my classroom. Please fill out this form and tell me what your favorite musical activities are
Friday, May 22- This weekend is Memorial day. Many communities would normally celebrate with parades and celebrations to honor those in the Armed Forces. I challenge you to have your own parade in your back yard. Create your own music, decorate your bike, wave a flag or ribbon. A common song that is played in a parade is "Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Phillip Sousa.
Thursday, May 21- Did you know kids all over the world play games with rocks? Today I have a video of a famous game from Ghana called "Obwisana" You will need one or two rocks per person. Have fun and don't forget to send me videos of what you do!
Wednesday, May 20- Did you know that you can create instruments out of rocks? Here is an example of a rock marimba. Here is an example of singing rocks. And finally a rock gong.
Tuesday, May 19- Continuing with our "Rocks" theme. Here is a link to the song "Rock, Paper, Scissors." Many of you may remember playing the song and the game during our dance unit in the past.
Monday, May 18- This week the specialists are going to do "Rocks" as a theme. For each of us you are going to need rocks so today focus on getting outside and gathering rocks. For music on Thursday you will need to have between 1 and 5 rocks that are easy to grab and pick up. Not too small or too big and heavy. So go outside and find a collection of rocks.
Friday, May 15- I have officially called all the squares on the bingo game. If you need to work on one you missed, find the activity directions below. If you have filled out your bingo cards and are ready to submit it, please do. You can take a photo, scan or just email me how many bingo's you got or if you did all the squares. For those that return them, I will send you a certificate of completion.
Thursday, May 14- A fun way to exercise is to dance. Today's challenge is to put on your best exercise/dance outfit and create your own dance. You can choose your own music, your own moves and then dance away. If you want to dance and create with others, or just get ideas on how to create your own dance, you can join me live at 11:30 for students in grades 3-6 and at 1 for students in k-2. Look for the link to appear here or on your google classroom page about 10 minutes before each time. If you create your own dance, please record me a clip and send it my way! Can't wait to see you and your awesome dance moves!
Wednesday, May 13- If we were at school we would be working on our dance unit. Today's countdown is to dance! So do some warm up dances today. If you have just dance, gonoodle, or just a playlist get ready to move and grove. Tomorrow at 11:30 (3-6) and 1 (k-2) I will be a dance party live. So get moving today so you will be ready tomorrow! Can't wait to see you!
Tuesday, May 12- There has been a lot of birthdays the last few weeks around my house. SO because today is "C" in our schoolwide countdown, today is for me is to celebrate. Do this by picking a musical way to celebrate, sing, dance, play an instrument, listen to uplifting exciting music. And if you need a song for today how about Celebration by Kool and the Gang!
Monday, May 11- In honor of "beach day" find a beach toy or item and use it to keep a steady beat. Examples include: tossing and catching a beach ball, tapping a bucket like a drum, passing a diving stick back and forth between hands, or waving/bouncing a towel. Get creative and have fun.
Friday, May 8- Catch up and share day. I'd love to post pictures and videos of instruments people made this week and see your Mother's day playlists. Today is a day to take pictures and videos and send them my way.
Thursday, May 7- Prepare for Mother's Day: Today's assignment is broken down by grade: K-2: This week’s theme is Mother’s Day and Ducks. Here is a link to a song called You Are My Sunshine. This song has special meaning to me because my mom used to sing it to me when I was a little girl and now I get to sing it to her especially on Mother’s day. I also attached links to a couple of my favorite duck songs and musicals books. Little White Duck was a favorite of my daughters but sadly I left the book at school. I also attached a song called 5 Little Ducks that is fun to sing along to. Enjoy singing and let me know which of the three songs is your favorite.
3-6: Hello Everyone. Moms are special people and this weekend is a chance to honor your mom. For your assignment this week, I want to see a playlist of the top 5-7 songs that show how much you love your her or grandma or other special person in your life. The songs can be something that she has sang to you, something that she really likes, a song about being special, a song that you always dance with your mom to. You can find youtube videos or set a playlist on Spotify, Amazon Music, iTunes (Apple Music), or find other music you have available (old tapes or records). Then on Sunday, when you do something nice for Mom, you can play your music as a background soundtrack or give it to her as a gift. Make sure you send me a copy of your playlist in whatever format you choose. Even if you choose to just write it like I did below. My email address is mdunbar-cloutier@cesvt.net.
Here is my playlist for my Mom: You Raise Me Up-Josh Groban; Wind Beneath My Wings- Bette Midler; On Eagle’s Wings- Michael Crawford; You are My Sunshine- Johnny Cash; Because You Loved Me-Celine Dion; Count On Me- Bruno Mars; Lean On Me -Bill Withers; I Just Called to Say I Love You- Stevie Wonder
My Spotify Playlist My Youtube Playlist
Wednesday, May 6- Keep working on making instruments. Check out the gallery page to see my African Mbira (thumb piano)
Tuesday, May 5- Last week Ms Danielle and Ms Baumann had you do things with found objects. For the rest of this week, work on finding objects in your house to make an instrument. Here are a couple sites that have instructions for instruments, however, I would love to see what you come up with on your own. Site 1 Site 2
Monday, May 4- May the Fourth be with you! (That's a Star Wars joke) Even if you haven't watched Star Wars yet, I bet you have heard the music written by John Williams. Here are 3 videos: Theme Song with line rider, Imperial March conducted by Darth Vader, Work out with Star Wars
Friday, May 1- Practice singing along to one of the jazz songs I have posted below and/or sent in google classroom. Or if you want-sing your jazz story, record it and send a copy to me. I miss hearing you all sing!
Thursday, April 30- The Language of JAZZ singing!!! Are you ready to learn a new language today? Today’s challenge is to learn to sing some scat. This is a jazz vocal style that allows you to make up words and they don’t need to mean anything! Some artists are really good at doing this. Ella Fitzgerald (the artist many of you learned about last week) was amazing at scat singing. Below is a story with scat, a song with scat and a worksheet to help create a little scat story. If you check out the videos section on my website, you will find even more examples. Before you explore the scat singing try saying this scat sentence: ZA-baza BOO-zaba ZEE-zah RO-ni
Once you get the hang of it, try listening to the stories: The Jazz Fly or When Louis Armstrong taught me to Scat and use some scat. I would love to hear your examples after you make some up. To help assist you in this process I have attached a google worksheet that you can turn in to me or you can record yourself singing the story and send it to my email mdunbar-cloutier@esvt.net. Have fun, be goofy but make it flow! I can’t wait to see what you create. If you have a different way you want to scat that works too.
Wednesday, April 29 - Let's get back to Jazz today. Visit Classics for kids and listen to one of the Jazz lessons. Send your quiz results to my email.
Tuesday, April 28 - I woke up to sun so to celebrate, I'm planning on a dance party. Grab your favorite tunes and move that body!
Monday, April 27 - Over the weekend my family celebrated my husband's birthday and mine. One way we celebrated was to do a Superhero Murder Mystery dinner. My four children were assigned a superhero as well as myself and my husband. My husband's character was "Red Wonder" with a superpower of magical rap lyrics. All night he was rapping up a storm. Now it is your turn. Rap means Rhythm And Poetry. Write a rap about your favorite season or any other favorite topic. Send them my way so I can share with the school on my gallery page. Have fun!
Friday, April 24 - Today is a day to catch up on anything you might have missed or do your favorite musical activity.
Thursday, April 23 Did you know that April is National Jazz Appreciation month? In honor of that the next two music day (Thursday) assignments will be around the topic of Jazz music. The song I posted on my website yesterday (“What a Wonderful World World”-by Louis Armstrong) was written and performed by a legend in the Jazz world. This will bring you to many Jazz links. Pick a read aloud about a famous Jazz musician or is an informational video about what jazz is. You also see a video of some jazz music that you can play in the background while you do your other school work, chores, reading, playing games or even having your lunch. There is nothing to turn in this week but don’t forget what you learn because you will need it next week! Have fun and enjoy some jazz.
Wednesday, April 22 - In honor of Earth Day, let's listen to a new song. One of my favorites for Earth day is Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World." An extra challenge is draw your own picture to go with the descriptions in the song!
Tuesday, April 21 - Tomorrow is Earth day so today try to write (compose) your own song about the earth. If you'd rather write a song about something different that is OK too. Below are links to a couple of different composition tools if you'd like to try that way. If you would rather write the lyrics out or just sing anything you create, I'd love to see what you do!
Monday, April 20 - Follow up day. If you were able to interview someone share what you learned about them. Click on this link and share with me.
Friday, April 10 - Create a list of 5-8 interview questions to ask an adult about the music they listen to. Then use your time over the weekend and vacation to call or write to someone who does not live with you and ask them your questions. (Don't visit them) Questions could be: What is your favorite style of music? Who is your favorite musical artist? How have your musical preferences changed over time? Who influenced you to listen to the music you do? Do you play any instruments? If so what? What did your parents think of the music you listened to? See if you can come up with your own!
Thursday, April 9 - Create an ostinato. What is an ostinato? There are 3 video links that will teach you and give you examples. Link 1, Link 2, Link 3. Once you learn a bit about ostinatos, create your own. You can sing it, play it or both. If you can get others in your house to join in, you can even layer them on top of each other. For an extra challenge, you can listen to some of your favorite music and see if you can hear all the ostinati (means more than one ostinato) in the songs you already listen to. Don’t forget to share pictures and videos of what you do as I always look forward to them. My email is mdunbar-cloutier@cesvt.net. Have fun.
Wednesday, April 8 - Record yourself singing or playing something, listen to it and then try again and see if you can improve on what you did like 2nd draft you do in writing. Email me to share anywork you do. (mdunbar-cloutier@cesvt.net)
Tuesday, April 7 - Create a song to go along with a book. You can pick any book however repetitive or rhyming books are often easier. Use the composition links below if you want computer help with notation or just record on your own. If you need a book to write about check out one of my favorites to compose for: Mortimer.
Monday, April 6 - Create a list of your top 10 favorite songs or print this worksheet and create your own "mix tape"
Weekend Challenge, April 4-5- Listen to 100 minutes of music (or more)
Friday, April 3- Sing a duet with someone. Record it and send it my way if you would like it posted on my webpage!
Thursday, April 2- Play the cup game. Here is a link to the video tutorial. You can also join me live at 10 (Join Hangouts Meet) or 1:30 (Join Hangouts Meet) to play with anyone who joins the meeting. Remember to bring a plastic cup and have a flat surface to play on.
Wednesday, April 1 - Keep the beat to song. Pick your favorite song, pick some ways to keep the beat (clap, snap, tap/pat, step, hop, jump, wave, stretch and so many more.) A challenge is to count your movements to the count of 8 and then switch it up. If you do that, you have created a dance to the song as well.
Tuesday, March 31-Illustrate a song. Pick any song and draw images to go along with it. If you'd rather just color, click the link in "Musical Worksheets." My version of Old MacDonald is at the bottom of this page.
Monday, March 30- Make a list of songs that begin with the letters of your name: Add yours to this Google Doc.
Weekend Challenge, March 28 & 29- Play "Name that Tune" with family. You can either sing/hum a tune, find an instrumental version on the internet or even play it on an instrument.
Friday, March 27-Sing a book. Arioso is when you use your singing voice and sing anything you want. Singing books is a fun way to get started without having to think what to sing. Click the links on the song titles to see couple of videos of me reading and singing some picture books. Some books are already a song so it's easy (example: If your happy and you know it), and some are a bit different but repetitive patterns make it easy (example Old Black Fly). If you are older and only reading novels, read a page or two out loud in your singing voice (example: Charlotte's Web).
Thursday, March 26-Play an instrument you have at home. Do you have a keyboard, drum, guitar, ukulele, recorder, harmonica or something else? If you do not have any of those remember your singing voice is an instrument and you can turn your body into an instrument as well. Below is a video of poisonous pattern if you want to play a game with me
Wednesday, March 25- Watch a Musical or a concert. Watch one that is new or find one you've seen before and sing along. This is a great activity to do as a family. Get some popcorn, a blanket, and wear your PJ's. You can find some free movies on Netflix, Amazon, Disney Plus and YouTube. You can rent a variety of others on Amazon and Redbox. (Must get parent permission for that.) Playbill.com has some shows for free that are live recordings of Broadway productions. The Met Opera is also offering free shows (links below for those). Let me know what you chose!
Tuesday, March 24- Get up and move!! Play Freeze dance. Choose your own music or you can follow any of the links on the link page. My favorite is Freeze dance 2.0.
Monday, March 23- Do a music worksheet. Students in grade K-2 can color in their Carnival of the Animals Coloring book or choose a worksheet from below. Do as many as you want. Click here to tell me what your chose.
Weekend Challenge, March 21 & 22- Listen to a NEW radio station
Friday, March 20- Create a list (log) of a songs you hear each day you are not in school. You can do your own or use the this log to do it. See if you can listen to at least one song everyday. Some of you may need multiple pages if you listen to a lot of music.
Thursday, March 19- Sing along with a favorite song (or two). Click my choices for extra songs to sing Tomorrow from Annie and A Million Dreams from the Greatest Showman
Wednesday, March 18- Play and online music game (links are below)
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