Music theory day over here. I decided to spice things up by making a staff with pipe cleaners on a book. Plus it was snack time, so we put our popcorn to good use.
We focused on the treble clef, and I came up with a great tune to remember the note names with a tune from a Jim Gill tune. I'd sing it for you, but my video camera is MIA, so that'll come later. I had her point to the "notes" as we sang.
I'd tell her she could eat the piece of popcorn on a certain note, and if she picked the wrong one I got to eat it. Or I'd have her close her eyes, I'd eat one and she had to tell me which one I'd gobbled.
Or have her put the popcorn on the two Ds or Es or Fs... you get the idea.
We also dropped it onto the "staff" and she got to eat the popcorn if she could tell me what note she'd landed on.
Doing this with M&Ms is always a winner, but I'd rather she eat a lot of popcorn or cereal over a ton of candy any day. Really, the possibilities are endless. And delicious!
1 comment:
How fast does she have to tell you the note names? Because I can run through FACE and EGBDF pretty dang fast if there's popcorn on the line...
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