In Class Music Exploration
1: Exceptional Children's Week emphasis activity.
1. Think about how you
would feel or act if you could not see.
2. Write a short
story.
3. Close your eyes
and play a game with friends that uses sound cues to find a treasure.
You will hear a cue for
forward, backward, left and right. Move your feet in short steps as the sound players lead you to the treasure.
Music Exploration 2:
The Piano Keyboard
Visit http://www.ababasoft.com/music/rainbow_piano.html
Learn to recognize the
names of the keys on the piano and play simple tunes.
Homework: Play simple songs written
in musical alphabet letters.
More Piano Exploration
Fun visit http://ababasoft.com/music/music01.html
http://ababasoft.com/music/music02.html
Visit the site below and
try out a musical adventure activity.
Note you can play these
songs on your online keyboard as well.
Requires Shockwave.
Juice Bottle Jingles
All about
the Piano
http://pianoeducation.org/pnokids.html
Scroll down the
page to The Musical Reference Shelf
Read the
Piano Facts:
Piano Basics and
History
How the Piano Works.
Ask for an
answer form to complete the questions.
1. Who invented the Piano? ___________________________________.
2. Is the piano in the string family or the percussion family or is it a mixture of both? _________________________________.
3. How many keys does the piano have? __________
4. How does the piano make a sound? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. What is the name of the piano’s right pedal? __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.
Ms. Lockhart's Brain
teaser:
Write the seven
letters of the Music Alphabet here then see how many words you can make. Examples: Egg, Add, Face... Turn
in your list for a prize.
Write the Musical
Alphabet letters below:
___
_/__ ___/ _____ /_____ _/___ ___/ ____/_____/
My Piano Word
List:
1.
2
3
4
