Demo class schedule

After I complete the demo classes this week, I will be doing a demo at the story time at the Chelsea library. I also have a BIG demo coming up on the 24th at the North Shelby library. I will do one demo for 3 to 7 year olds at 2:00 and another demo for 0 to 3 year olds at 2:30.

Tomorrow in the demo class, we will learn to play quarter notes as we play a song called I Like to Play the Sticks. Each child will be able to join in with the ensemble and play the sticks.

Then we will all pretend to be magical dancing clocks and do creative movement to the steady beat. Creative movement is not only good for the imagination, but it also helps work on gross motor skills and steady beat. The ability to keep a steady beat is important because it helps with many other skills such as walking with coordination and bouncing a ball.

Next we will engage in focused, active listening while listening to a recording of bird sounds. We will them rhythmically imitate those sounds. We do this to work on steady beat, imitation, and rhythm. These are all important to a young musician!

After that its off to Japan-- we will listen to and sing two Japanese folk songs. Listening to music and language from another culture is so important at this age because they are absorbing so much culture around them. We will also sing a traditional Japanese kite song. We will fly our kites along with the song!