Today in MusIQ Club!

Chrichton Park Elementary, November 16th, 2009, 12:20-1:20 pm,  P-2

Today our teacher was Mr. Bach, who told us about his very large family of 20 children.  We learned about holding notes which have to be held down while the computer counts to 1-2, or 1-2-3, or 1-2-3-4.  Waiting that long can be a bit of a challenge for some of the little ones.  We also did a game called the “Train Game” where the train pulls into the station and either 2, 3, or 4 passengers get off.  The student holds down the key for the appropriate number of seconds — 2, 3, or 4.  Some of the students worked on “Double Notes” where they have to play a note in each hand exactly together.  Some of the students worked in pairs and played the notes exactly together.  Another popular game is “The Princess Game”.  The Princess reads a story and pauses while her dog “talks”.  The student must them play a key in the rhythm of the “dog talk”.  This game is great for beginning readers, since the words flash up on the screen.  This one game teaches (1) following words on the page as they flash by (2) vocabulary development (3) decision making as the student must make choices to determine which path the plot will follow (4) listening skills (5) rhythm development (6) imitation of the rhythm.  All these wonderful skills in a game which holds children’s interest!  We will be off on November 23, but will be back on November 30, 2009.