Musical Christmas Lights
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This is a bingo type game and students can win by covering three of the same color or you can play “black out”, depending on how much time you have. For my beginning students, I’m just going to describe what the symbol looks like when I call out the name. My idea is that if they start hearing the names of some of these symbols, they will remember them better when they actually get to it.
Yesterday my students really enjoyed Peppermint Notes. I left off the line for Middle C. Did anyone notice? Maybe you can draw it in yourself with a red pen. The train you see in the photo is battery powered and cost $1.00. I let students play with it while they wait and for such a simple toy, they have a lot of fun. It is what gave me the idea for a Christmas train composing sheet. My philosophy is that young children take piano for the train ride, not for the destination. That’s the opposite of how adults and a lot of teachers look at it. I just love teaching children!
Do you have the little ornaments with all te lights from the trees on them. Unless I am blind it seems that som e are missing? I do want to tell you how much I love this site and how very helpful it is to me for group lessons. I have been teachign for 35 years now and never have my group lessons been so good! Thanks so much for sharing your activities
Is this what you’re looking for?
http://www.susanparadis.com/catalog.php?ID=SP653
Go to my website (the link is on the right side), then click on games and scroll down. You will see the little cards for the lights.
I would very much like to have your little ornaments with musical symbols emailed to me! I am having a group piano lesson on Monday and would like to use this game. If you get some different colored cards made, I would love to use those, too. Thanks so much for posting this stuff for those of us who are less creative!
I would second Roxane’s suggestion to make different game cards – it would be fun!!
And yes, I am interested in your little ornaments with musical symbols to use with this game.
Thank you for your wonderful activities. Not only do I use these with my piano students, but also with my children’s choir at church!
Carla in MT
Susan,
Have you considered creating different trees with the lights in different orders? That way the game could be played like bingo, giving a different card to each student in a group class.
Roxane