Monday, February 10, 2014

December Flashbacks

I'm very late on this as it is February, but I want to give a glimpse of what students achieved in December!

Tchai-kov-sky (Kinder and First Graders learn his name by waving hi (Tchai), Cough (mov) and making motions to show they are going to 'ski' (sky).  We put it all together and voila!  it's much easier to pronounce

Students in First Grade learned about the Ballet the Nutcracker and performed routines to two of the famous songs from the ballet:  Nutcracker March and Russian Dance

Nutcracker March:  We use an idea by Artie Almeida using plates!  I purchased red and green plates from Walmart.  Very inexpensive and they hold up well.  The students love to hear the strong beats when the plates tap together.  They discover Rondo form as we do the same motions in sections A repeatedly!  We wave on section B and do other motions for section C.  Sometimes we even get a little silly and end the song with Mickey Mouse Ears.  They love that!



Russian Dance (Trepak):  Strong Beat!!  Students love this one.  Fast and only about a minute in length, it uses great energy and they never forget it.  We use smaller parachutes to move to the song.





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