Can you hear the music?

These past two weeks we began music classes with Ms. Susanne. Our days for music are Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The children were a bright and cheerful group, and responded enthusiastically to finger rhythms with vocal play, creative movement and tapping with rhythm sticks. We established the format of each class by introducing the welcome and farewell songs, to give the children a familiar ritual to begin and end the lessons. The children explored playing the sticks loudly and softly, fast and slowly, and freezing, following cues within the music. We did a focused listening exercise in which they distinguished between sound and silence with their eyes closed. It was a wonderful start to music this year, with many interesting and fun activities to come.