Laminating

An investment in a laminator happened! The studio has been a happening place lately - all kinds of fun new games and activities!
Here are a few favourites so far:

Note Value Practice

Theory Practice

Keyboard Printable!

Musical Meander!*

A HUGE thank-you from a great support group for ideas and printables!


**http://colourfulkeys.ie/musical-meander/

Free Keyboard Printable!

Keyboard Printable

This printable comes in handy when beginner students are learning to find notes on the keyboard. The kids love to color and make it their own!

It also provides a nice visual for beginners when learning a new hand position. When using them in a lesson for hand positions, I usually have two options: laminated ones and a few paper ones. Students practice on the laminated and can erase their mistakes, and then get to take the paper ones home and remember easily where their hands need to be for each position.

Enjoy!

Learning letters

For young students one of the most challenging things to learn is to say your alphabet backwards! I'm so excited to try this activity with my preschoolers this afternoon!

When they make a tower of A-G, if they turn it around, they will have the reverse and be able to read the letters from G-A.

Preschool Group Classes

Yesterday was the first preschool class of the year and what a treat it was! The kids were great and so eager to learn.  Here is a little glimpse of the activities! My own kidlets posed for me for the demonstration.

Aiming to create staff recognition, students observed the spaces and lines.
The students then took turns placing a pompom a space or line as directed.

When prompted with a flashcard, students placed a button on it's match.