Green Turtles #12

NEED TO KNOW

Green Turtles #12: Your Green Turtles are doing great! I'm seriously proud of them! They are able to play all three chords with their right hands and it's amazing! I'm excited for Yellow Arrows when we add in the left hand. Exciting stuff!

CHORD FINGERINGS: Remember that the red and the blue chords are played with fingers 1-3-5, while the yellow chord uses 1-2-5. This will get easier as they do it regularly. 

PRACTICE THOUGHTS: Your at-home daily play should only be lasting 10 minutes at the most at this point. Make it a game, too! See if they can play three red chords, three blue chords, and three yellow chords before their brother finishes brushing his teeth. 

PARENT DAY/TUITION DUE: Next week after will be a parent day, and the last tuition payment of the semester will be due. I'll send an invoice between now and then to remind you.

GOOD TO KNOW

MYSTERY BUG: We played a new rhythm game called Mystery Bug which is surprisingly fun. I put four separate rhythm cards out, but the one on the 3rd beat is flipped over so you can't see which bug it is. The person who knows the mystery bug claps the entire 4 count measure and the students identify which rhythm (bug) was heard on the 3rd beat. We flipped it over and cheered because what they heard matched what was on the card! 

FUN TO KNOW

Three Hoedown-themed "fun to know" sections in a row! I really do love this puppet show. Here is a video of the United States Marine Band playing Hoedown from Rodeo. It is so fun to see which instruments play the sounds we know so well!