Music Centers Fun!

Each day when students enter the music room, there is a chorus of "Are we having centers, today?" Kindergarten students at AEEC have centers daily in their classrooms, but centers are a special treat in the music room. We use centers to learn, create, explore and reinforce skills we are practicing both in the music room and in our regular classrooms. Here are some images from our recent center times together!

Make your name center. Students practice making their name with popsicle sticks and pipe cleaners. 

Magnet center. These gentlemen were so proud that of their alphabet work!

Feeding Mac the Music Monster is a music room favorite! He likes to eat music notes of all kinds, letters, numbers, words, names, rhythm patterns, and shapes! Students create "food" for Mac and then feed it to him! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rhythm Towers

We are always working on reading rhythms in the music room. One way we are practicing that skill is by reading rhythm maps and creating rhyhtm towers. In December, we made our rhythm cup towers in the shape of Christmas trees. Our students had a blast reading the map and finding the cup with the correct note to add to the tower next. After following the maps a few times, they enjoyed making their own maps to follow. These friends are excellent rhythm readers. We currently can read and write rhythms containing quarter notes, pairs of eighth notes, quarter rests, and half notes.

Working together to read the map.

Showing off their finished product!