Week Two

This week in class our focus was on Steady beat( constant repitious sound) and rhythmic beats( long, short and silent sounds) To help us learn the concept of rythmic beat we played our name rhyme on a drum with a partner. then we went around the circle and played a rythm while our partner said thier rhyme and vice versa.Also we began to playour recoders. we will be having recoder time every friday. today we learned B,A G and how to play the song hot cross buns.


In class when we learn a new song for either singing or playing our teacher will demonstrate the song to the class. this is great because it gives everyone a sense of what the song will sound like and what we will be doing during the song. Like this week will our focus on steady beat and rhythmic beats our teacher singing us a verse while keeping the beat on her body and then she choose a student to come up with a different pattern while we sing.

It is important to learn these basic concepts in music because they will open the door to other forms of music and its elements. it also helps to show a song both auditory and visually to help all styles of learners!

Music is important for children at this age because it can help them to express their emotions and learn concepts in different subject matter( math or reading). also children can see how different instrument of music like voice, body percussion and musical instruments.

Week one

Just by the first week of class, I know that this semester will be fun. Our Focus for this week is singing songs that introduced yourselves. our first song that we learned was a "Hello" song. Together as a class we sing this song while one student walks around the room holding a stuffed monkey. Also a student is playing the steady beat on the drum.( Another major focus we are learning is steady beat= constant repetitious playing) Once the student holding the monkey stops in front of someone, that person will singing there name to the monkey and then the class singing back. We have all been working on singing in our head voices too. this is a great song for a beginning of the year introduction and if the children are young enough this would be a great circle/morning time song. The benefit of this song is learning every body's name in a fun way. You can also tell what students are comfortable singing out loud and which ones maybe a little shy. I think that this song helps everyone to get more comfortable with people around them and learn how to express themselves in a different way. in class I am learning how music can help children to open up and feel more comfortable in a different environment.

Name Rhyming

Aurora is my name
Friendly is my game
I like shopping
I enjoy teaching

Music History

Music has always been apart of my life. Before i was involved in music personally, I would listen to the music that ,y parents played at home and in the car. I can still remember listens to opera and country music with my dad. While my mom enjoyed pop music and The Beatles. When I was seven I was apart of my church's choir for about three years. When I was in fifth grade i began to participate in my school's choir. At this time I also began to play the clarinet for about six months.My dad used to play the clarinet, so I thought that it would be fun to play. One Christmas my parent bought my sisters and I keyboards. We used to play with the keyboards for hours learning songs or just making tunes up. I can still remember playing "heart and soul". I do like to play musical instrument, but the best thing that i enjoy from music is singing and listening. While in Jr. high I was in choir for all of the two years. This was one of the first time that I remember when students are played in singing groups based on their voice. I was placed in the soprano group. Then in high school I was in choir for all four years and I made it up to the A cappella choir my senior year. I also took voice lesson for about four months until my voice lesson teacher had to leave.I have enjoyed being in a choir because you are able to sing different style of music, your in a place where people share a common interest with you and it is fun. While i was in my high school choir we went on two trips. One to St. Louis and the other to San Diego . Even when i am not in choir i still enjoy music. I work at a child care center and when the children are up I always have music playing in the background. I listen to a variety of music like pop, country,soundtracks, hip-hop etc on my Ipod. I also like watching musicals like Mamma Mia and i enjoy singing whenever i get a chance like when driving to NIU for class.