The idea of Rhythm Vocab cards is to gradually build up a rhythm vocabulary with our students. When students have this vocabulary they won’t need to decipher and analyse each rhythm – it will instinctively come to mind. There are many ways to use these cards in your lessons and make them part of your … Read more
The idea of Rhythm Vocab cards is to gradually build up a rhythm vocabulary with our students. When students have this vocabulary they won’t need to decipher and analyse each rhythm – it will instinctively come to mind. There are many ways to use these cards in your lessons and make them part of your … Read more
This is a much more fun version of a note speller worksheet. The music words are on cards which can be drawn at random from a hat, and if you laminate the staff cards they can act as whiteboard that can be used again and again. Turn on a timer or add a competitor to … Read more
It can be very frustrating when students keep skipping over rests, disrupting the overall flow and breaking the beat of the piece. Using these Rest Savers make rests the best part of the music by giving students fun and silly actions which draw their attention to the rests. How to Use Put all the cards … Read more
Relative Rhythm cards are one my favourite tools for students of all ages. The idea is really very simple: all the note values are represented in relative size to each other. So, a crotchet (quarter note) is half the width of a minim (half note) and double the width of a quaver (eighth note). Use … Read more
Prepare for a lot of cutting out of little pumpkins…but prepare for it to be worth it when your students have this much fun practicing their note naming skills. This game is an awesome addition to any halloween group workshop or camp. How to Play Give each player a Pumpkin Patch gameboard. If playing with … Read more
This is one of the best tools in my kit for when a student doesn’t grasp the concrete relationship between the grand staff and the keyboard – that it is a direct representation, not a series of random notes. By placing the notes on the keys themselves, we make this more clear over time which … Read more
This twist on the old classic “pig” familiarises students with pentatonic scales while having heaps of fun. While the pentatonics are not often practiced with the same regularity as major or minor scales, they are fantastic tools for improvising and composing and this game can act as a springboard for more creative projects. How to … Read more
For beginners, it’s not obvious that the grand staff relates directly to the piano keys. This game aims to make that association clear with matching sets for the staff, keys and letter names. If you want to buy a printed version of Lions, Tigers and Bears, you can find it in the Colourful Keys store, … Read more
Bobbing for apples? How ’bout bobbing for intervals instead? In this game students try to match up intervals to get a full set of apples, and learn to recognise different intervals quickly in the process. How to Play The goal of the game is to get a matching set of 4 of the same interval. … Read more