Second and third grade students have been working on units 1-4 of Conversational Solfege this year, in addition to our mallet instruments and folk dancing, which are both difficult to do by yourself at home! Conversational Solfege is a literacy curriculum that we use for about 10-15 minutes per class to work towards reading and writing music. The 12 steps of Music Literacy are outlined below. We usually cycle through a step or two per class, and I intend on making videos for each step to walk students through each step if you'd like to try your hand at learning how to read music yourself! It's easier than you think!! You'll notice that Step 1 is to simply sing song, chant rhymes, and play games. For Units 1-4, I have listed video links to use for Step 1 of each unit, 2 each. Check them out and enjoy!
Unit 1: Yankee Doodle Closet Key Pitter Patter Unit 2: Old Raggy Oh My Fish in the Sky Unit 3: Jack and Jill Humpty Dumpty - these versions have a tune but we typically chant the words to the chorus of each in class! (Sailor, Sailor) Unit 4: Sailor, Sailor - if you get the number correct, the words are: "You have guessed the number true, you have guessed the number true, you have guessed the number true, so you shall sail the ocean blue!" Closet Key Pitter Patter Frog in the Meadow
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