In my last post I talked about the importance of sometimes breaking free from the regular lesson routine and the regular lesson materials to have some fun. I shared 2 games that I used in my lessons to reinforce interval learning.
This month the theme is Notes on the Staff. We are reinforcing how to name the letters of each note in the treble clef and in the bass clef. This is mostly for notes in the Middle C position and the Regular C position. I’ve also been wanting to make sure the students can transfer notes on the staff to the letters on the piano keys.
First is Seahorse Matching. This game was created by Kate Thompson and can be found on My Music Resource. Half the cards show a letter of the music alphabet and the bottom half of the seahorse, while the other cards show a particular piano key marked and the top half of the seahorse. The students have to match the correct halves together.
Another quick game that you can play separately or in conjunction with Seahorse Matching is Treble Clef and Bass Clef Cats (which I renamed to Kitties in a Cup). This is also by Kate Thompson. This time the students have to match the letter to the note on the staff, some are treble clef, some are bass clef. It would be easy to combine these2 games into one.
Two more games that are from Nicola Cantan at Vibrant Music Teaching and Colorful Keys, are Branch Boulevard and Jungle Jump. Both of these games review notes on the staff in the treble clef and the bass clef. Jungle Jump focused only on Middle C Position notes, so it works well for Primer level students. Branch Boulevard uses Middle C and regular C positions. With Branch Boulevard some cards even require you to know how many beats a note gets. Both of these games are quick and fun and easy to do with student and teacher or buddy lessons. I got to do Branch Boulevard this week with a pair of brothers that was lots of fun!
Who knows what March will have in store for us??
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