YC1/Week 12

Dear Young Child 1 Parent:

Music – the all-encompassing discipline:

· Reading and writing in music is called music notation. This week the children are learning about the note c on the music staff. Help your child “write” c on Activity Page 9. If you have any music at home, help your child “read” the note c by locating the note on space number three of the music staff.

· Listening in music consists not only of listening to music but learning to focus our attention on abstract sounds and on speech. Help your child further “attend” (pay attention) to sounds by pinpointing sounds in your environment such as water lapping over stones, rain falling on the rooftop, or wind rushing through the trees. Also, play a listening game by speaking a 4 or 5 word sentence and asking your child to repeat what he heard.

· Movement with music consists of free movement as well as choreographed steps. How many of the “Minuet” dance steps can you and your child remember? At home, enjoy dancing together both freely and with prescribed steps! Try dancing to several styles of music. How do different types of music affect your movements?

Enjoy your child’s ever increasing awareness of music in your lives!

Lynda

P.S. Be sure to bring Activity Page 9 to your next class.