KINDERMUSIK FOR THE YOUNG CHILD, SEMESTER 4

Week 10 (Lesson 55)

Dear Young Child 4 Parent:

Today’s class was loaded with opportunities to learn and to relate new information to past learning! Did you know that the ti-ti symbol (two eighth notes) can be divided into individual eighth notes? Ask your child to show you how!

We are also working on solidifying in our bodies and ears a syncopated rhythmic pattern. Syncopation is a rhythm in which a beat not normally emphasized receives emphasis. By speaking the word “syn-CO-pa-TA-ta” and stretching out the syllables “CO” and the first “TA,” it is possible to feel a syncopated rhythm.

And today the children also learned a new note on their recorders, the note g’. Music at Home 55 offers ideas for practicing this new note!

Lynda