St. Louis Brass Quintet

Hello everyone! We hope you all had a great weekend and are finding warmth during these cold days! The students were very excited to share what they did over the weekend. A lot of students played in the snow! Several students shared how they built snowmen and had snowball fights with their siblings and/or parent.

We began our morning by singing our "down by the bay" rhyming song. While singing, the students have to keep the beat of the song. We have been talking about how a beat can be a pattern and you can create a pattern with your body (clapping, patting) to keep the beat. The students were given a challenge this morning to create patterns out of loose parts and/or draw patterns at the art table. After creating their pattern, the students were asked to create their built pattern using body movements.

 

After these morning activities, we prepared for the St. Louis Brass Quintet! We talked about what it means to be a good audience member and we also discussed some of the possible instruments they would be playing. It was such a wonderful concert! We recognized and sang a lot of the songs, such as Take Me Out to the Ballgame, Baby Shark, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, and many others! One of our Birch students asked one of the musicians how they read the music and he showed us some of his sheet music.

The concert inspired some of the students to build instruments out of blocks. Several students built drum sets while others catapulted beanbags. Some students wrote their own music and designed at the light table.

Make sure to ask your child about today's concert!