Category: Music (Page 1 of 12)

Here are some fun activities for you to try!

1.  Click here for easy Minecraft rhythms.
2. Click here for the advanced Minecraft rhythms.
3. Click here for Girl is on Fire!
4. Click here for Thunder rhythms.
5. Click here for Pokemon advanced rhythms.
6. Click here for Mandalorian Madness Poison Rhythm Game!
7. Click here for I Just Can’t Wait to be King!  Body Percussion!
8. Click here for Can’t Stop this Feeling body percussion.
9. Click here for Blinding Lights body percussion.
10. Click here for Dynamite body percussion.
11. Click here for Star Wars scarf movement!
12. Click here for The Best Day of my Life scarf movement.
13. Click here for Walking on Sunshine scarf movement.

October 15, 2024

Good Halloween all you creatures great and small!  It’s time to enjoy some new and favourites around my favourite season!

1.  Click here for Mr. Henry’s new challenging rhythm read around “Hocus Pocus”.

2.  Click here for the animated original cartoon for “Spooky Scary Skeletons”

3.  Click here for the “Spooky Scary Skeletons” rhythm read along.

4.  Click here for “Spooky Scary Skeletons” body percussion.

5.  Click here for Mr. Henry’s Skeleton Rap!

6.  Click here for Mr. Henry’s Halloween Rap!

7.  Click here for body percussion to The Monster Mash!

8.  Click here for a haunted poison rhythm game!  Oooooooo….

9.  Click here for Ghostbusters easy rhythm play along.

10.  Click here for Found Sound, easy rhythm play along.

11.  Click here for a challenging movement activity to Five Little Pumpkins, Found Sound.

12.  Click here for the poem, Five Little Pumpkins.

13.  Click here for There Was an Old Witch.

14.  Click here for Mr. Henry’s Haunted Rhythm Game!!!

 

May 27, 2024.

We say farewell to May and look forward to our final month of school!

1.  Click here for an activity using triangles, tambourines and shakers to Vivaldi’s Spring.
2. Click here for a challenging body percussion activity to Shakira’s Try Everything.
3. Click here for a simple rhythmic activity to Surface Pressure from Encanto.
4. Click here for a Found Sound easy rhythm play along to a pirate theme!
5. Click here for a simple rhythm activity to I’m Still Standing from Sing!
6. Click here for Mr. Henry’s Three B’s!  Be respectful, be responsible, be safe!
7. Click here for one of my favourite rhythm activities to Thunder!
8. Click here for a tricky one to Queen’s Another One Bites the Dust!
9. Click here for another tricky one, On Top of the World.
10. Click here for a challenging body percussion activity to Vivaldi’s Spring.
11. Click here for a tricky one, We Got the Beat!
12. Click here for The Dark Knight, featuring tika-ti and ti-tika.
13. Click here for Musette, very tricky!
14. Click here for the advanced version of The Avengers rhythm play along.
15. Click here the challenge version of Cats vs Dogs.
16. Click here for video game poison rhythm!
17. Click here for a fun one, Would you Rather?

 

Welcome May!  Let’s hope those April showers will bring some May flowers!

1.  Click here for Blinding Lights Body Percussion.
2. Click here for Ocean Poison Rhythm Game.
3. Click here for Video Poison Rhythm Game.
4. Click here for Mandalorian Madness Poison Rhythm Game.
5. Click here for Harry Potter Poison Rhythm Game.
6. Click here for Count on Me Body Percussion.
7. Click here for Can’t Stop This Feeling Body Percussion.
8. Click here for Never Gonna Give you Up Rhythm Play along.
9. Click here for Butter Body Percussion.
10. Click here for Bim Bum.
11. Click here for Just Can’t Wait to be King Body Percussion.
12. Click here for Thunder rhythm play along.
13. Click here for Surface Pressure rhythm play along.
14. Click here for Minecraft Advanced rhythm play along.
15. Click here for Pokemon Advance rhythm play along.
16. Click here for Mandalorian rhythm play along.
17. Click here for Believer Body Percussion.
18. Click here for Spring Themed Play Along.
19. Click here for Pokemon rhythm play along!
20. Click here for a scarf activity to Best Day of my Life.

Thank you Best Buy for providing us the grant to purchase these really innovative recorders!  We can’t wait to try them!

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Lunar New Year!  Here are some fun activities for the week!

1.  Click here for a simple rhythm play along
2. Click here for another rhythm play along.
3. Click here for a simple rhythm play along.
4. Click here for a simple play along.
5. Click here for another simple one.
6. Click here for Gong Xi, Gong Xi.
7. Click here for a scarf activity.
8. click here for a tricky rhythm activity using drums, shakers, claves and finger cymbals.
9. Click here for a poison rhythm activity!
10. Click here for a rhythm activity using drums and finger cymbals.
11. Click here for the advanced rhythm play along.
12. Click here for the year naming race legend.

 

 

Dear South Slope!

We are beginning our work on the musical, Mary Poppins Jr, with auditions for the major roles next week!  (January 23 – 26)  However, to be clear, EVERYONE  in the entire school will be involved in this production!

SAVE THE DATES!

Our production will be during the week of April 15 – 19 specifically:

Monday, April 15 – Technical Rehearsal 12:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 16 – Dress Rehearsal 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 17 – Performance in the Evening at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 18 – Performance in the Evening at 6:30 p.m.

Friday, April 19 – Clean Up!

Once we have completed auditions, we will set a rehearsal schedule for the cast.  Stay Tuned!

Here are the lyrics to all the songs we will be singing.

Mary Poppins songs…..2024 revised

Click here for Jolly Holiday!

Click here for an ASL version of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

 

Click here for Mary Poppins Jr.

Please enjoy this life-changing experience!

 

January 15, 2024

Welcome to Camille Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals!  Some of you may remember visiting this wonderful piece a few years ago, but just like a well-loved book, this piece is worth revisiting and enjoying again and again.

The first song is the Introduction and Royal March of the Lions.

1.  Click here for the Royal March of the Lions Listening Map.

2.  Click here for a body percussion and rhythm stick activity.

3.  Click here for a piano version.

4.  Click here for another piano version.

5.  Click here for a rhythm activity.

6.  Click here for a picture of Saint-Saens and the orchestral version.

7.  Click here for another orchestral version.

8.  Click here for some beautiful illustrations of lions with the Royal March.

9.  Click here for an animated version!

10.  Click here for another animated version with a live orchestra.

 

 

1.  Click here for the hens and roosters.
2. Click here for another version.
3. Click here for a piano version.
4. Click here for one more animated. version.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.  Click here for the donkeys!
2. Click here for a listening map!
3. Click here to watch two pianists complete this fun song!

 

 

 

 

 

1.  Click here for a rhythm play along.

2.  Click here for a lovely animated version to watch.  Can you move this slowly around the room?

3.  Click here for an orchestral version.

 

 

 

 

1.  Click here for a fun duet of this song on piano and bass.

2.  Click here for a fun animated version!

3.  Click here for a listening map.

4.  Click here for a rhythm activity.

5.  Click here for a body percussion activity.

6.  Click here for another rhythm activity.

7.  Click here for a computer graphic piano version.

 

 

1.  Click here for a computer graphic version of The Kangaroo
2. Click here for a listening map.
3. Click here for a piano duet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.  Click here for a listening map.
2. Click here for a different map.
3. Click here for a scarf activity.
4. Click here for another scarf activity.
5. Click here for a piano/orchestral version.
6. Click here for an amazing sand animation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.  Click here for Characters with long ears.
2. Click here for a piano animated version.
3. Click here for an orchestral version.

 

Characters with long ears

Cuckoo

Aviary

Pianists

Fossils

The Swan

Finale