April 4, 2022.

Two weeks until the Easter bunny comes for a visit!  Here are some activities we will be doing to celebrate!

Click here for an Easter Candy Poison rhythm game.

Click here for Little Peter Rabbit Had a Fly Upon his Nose.

Click here for “Found Sound” Spring rhythm activity.

Click here for Mr. Henry’s Easter Bunny Rap!

Click here for Try Everything, Easter Bunny body percussion play along.

Click here for an easy Easter Egg rhythm play along.

Click here for a cup playing routine that is quite tricky!  The song is a Scott Joplin rag time song, The Easy Winners.

Click here for It’s Raining Tacos!  A super fun cup activity!

Click here for The Best Day of My Life cup routine.

Click here for a Pokemon rhythm activity from Mr. Henry.

Click here for BTS Butter.

Click here for Mario rhythm.

Click here for the listening map of In the Hall of the Mountain King.

Click here for Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks.

March 28, 2022.

We are almost at the end of the school year!  But there’s still plenty of music-making to be experienced before June!  Check out these fun activities!

Click here for Mr. Henry’s Music in Our School body percussion and rhythm activity!

Click here for Mr. Noe’s scarf activity.

Click here for Mario Rhythm play along.

Click here for a challenging body percussion from Mr. Noe in 3/4 time!

Click here for the Jungle Poison rhythm game!

Click here for La Raspa, another cup activity!

Click here to watch a family do a cup routine to We Will Rock You!

Click here for a Rondo rhythm activity featuring ti tika and tika ti.

Click here for Sing!  A fun cup one!

Click here for a very simple game activity to the song Brave.

Click here for Mr. Noe’s Simamaka using rhythm sticks!

Our music listening this week is “In the Hall of the Mountain King”  Click here for the orchestral version.

Click here for a piano version.

Click here for a bagpipe version?

Click here for a tuba quartet.  Such fun!

Click here for a pipe organ version.

Click here to see a doodle map to The Mountain King.

Click here for some body percussion to The Mountain King.

Click here for a challenging body percussion version.

Click here for another challenging body percussion version!

Click here for an easy rhythm tap to The Mountain King.

Click here for a piano version.

Click here for a listening map for The Mountain King.

March 7, 2022.

Woot!  Woot!  One week to Spring Break!  And another week of celebrating everything green!

Click here to enjoy a performance of the fantastic Irish Dance Group, Riverdance.

Click here for a lovely group of 4 Irish Jig Dancers.

Click here for the four hand Irish Reel.

Click here for some traditional tunes from The Chieftains.

Click here for some traditional Irish  instruments playing.

Click here for an easy version of Nancy Mulligan by Ed Sheeran.

Click here for a more challenging version of Nancy Mulligan.

Click here for a cup tutorial for “When I’m Gone”

Click here for a cup routine to Sir Duke.

Click here for a cup playing routine.

Click here to learn how to dance the Irish Jig!

February 28, 2022

Wow!  Two weeks until Spring Break!  This week we will be finishing up some activities from Black History Month and moving into St. Patrick’s Day activities!

Click here for Blinding Lights percussion activity.

Click here for a Frozen rhythm activity.

Click here for an Ocean Poison Rhythm Game!  It does has tika tika and ti tika and tika ti patterns!

Click here for a St. Patrick’s Day rhythm play along – easy.

Click here for another easy rhythm play along.  Rainbow and gold.

Click here for another simple easy rhythm play along.

Click here for a St. Patrick’s Chicka Boom!

Click here for a fun body percussion and rhythm activity to Rattlin’ Bog.

Click here to catch a shamrock in this easy St. Patrick’s Day activity!

Click here for my favourite from last year, The Irish Washerwoman body percussion and rhythm play along.

Click here for another fun body percussion!

Click here and get your cups ready for The Irish Washerwoman cup activity!

Click here for Mr. Henry’s St. Patrick’s Rap.  No rhythm sticks, just clapping!

Click here for a Mardi Gras song! Intermediate.

Click here for a Mardi Gras song, Challenging!

Click here for an easy St. Patricks Day Would You Rather?  Get out your shakers and rhythm sticks!

Click here for a video of Irish Instruments.

Click here to listen to a tin whistle and bodhran.

Click here for some jig music from an Irish band.

Click here for Drowsy Maggie an Irish tune.

February 15, 2022.

Here are a few hand chime songs that we will be working on in the next few weeks.

Click here for Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.

Click here for James Bond!

Click here for Stand by Me.

Click here for Popcorn I.

Click here for Popcorn II.

Click here for Can’t Stop the Feeling.

Click here for Rio.

Click here for Paris.

Click here for I’m a Believer.

Copy here for Africa.

Click here for Day-O.

Click here for Surface Pressure.

February 7, 2022.

Happy Heart Week!  As we celebrate all things “Valentine” we  have a few exciting activities to present.

Click here for “Valentine Rap”!

Click here for Nat King Coles’ beautiful song, “Love” with body percussion.

Click here to bring back “Treat People with Kindness”

Click here for a great rhythm activity using ta, ti-ti and rest.

Click here for a tricky rhythm activity using “syncopa”

Click here for an easy Valentine, “Would you Rather?”

Click here for the best one….Skinnamarink by Sharon, Lois and Bram!

Click here for “Five Little Hearts”

Click here for “Chicka Boom!

February Black History Month

Hello Everyone:

Let’s take a look at some famous Canadian and American people who have made such an impact in the field of performing arts.

Click here to listen to Misty Copeland read her book, “Firebird”.

Click here for Canadian Rap Star, The Weekend’s body percussion song, “Blinding Lights”.

Click here for Stevie Wonder and his body percussion to “Sir Duke”.

Click here for Stevie Wonder’s body percussion, “Signed, Sealed, Delivered”.

Click here for John Batiste’s “It’s All Right”.

Click here for Etta James song, “Something’s Got a Hold on Me” for body percussion and rhythm play along.

Click here for The Jackson Five’s body percussion, “I Want you Back”.

Click here for an ASL version of “Rise Up” by Lafayette School.

Click here for “The Entertainer” rhythmic activity by Scott Joplin.

Click here for “The Entertainer” guitar solo.

Click here for “The Entertainer” piano solo.

Click here for “The Entertainer” computer piano version.

Click here for “The Maple Leaf Rag” by Scott Joplin.

Click here for a computer piano version of “The Maple Leaf Rag”

Click here for a piano solo.

Click here for “You Should” rhythm activity with ti tika.

Click here for “Sunflower” with tika tika’s.

Click here for body percussion to El Canto’s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”

Click here for El Canto’s “Surface Pressure” rhythm activity.

January 31, 2022

Welcome to the year of the Tiger! People born in a year of the Tiger are brave, competitive, unpredictable, and confident.  They are very charming and well-liked by others.

Click here for an easy rhythm activity from last year!

Click here for a more difficult rhythm activity.

Click here for the challenging mode!

Click here for an easy scarf activity.

Click here for another fun scarf activity.

Click here for an easy rhythm activity.

Click here for gong xi gong xi rhythms.

January 31, 2022

Welcome to Vivaldi this week.  This concerto in A minor, the allegro portion, features the strings.

Click here for a string version in a beautiful cathedral.

Click here to hear an amazing young child play!

Click here for a much more up tempo version.

Click here for a pipe organ version.

Click here for our rhythm play along, “Bye Bye Bye” using tika tika!

Click here for “Radioactive” by The Pentatonix.

Click here for “I’m a Believer” which uses percussion in two parts!

Click here for “Stay Gold” by BTS.

Click here for “Just Hold On” body percussion.

Click here for “Can’t Stop the Feeling”, from Trolls, rhythm sticks.

Click here for “Can’t Stop the Feeling” body percussion.

Click here for “Game On”, with tika tika!

Click here for a “Super Bowl” rhythm activity using tika tika, ti tika and tika ti!  Very challenging!

Click here for a “Rondo Rhythm Play Along” using ti-tika!

January 17, 2022

Hello Everyone:

This week’s listening selection is the jazzy, bluesy, Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin.

Click here for the amazing clarinet solo.

Click here for another clarinet solo.

Click here for a clip from the move, “Rhapsody in Blue”

Click here to hear the great Herbie Hancock playing!

Click here for Andre Previn playing and conducting an orchestral version.

Click here for our body percussion of the week, “Dynamite” by BTS.

Click here for an easy rhythm activity to The Avengers!

Click here for a rhythm activity using tika tika to Encanto!