Music in March

The past few weeks we have been learning about note names on the treble clef staff. The first thing we discovered was that there are lines notes and space notes and they are equally important! The spaces of the treble clef staff are easy to remember, because they spell the word FACE!

 The lines are a little trickier... they don't spell a word, so we make up sentences using the letters of the line notes as the first letter of each word. For instance, I like "Every Good Boy Does Fine".

You could come up with your own, or use one of these silly ones:
Even George Bush Drives Ferraris!
Empty Garbage Before Dad Flips
Even Gorillas Buy Dog Food
Emily Gave Brian Delicious Fudge
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

You can make up your own silly way to remember. For me, I'll stick to Every Good Boy Does Fine! :)

The Kindergarteners and First Graders have been talking about Freddie the Frog this week. Freddie lives on Treble Clef Island with his pal Eli. Freddie lives at the top of the island, while Eli lives at the bottom. There are lots of fun things in between, like a Crocodile river, a Bridge and some beautiful Azaleas.


TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!
Think of words you can write using only the letters of the musical alphabet. Now, compose a list of these words (using only A, B, C, D, E, F, and G), and bring it to Mrs. Gibson during your large group class. If you also put these letters on staf paper, I'll give you FIVE tickets!