Pinterest

I am officially obsessed with Pinterest.  Pinterest is like a virtual bulletin board.  If you see something you like on any site you can "pin it" to one of your boards.  You can comment on the new "pin" with things you want to remember about it.  Say it is a recipe, you can comment "Want to try this for dinner next week" or "Would go great with potatoes."  You can organize your boards into different categories, so all your recipe pins would go on one board and all your music ideas would go on another.

Then the fun begins to happen.  People can see your boards and will pin things you have found.  You can visit their boards and repin things to your board.  It is a great way to find ideas other people have liked or used.  You can follow me on Pinterest by following this link:



Have fun pinning!

Hide the Elf

Here is a fun Christmas Worksheet that works on identifying notes in Middle C and C position.

I also have a keyboard recognition game.  You simply match the correct elf to the note or key.

Hide the Elf

Christmas Games

It's officially Christmas and I wanted it make it easier for you to find some of my Christmas resources.

Christmas Songs for Children

Key Signatures

Christmas Circle of Fifths
Circle of 5th on TPT

Bell Game

Bell Game on TPT

Keyboard and Staff Recgonition

Christmas Train

Intervals

Christmas Intervals       

Rhythm

Rhythm Dictation

Gingerbread Giveaway Winner Is . . ..

The winner is #3 Sarah who commented "These would be a great addition to my December lessons! :)"

Congratulations!  I hope you have a lot of fun with them! 


Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.  Enjoy your family and friends and praise God for all He has done.

Gingerbread Game Giveaway

Enter to win a free Gingerbread Game Giveaway!

Enter the giveaway by:
1. Commenting below (1 entry)
2. Linking the post on your website or blog.  Make sure you leave a comment telling me about your link. (3 bonus entries)
3. Posting about it on Facebook.  You must first like the Sing a Song page and then tag Sing a Song in your post. (3 bonus entries)  You can also comment on the Sing a New Song Music Page.

The drawing will be held on November 23rd with http://www.random.org/.  I will post the winner on my blog and contact you through email.  Good luck!


If you already purchased the product, leave a comment on how you are enjoying it and I will enter your name for the giveaway.  For purchasing the product and leaving a review, you will earn an extra 5 entries!  If you win, I will refund your money.

Christmas Music Games

I have a new resource available for Christmas called Gingerbread Music Games.  There are 7 different games with multiple levels of play.  Included is:

Gingerbread Cookie Chords: A fun activity to promote major and minor chords.  A step/skip version included for elementary level students.
Draw a Gingerbread Man: Students use Rhythm Problems to draw a gingerbread man.  5 levels of rhythm cards included.
Catch the Gingerbread Man: A version of Old Maid with a gingerbread twist.
Match the Gingerbread Boy and Girl: Match the girl and boy.  Levels include keyboard recognition, staff notes and key signatures.
Home Sweet Home: Students identify and perform rhythms to get the gingerbread boy to the correct gingerbread house.  5 different levels included.
Find the Gingerbread Man: Students try to spy the gingerbread boy who is play hide and seek among musical symbols.  54 cards included.
Gingerbread Alphabet: A cute gingerbread alphabet with three suggested activities.  Accidentals included.

Includes: Games, printables and instructions

Format: PDF

Printing: 8.5' x 11' 

Price: Price: $15.00

Instructions on using it with Paypal:  Click on the Buy Now button.  You will be asked to pay with Paypal.  Once your transaction is accepted, a zip file with the games will be sent to you.

Jenga Directions

I had a request from a reader to repost the directions for Jenga!

It is a really fun game that the kids love to play.  I got the idea from a post on the Piano Club page.  I bought a Jenga off brand game ($4.99) and decided to go with the colored blocks.  My Jenga game has yellow, blue and red blocks.  I took a sharpie and used all the yellow blocks for rhythms.  I wrote an easy rhythm on one side and a more challenging rhythm on the other side.  the red blocks were use for notes on one side and chords on the other.  The blue blocks were used for symbols.  The blue blocks made it hard to see the symbol, but not impossible.

Another idea for levels is to buy the plain wooden blocks and use different colored sharpies for each level.  This could still work for multi level play. For example, if the player who is at level one picks a level three than the closet player to them that is level three must complete the task.

The directions are below.