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    Lincoln students and parents,

     

    I miss being with all of you very much.  I know music and art can bring happiness and relieve stress during these uncertain times.  The music and art teachers in our district have created a Google Site titled CCSD Music and Visual Arts into which we have added resources that you may access to supplement your child’s learning experience and to have fun. You also have the option to join a Lincoln Music/Visual Art google classroom with a class code.  Please email Mrs. Barlow for your child’s class code at janice.barlow@ccsdut.org.  I will be able to answer questions and provide activities specific to our school in the google classroom or by email.

     

    I know learning at home is challenging, so feel free to do one activity of your choice a week or more if your child wants to.  Explore different grade levels to find activities that are of interest to your child. Feel free to use these activities as motivators to get their work done so they can play a music game or create an art project.  Or use them as a way to take a break from working hard before moving on to the next assignment. Many of the music activities are only a few minutes long and will get a child up and moving. Think of them as a brain break.  Frequently check back to the Google Site because new lessons will be added as the music and art teachers continue to create more lessons. Or if you would like to take a break from the computer choose one of the options below.  

    “Music and Art are the Guiding lights of the World”  Pablo Picasso

    Technology Free Music Ideas
    From Jennifer Purdy

    •  Go outside for a “listening” walk and make a list of everything you hear.
    • Create a 4-beat body percussion pattern and teach it to someone. Can you both do it to the beat of a song? (body percussion means to use clap, pat, snap, stomp, etc.)
    • Sing your favorite song.
    • Play the steady beat as you sing a favorite song. (clap, pat, or use household items)
    • Play the rhythm of the words as you sing a favorite song. (clap, pat, or use household items)
    • Ask a grownup to teach you their favorite song.
    • Pick a familiar tune and create words to a song about what you are doing at home.
    • Create a dance to your favorite song.
    • Make musical instruments out of household items.
    • Invent and draw a new musical instrument. To which instrument family would it belong?
    • Listen to a piece of music. Then answer some of these questions: How does this music make you feel? Draw your feelings. What do you think of when you hear this music? If this music were playing in a movie, what would be happening?
    • Write down the lyrics to your favorite song. Underline any repeated words or phrases in the song. Underline four other words. Sing the song and make a sound (clap, pat, play an instrument) on the underlined words as you sing.
    • Perform a song four ways: whisper, speak, hum, sing.
    • Say a nursery rhyme and tap the beat as you say it.
    • Have a conversation completely through singing. Do this with people around you or create an imaginary two-sided conversation between toys, animals, etc.
    • Create pictures out of music symbols.
    • Pick a favorite story or book. Figure out how to represent the characters and setting using sounds (voice/things found around the house/body percussion). Using only those sounds, tell the entire story. Different individuals could make sounds for various characters.
  • *Please note that these links are provided as a resource for families.  These sites are not created, supported or endorsed by CCSD.