"We Did the Mash ... We Did the Monster Mash!"

There's been lots of dancing and moving to the music in music class this week.  Moving to the Music is a great way to demonstrate your response to the music.

We also finished learning about our first music instrument family:

PERCUSSION (instruments you hit and shake)

First, we listened to a piece of music performed on all percussion instruments.  As we listened we thought about how the song made us feel.  We thought about what colours and shapes we heard.  

Second, we listened to the piece again, this time putting the music into our bodies and moving however we felt the music move us.

Finally, we chose the colours we heard and put the music in our hands.  We "danced" our hands around the page drawing the sounds we heard.  

On Halloween, we performed our spooky Halloween song, Skin & Bones together.

Here, Mr. Foster's Grade 1s perform it for you.