Congratulations to the members of the Third Grade as they earned the FIRST EVER "badge" today in our new Violin Scouts program! Everyone in Third Grade has added a sticker badge to their foot mat signifying that they have mastered the "Parts of the Violin Rap" and know each and every part of their violin!!
General Music:There will be lots of new songs, dances, musical facts, and more being explored in each area of the General Music Program, so be sure to check HERE to find out specific information about what discoveries your child's class will be making in the month of September! All of the Monthly Music Curriculum Guides for all of our grade levels and performance areas have been posted as of the end of last week. Be sure to check in and see what fun and exciting musical learning your child will be participating in in September! **Pre-K 3 and 4 have started using our "Hello Routine" songs and many of us can already sing along! We're working on rhythmic and melodic passages and echoing them when Mrs. Kamp goes first. So far, we've explored "do," "mi," "sol," and "la" in our singing echos and ta (quarter note), ti-ti (eighth note), shh (quarter rest), and alligator (sixteenth note) in our rhythms but we're adding more all the time! We're experimenting with different classroom instruments including: Rhythm Sticks, Shaker Eggs, Jingle Bells, Tambourines, and Drums and using them to echo short rhythmic patterns as well as to accompany ourselves while singing a variety of songs. We're also using our bodies to show different things we notice in songs...like the speed, volume level, or way the music is moving. We will begin our work with Pre-School Prodigies, rhythm band, fall themed songs, and sooo much more!!! It's going to be a wonderful year to explore!!! **Kindergarten has been singing, dancing, and playing their way through their first few music classes! We've started using our "Hello Routine" songs and many of us can already sing along! We're working on rhythmic and melodic passages and echoing them when Mrs. Kamp goes first. So far, we've explored "do," "mi," "sol," and "la" in our singing echos and ta (quarter note), ti-ti (eighth note), shh (quarter rest), and alligator (sixteenth note) in our rhythms but we're adding more all the time! We're experimenting with different classroom instruments including: Rhythm Sticks, Shaker Eggs, Jingle Bells, Tambourines, and Drums and using them to echo short rhythmic patterns as well as to accompany ourselves while singing a variety of songs. We're also using our bodies to show different things we notice in songs...like the speed, volume level, or way the music is moving. We will begin our work with Pre-School Prodigies, rhythm band, fall themed songs, and sooo much more!!! It's going to be a wonderful year to explore!!! **First Graders have started using our "Hello Routine" songs and many of us can already sing along! We're working on rhythmic and melodic passages and echoing them when Mrs. Kamp goes first. Right now, First Graders are exploring the very many ways that music can be....loud / soft...fast / slow, etc. and learning all sorts of magical music vocabulary words. Last week we learned the music words for dynamic levels (volumes) including: piano (soft), mezzo (medium), and forte (loud.) We explored these dynamic changes with our bodies and through singing songs. We also experimented with crescendos and decrescendos (making the music get louder and softer). this week we're hoping to head outside and add a fun activity with the parachute to demonstrate our knowledge of musical volumes and terminology! We're having fun with songs, games, instruments, dancing, and some pretty cool surprises as we build our music vocabularies and learn to speak the language of music. **Second Graders are back playing their first EVER NOTES ON THIER RECORDERS!!!!! Now, we're going to being learning the first song of the Recorder Karate Program..... "Hot Cross Buns" and will be taking their white belt tests in a few weeks! We're mastering fingering and playing B, A, and G so that we will be ready to play the song! Parents, you can find more information about the recorder program HERE along with some helpful links for at home practice :) **Third Graders are "putting it all together" as we incorporate everything we've learned over the past few years into larger ensemble playing through Pre-School Prodigies!! We're beginning to masker reading the treble staff and sooo much more!!! This week, we'll be exploring how music can move including step, leap or skip, and stay the same motion. We'll also be working with reading notes on the treble staff and beginning to try reading the staff without the color coding system we have used in the past. We received our first "music workbooks" and will be going through all of the activities there including note copying, note writing, note searches, and composing activities as we work to grow our music reading fluency. Performance MusicBand Classes:I am sooo excited to see everyone for their instrumental lessons and Band Classes! Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Graders will be receiving their instruments AND learning their first notes on their brand new instruments and may now begin practicing their instruments and are encouraged to fill out and return their practice sheet at their lesson next week. We're going to start learning some songs for a special Virtual Holiday Concert we're planning for late December!!! A new addition to our Band Program this year is the opportunity to adopt a "practice pet" to help you with your daily instrumental practice :) Adorable plush unicorns and dragons are up for adoption and will be arriving at the Amagansett School later this week! If your child is interested in adopting a practice pet, remind them to complete their application letter telling me how having a pet is going to help them on their journey into the world of playing a band instrument :) ** Fourth Graders will have Band Class each week on Tuesday and will have their instrumental lessons on Thursdays or Fridays each week. This week, we will be learning how to put their instruments together this week as well as learning the first note on their instrument! We will be working towards mastering pages 2 through 4 of our Band Brilliance Method Book. Special challenge...can you put your instrument together in under 2 minutes???? We will also be beginning the Band Karate Challenge in our lessons this week. Be sure to ask your child what that's all about! They're going to be excited to share!! ** Fifth and Sixth Graders will have Band Class each week on Tuesday and will have their instrumental lessons on Tuesdays or Wednesdays each week on a rotating schedule. Although Fifth and Sixth graders are meeting separately as individual pods this year, we will continue to work on the same repertoire and will be performing either virtually or live as one large ensemble. This week, we're reviewing our skills from last year as well as introducing some new Holiday Concert repertoire: "Creatures in the Attic" and "When Santa's Away, the Elves will Play." We will also be beginning the Band Karate Challenge in our lessons this week. Be sure to ask your child what that's all about! They're going to be excited to share!! If you're interested in learning more about our school's Instrumental Music Program, follow these links to the band's individual websites: Chorus Classes:Students in our Third through Sixth Grade Chorus are meeting in separate smaller groups this year and are all working towards our big December Holiday Concert! We've also started preparing some selections to share with you in November for Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving! We're building our teamwork skills as we work together to become STAR Singers and fill Mrs.Kamp's class pom-pom jars! Which class will be the first class to celebrate a STAR Singers Day??? We can't wait!! String Classes:Welcome to the wonderful world of string instruments...particularly, the violin :) I am VERY excited to begin this journey with you and your children!! Parents and parent involvement is an essential part of a students success in music, particularly in the Suzuki style of teaching. Although we can't have parents attend each and every one of our class meetings, it will be very important for your child's success that they begin practicing at home and that they see you excited and enthusiastic about all of their violin playing. ** Kindergarten Violin has begun!!! We are learning how to hold our bows, balance our violins, and control our bodies so nothing falls down! We're also making "box violins" so we can use them int he classroom and have them at home to practice with. Be sure to ask your child about some of the song activities we've learned including: Up Like a Rocket, The Grand Old Duke o f York, and The Wheels on the Bus. We're also learning all of the parts of our violin......you can quiz us at home if you check the class violin page HERE. ** First Grade Violin has begun!!! We reviewed how to hold our bows, balance our violins, and control our bodies so nothing falls down! We're also making "box violins" so we can use them int he classroom and have them at home to practice with. Be sure to ask your child about some of the song activities we've learned including: Up Like a Rocket, The Grand Old Duke o f York, and The Wheels on the Bus. We're also learning all of the parts of our violin......you can quiz us at home if you check the class violin page HERE ** Second Grade Violin has begun!!! We reviewed how to hold our bows, balance our violins, and control our bodies so nothing falls down! We also reviewed all of our songs from last year including: Up Like a Rocket, The Grand Old Duke o f York, The Monkey Song, The Ant Song, GDG Stomp! and The Wheels on the Bus. We're also learning all of the parts of our violin and the names of the open strings......you can quiz us at home if you check the class violin page HERE ** Second Grade Violin has begun!!! We reviewed how to hold our bows, balance our violins, and control our bodies so nothing falls down! We're also reviewing all of the parts of our violin and the names of the open strings. We refreshed all of our songs from last year including: Up Like a Rocket, The Grand Old Duke o f York, The Monkey Song, The Ant Song, GDG Stomp! and The Wheels on the Bus. You can help us with some at home practice HERE ** Third Grade Violin has begun!!! We reviewed how to hold our bows, balance our violins, and control our bodies so nothing falls down! We're also reviewing all of the parts of our violin and the names of the open strings. We refreshed all of our songs from last year including: Up Like a Rocket, The Grand Old Duke o f York, The Monkey Song, The Ant Song, GDG Stomp! and The Wheels on the Bus. And then got our fingers moving by playing Elephants and Frogs and The Kangaroo Song. This week we're also taking our first peek inside our brand new Strictly Strings Method Book. You can help us with some at home practice HERE ** Fourth Grade Violin has begun!!! We reviewed how to hold our bows, balance our violins, and control our bodies so nothing falls down! We're also reviewing all of the parts of our violin and the names of the open strings. We refreshed all of our songs from last year including: Up Like a Rocket, The Grand Old Duke o f York, The Monkey Song, The Ant Song, GDG Stomp! and The Wheels on the Bus. And then got our fingers moving by playing Elephants and Frogs and The Kangaroo Song. This week we're also taking our first peek inside our brand new Strictly Strings Method Book. You can help us with some at home practice HERE ** Fifth Grade Violin has FINALLY arrived!!! Interested Fifth Graders are coming to the music room at RECESS on FRIDAYS to finally have a chance to play the violin after our initial efforts were derailed by COVID last year! This past Friday, we learned how to hold our bows, balance our violins, and control our bodies so nothing falls down! We're also learning all of the parts of our violin and the names of the open strings. This week we're also taking our first peek inside our brand new Strictly Strings Method Book. You can help us with some at home practice HERE Be sure to check your child's string class page often. I will be posting videos, handouts, songs, and other helpful materials there for each of our classes to help build this bridge from violin at school to violin at home!
Stay tuned for more information right here each week :) Mrs. Kamp :) Congratulations to: Billie (K), Maisie (K), Harrison (K), John Michael (2), Luella J. (3), Jaiyah (3), and Leo (4) on becoming the FIRST "music detectives" of the school year and bringing in facts they learned about Mr. Dvorak!
General Music:There will be lots of new songs, dances, musical facts, and more being explored in each area of the General Music Program, so be sure to check HERE to find out specific information about what discoveries your child's class will be making in the month of September! All of the Monthly Music Curriculum Guides for all of our grade levels and performance areas have been posted as of the end of last week. Be sure to check in and see what fun and exciting musical learning your child will be participating in in September! **Pre-K 3 and 4 Will not have music class this week due to NWEA testing in the older grades. But don't worry!! We will be back to singing, dancing, and playing their way through their first few music classes! We've started using our "Hello Routine" songs and many of us can already sing along! We're working on rhythmic and melodic passages and echoing them when Mrs. Kamp goes first. We're experimenting with different classroom instruments including: Rhythm Sticks, Shaker Eggs, Jingle Bells, Tambourines, and Drums and using them to echo short rhythmic patterns as well as to accompany ourselves while singing a variety of songs. We're also using our bodies to show different things we notice in songs...like the speed, volume level, or way the music is moving. We will begin our work with Pre-School Prodigies, rhythm band, fall themed songs, and sooo much more!!! It's going to be a wonderful year to explore!!! **Kindergarten Will not have music class this week due to NWEA testing in the older grades. But don't worry!! We will be back to singing, dancing, and playing their way through their first few music classes! We've started using our "Hello Routine" songs and many of us can already sing along! We're working on rhythmic and melodic passages and echoing them when Mrs. Kamp goes first. We're experimenting with different classroom instruments including: Rhythm Sticks, Shaker Eggs, Jingle Bells, Tambourines, and Drums and using them to echo short rhythmic patterns as well as to accompany ourselves while singing a variety of songs. We're also using our bodies to show different things we notice in songs...like the speed, volume level, or way the music is moving. We will begin our work with Pre-School Prodigies, rhythm band, fall themed songs, and sooo much more!!! It's going to be a wonderful year to explore!!! **First Graders Will not have music class this week due to NWEA testing in the older grades. But don't worry!! We will be back to singing, dancing, and playing their way through their first few music classes! We've started using our "Hello Routine" songs and many of us can already sing along! We're working on rhythmic and melodic passages and echoing them when Mrs. Kamp goes first. Right now, First Graders are exploring the very many ways that music can be....loud / soft...fast / slow, etc. and learning all sorts of magical music vocabulary words. Last week we learned the music words for dynamic levels (volumes) including: piano (soft), mezzo (medium), and forte (loud.) We explored these dynamic changes with our bodies and through singing songs. We also experimented with crescendos and decrescendos (making the music get louder and softer). We're having fun with songs, games, instruments, dancing, and some pretty cool surprises as we build our music vocabularies and learn to speak the language of music. **Second Graders Will not have music class this week due to NWEA testing in the older grades. But don't worry!! we will be back to our recorder study next week! Last week, Second Graders took home their first EVER RECORDERS!!!!! Now, we're going to being learning the first song of the Recorder Karate Program..... "Hot Cross Buns" and will be taking their white belt tests in a few weeks! We're mastering fingering and playing B, A, and G so that we will be ready to play the song! Parents, you can find more information about the recorder program HERE along with some helpful links for at home practice :) **Third Graders are "putting it all together" as we incorporate everything we've learned over the past few years into larger ensemble playing through Pre-School Prodigies!! We're beginning to masker reading the treble staff and sooo much more!!! This week, we'll be exploring how music can move including step, leap or skip, and stay the same motion. We'll also be working with reading notes on the treble staff and beginning to try reading the staff without the color coding system we have used in the past. Performance MusicBand Classes:I am sooo excited to see everyone for their instrumental lessons and Band Classes! Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Graders will be receiving their instruments AND learning their first notes on their brand new instruments and may now begin practicing their instruments and are encouraged to fill out and return their practice sheet at their lesson next week. We're going to start learning some songs for a special Virtual Holiday Concert we're planning for late December!!! ** Fourth Graders will have Band Class each week on Tuesday and will have their instrumental lessons on Thursdays or Fridays each week on a rotating schedule. This week, we will be learning how to put their instruments together this week as well as learning the first note on their instrument! We will be working towards mastering pages 1 and 2 of our Band Brilliance Method Book. Special challenge...can you put your instrument together in under 2 minutes???? ** Fifth and Sixth Graders will have Band Class each week on Tuesday and will have their instrumental lessons on Tuesdays or Wednesdays each week on a rotating schedule.although Fifth and Sixth graders are meeting separately as individual pods this year, we will continue to work on the same repertoire and will be performing either virtually or live as one large ensemble. This week, we're reviewing our skills from last year as well as introducing some new Holiday Concert repertoire: "Creatures in the Attic" and "When Santa's Away, the Elves will Play." If you're interested in learning more about our school's Instrumental Music Program, follow these links to the band's individual websites: Chorus Classes:Students in our Third through Sixth Grade Chorus are meeting in separate smaller groups this year and are all working towards our big December Holiday Concert! We've also started preparing some selections to share with you in November for Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving! We can't wait!! String Classes:Welcome to the wonderful world of string instruments...particularly, the violin :) I am VERY excited to begin this journey with you and your children!! Parents and parent involvement is an essential part of a students success in music, particularly in the Suzuki style of teaching. Although we can't have parents attend each and every one of our class meetings, it will be very important for your child's success that they begin practicing at home and that they see you excited and enthusiastic about all of their violin playing. ** Kindergarten Violin has begun!!! We are learning how to hold our bows, balance our violins, and control our bodies so nothing falls down! We're also making "box violins" so we can use them int he classroom and have them at home to practice with. Be sure to ask your child about some of the song activities we've learned including: Up Like a Rocket, The Grand Old Duke o f York, and The Wheels on the Bus. We're also learning all of the parts of our violin......you can quiz us at home if you check the class violin page HERE. ** First Grade Violin has begun!!! We reviewed how to hold our bows, balance our violins, and control our bodies so nothing falls down! We're also making "box violins" so we can use them int he classroom and have them at home to practice with. Be sure to ask your child about some of the song activities we've learned including: Up Like a Rocket, The Grand Old Duke o f York, and The Wheels on the Bus. We're also learning all of the parts of our violin......you can quiz us at home if you check the class violin page HERE ** Second Grade Violin has begun!!! We reviewed how to hold our bows, balance our violins, and control our bodies so nothing falls down! We also reviewed all of our songs from last year including: Up Like a Rocket, The Grand Old Duke o f York, The Monkey Song, The Ant Song, GDG Stomp! and The Wheels on the Bus. We're also learning all of the parts of our violin and the names of the open strings......you can quiz us at home if you check the class violin page HERE ** Second Grade Violin has begun!!! We reviewed how to hold our bows, balance our violins, and control our bodies so nothing falls down! We're also reviewing all of the parts of our violin and the names of the open strings. We refreshed all of our songs from last year including: Up Like a Rocket, The Grand Old Duke o f York, The Monkey Song, The Ant Song, GDG Stomp! and The Wheels on the Bus. You can help us with some at home practice HERE ** Third Grade Violin has begun!!! We reviewed how to hold our bows, balance our violins, and control our bodies so nothing falls down! We're also reviewing all of the parts of our violin and the names of the open strings. We refreshed all of our songs from last year including: Up Like a Rocket, The Grand Old Duke o f York, The Monkey Song, The Ant Song, GDG Stomp! and The Wheels on the Bus. And then got our fingers moving by playing Elephants and Frogs and The Kangaroo Song. This week we're also taking our first peek inside our brand new Strictly Strings Method Book. You can help us with some at home practice HERE ** Fourth Grade Violin has begun!!! We reviewed how to hold our bows, balance our violins, and control our bodies so nothing falls down! We're also reviewing all of the parts of our violin and the names of the open strings. We refreshed all of our songs from last year including: Up Like a Rocket, The Grand Old Duke o f York, The Monkey Song, The Ant Song, GDG Stomp! and The Wheels on the Bus. And then got our fingers moving by playing Elephants and Frogs and The Kangaroo Song. This week we're also taking our first peek inside our brand new Strictly Strings Method Book. You can help us with some at home practice HERE Be sure to check your child's string class page often. I will be posting videos, handouts, songs, and other helpful materials there for each of our classes to help build this bridge from violin at school to violin at home!
Stay tuned for more information right here each week :) Mrs. Kamp :)
General Music:There will be lots of new songs, dances, musical facts, and more being explored in each area of the General Music Program, so be sure to check HERE to find out specific information about what discoveries your child's class will be making in the month of September! All of the Monthly Music Curriculum Guides for all of our grade levels and performance areas have been posted as of the end of last week. Be sure to check in and see what fun and exciting musical learning your child will be participating in in September! **Pre-K 3 and 4 will be singing, dancing, and playing their way through their first few music classes! We will begin our work with Pre-School Prodigies, rhythm band, fall themed songs, and sooo much more!!! It's going to be a wonderful year to explore!!! **Kindergarten also begins to explore the world of music, learning our hello routines and songs, experimenting with the different classroom instruments. We have begun incorporating our Pre-School Prodigies lessons with Mr. Rob and our Rhythm Band Curriculum into each class visit...making music a VERY Exciting place to be! **First Graders are exploring the very many ways that music can be....loud / soft...fast / slow, etc. We're having fun with songs, games, instruments, dancing, and some pretty cool surprises as we build our music vocabularies and learn to speak the language of music. **Second Graders have taken home their first EVER RECORDERS!!!!! Now, we're going to being learning the first song of the Recorder Karate Program..... "Hot Cross Buns" and will be taking their white belt tests in a few weeks! Parents, you can find more information about the recorder program HERE along with some helpful links for at home practice :) **Third Graders are "putting it all together" as we incorporate everything we've learned over the past few years into larger ensemble playing through Pre-School Prodigies!! We're beginning to masker reading the treble staff and sooo much more!!! Performance MusicBand Classes:I am sooo excited to see everyone for their instrumental lessons and Band Classes! Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Graders will be receiving their instruments AND learning their first notes on their brand new instruments and may now begin practicing their instruments and are encouraged to fill out and return their practice sheet at their lesson next week. We're going to start learning some songs for a special Virtual Holiday Concert we're planning for late December!!! If you're interested in learning more about our school's Instrumental Music Program, follow these links to the band's individual websites: Chorus Classes:Students in our Third through Sixth Grade Chorus are meeting in separate smaller groups this year and are all working towards our big December Holiday Concert! We've also started preparing some selections to share with you in November for Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving! We can't wait!! String Classes:Welcome to the wonderful world of string instruments...particularly, the violin :) I am VERY excited to begin this journey with you and your children!! Parents and parent involvement is an essential part of a students success in music, particularly in the Suzuki style of teaching. Although we can't have parents attend each and every one of our class meetings, it will be very important for your child's success that they begin practicing at home and that they see you excited and enthusiastic about all of their violin playing. Be sure to check your child's string class page often. I will be posting videos, handouts, songs, and other helpful materials there for each of our classes to help build this bridge from violin at school to violin at home! You can see exactly what we learned in our first weeks of Violin Class HERE.
Stay tuned for more information right here each week :) Mrs. Kamp :) WELCOME BACK!!!! I hope that everyone had a WONDERFUL summer and that you are all as excited to get back to fun and learning as I am!!!
I thought I'd use this first entry of the 2021 - 2022 school year to introduce you to the various elements of the Amagansett School Music Website. There's a lot going on...I hope you all find the information helpful and not too overwhelming :) I'm really excited to be able to share all of the amazing things our students are up to with you through this blog! Please be sure to click on the RSS Feed link and add the music program blog to your RSS Feeds, that way you will receive an automatic email every time the weekly blog is updated. Some elements to take note of:
You might want to bookmark some of these sites as I'm sure this website is bound to become a very valuable resource for you and your children alike :) Looking forward to connecting with all of you each week!! Mrs. Kamp :) |
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