Successfully Having A Lightsaber Duel to the Beat With Preschoolers

We have been studying the music from Star Wars in preschool.  After researching what other people have done and coming up with some fun ideas of my own we had a successful time studying the Imperial March. Click here to see the full post about how to have a successful lightsaber (boomwhacker) duel and learn about steady beat, dynamics, and theme at the same time!

Learning Your Presidents

Presidents Day is a great time to take on the challenge of learning all of the presidents in order.  I'm proud of all of my kids for learning them!  Once you know who they are, click on the link below to take a fun quiz.  You will also need to use another device (your phone) as the controller for the game.

Leader https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/e7453587-2572-4343-bf2c-698b14788fab

Players kahoot.it 

To see more about what how we studied go to the full post here.

Classical Conversations Cycle 1 Week 15 Building Each Continents Tallest Mountain

We did a fun mountain building event to expand on the Foundations memory work for science.  Grab some empty egg cartons, markers, tape, and a large piece of paper and head here for the lesson plan!

Studying Star Wars Music with Preschoolers

I'm having a great time teaching musical concepts such as steady beat, forte, piano, and theme in this unit.  click here to read the full post on the new site.