Recorder Fun!

Here are some of the things we did in my recorder class at school for the 5th, 6th and 7th grades.  

Each student received a *recorder kit*, which included:

recorder

 fingering chart

simple musical expressions

rhythm chart

note flashcards

sheet music

miniature music stand

soap bubbles* 

*(soap bubbles was so they could work on their blowing technique

- no bubble means that they were blowing too hard)

  

I made this little game for them to learn the different notes on the staff for two players at a time.  I say a note they need to find on the staff and the first one who places the black note in the correct spot is the winner for that round and he/she gets to proceed to the next round to compete against a new player. The last one standing is the "winner".  

This is the flash card fingering chart I made.
I used a star stempel (because I had access to nothing else at the time haha) to show the finger placement on the recorder.  

We also played a simple rhythm game where I clap a rhythm and each person takes a turn clapping the same rhythm correctly.  This was harder than they thought.  

Blokkfløyte diplom

As a little treat I made this certificate of completion for each of my students.

If you own a recorder, you already have the "template" because that is all I used to make the shape.  I used a pencil and outlined the shape of the recorder.   I adjusted it a little to fit the paper size and made the width wider. On the back of the recorder I have listed their acheivements.  Examples: ♪ Scales, ♫ Reading music, ♪ Rythm, ♫ Performance etc.

"Music is the art of thinking with sounds."
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