Little Bubby
Educational Workshops and Programs
Music and Math - Grades 3, 4, 5
* Identify, extend and create patterns using percussion instruments and rhythms
* Analyze patterning rules
* Create tables to display patterns
* Double the patterns, change and manipulate sounds to create new patterns
* Recognize relations of sound and how it looks on paper
* Use rhythms to explore and experiment with fractions
* Contribute ideas to help solve problems, and listen and respond constructively to the ideas of others when working in a group (Oran and Visual Communication)
Music and Language Grades 1-2 and 3-5
* Play melodies and harmonies on recorders
* Use the rhythms to write poetry using syllables
* Perform and create music with recorders and percussion
* Reproduce specific pitches in-group call-and -response activities
* Create rhythmic patterns, using a variety of sounds
* Produce a specific effect using various sound sources
* Accompany songs, using appropriate rhythm instruments
* Create and perform musical compositions, applying their knowledge of the elements of music and patterns of sound
Sound Effect Activities - all ages
Preschool and Kindergarten
* Simple Songs for Circle Time and Percussion Bands: This circle time engages young children to do action songs, sing, and play percussion instruments.
* The Name Game: This progam uses names and syllables to teach rhythms and language
Perform and Create Music - Grades 6, 7, 8
This workshop teaches the participants to compose and perform music on a variety of instruments.
Participants will then perform their work in front of an audience.
This is a great workshop for libraries too!
* Participants will use musical instruments, and every day items to create sound effects while watching their peers act out a variety of skits.
* Skills acquired includes listening and responding
* Exploring creativity to build self-esteem
* Perform in front of their peers
Participants will:
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learn to play rhythms on a variety of percussion instruments
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create lyrics (use past ideas, poems, stories, journals)
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Learn to manipulate lyrics into a melody
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put melody into chords and rhythms
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create arrangements and edit song
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sing, play and perform the song
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Record the song on audio/video
This workshop benefits each participant by :
Learning to connect with yourself
Developing self-confidence
listening,
responding with more empathy,
predicting,
improvising,
using intuition and trust,
communicating more effectively.
developing a sense of self-worth, self-esteem, and feelings of acceptance and nurture.
Improving problem solving abilities
improving abilities socially, cognitively, emotionally, physically, and creatively.
Songwriting Performance Workshop - Teens/Adults
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There is ample evidence that music helps students develop the attitudes, characteristics and intellectual skills required to participate effectively in today’s society and economy. The arts teach self-discipline, reinforce self-esteem and foster the thinking skills and creativity so valued in he workplace such as teamwork and cooperation. (Schirrmacher 1991)