Opening
| Melody | Choose and Lead Song |
| Orson | Prayer |
| Brytt | Scripture/Thought |
| Conrad | Pledge of Allegiance |
| Jacob | Joke of the Day |
| James | Lead Memorization |
| Jayne | Show and Tell |
| John | Treasurer |
| Joshua | Snack |
Poem and Shuffle Dance
Don’t forget to practice your shuffle dance.
Results And Roses
by Edgar Guest
The man who wants a garden fair,
Or small or very big,
With Flowers growing here and there,
Must bend his back and dig.
The Things are mighty few on earth
That wishes can attain.
Whatever we want of any worth
We’ve got to work to gain.
Book Club
Keep reading the current book: Cilla Lee-Jenkins Future Author Extraordinaire, by Susan Tan
Composers, Artist and Leprechaun
Hey guys. I’m so excited to meet with you this upcoming week. Let’s warm up our creative juices with an art for kids hub. Let’s do some that have to do with St. Patricks Day. Did you realize that it is coming up soon? In our home we have a sneaky little Leprechaun named Leo that comes around and causes some mischief! Do you guys celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Feel free to choose a drawing or your choice.
Now that you have your right brain is awake and alert, let’s dive in for this weeks fun. This week we will be learning just a little about some of the oldest and most famous composers and artist that this world has ever known. Have you ever heard the names Mozart, or Beethoven or Bach? Watch the video below to learn a little bit more about them.
There are actually THOUSANDS of famous composers! Maybe even millions if we really counted. People ALL over the world write their own songs. You don’t have to be old, or dead or even FAMOUS to write songs. You simply need to be inspired. Some people compose music with instruments. Like the piano or trombone. Do you even know what that is? Some people don’t know how to play any musical instrument. Instead, they just hum or sing their song by themselves. They many just sing a melody with “La- la-la” or maybe they will write a melody and put Lyrics or words to it. Other people have the ability to make their OWN voices sound like instruments. Singing without ANY instrument playing along with you is called, acapella. When you make the sounds of an instrument only using you mouth, that is called beatboxing. People can do some really neat composing when they beatbox. When they combine beatboxing with acapella singing, it’s even neater! Check out these videos below to see how incredible it can be. (And fun side fact, did you know that our own MRS TRACIE is a composer? She is! She wrote a melody with lyrics and then PLAYS IT ON THE GUITAR. And what’s even better…she has the voice of an angel! True story! )
DID YOU HEAR THE BEATBOXING HALF WAY THROUGH? COOL HUH!
Beatboxing and composing or writing your OWN music can be so much fun. You could write your own song about anything you could imagine. Just look around you. What inspires you? Snow, sun, Mario Brothers, Jesus, your hands, cookies, your pet Snuffy the cat? The possibilities are endless. Or perhaps it’s just a melody you come up with and hum. Or even a melody you play on an instrument. There are so many NOTES your could sing too. HIGH. LOW. A combo. What’s up YOUR sleeve? Can you try to compose your OWN piece of music? Can you perform it for your family? Give it a try. Maybe it’s something you are REALLY good about… you just don’t know it yet.
Now let’s move on to some famous artist. Watch the video for a glimpse into just a few.
So, what makes someones art so famous? Does it happen INSTANTLY? Not usually. Like any other talent we have, we have to work at it. Practice. Have some happy successes and have some “failures”. Did you know that the man who came up with the cartoon character MICKEY MOUSE changed his “little mouse” many times. In fact, the first Mickey Mouse actually looked more like a rabbit than a mouse! The Mickey Mouse that you are familiar with is also a very unique type of art. The Mickey Mouse we see is a type of art called animation. Animation is when you take multiple “still drawings” or photographs and move them in rapid succession creating an ILLUSION of movement for the object. We are going to make our own little animated picture. Watch this little video below and see if you can create your OWN! This gentleman uses a light board. We have found that you can hold your paper up to a window and it will also work.
Did it work? If not, no worries, try again. When you get to class, I will show you a REALLY simple one that you can do that I couldn’t find a video for.
Well, I hope you learned some fun things. If you wrote a song, drew a picture or had success with your flip book, bring it to class so you can show everyone. See ya soon! And don’t forget to pull out some green to be wearin’ for St. Paties Day is comin’ soon!
Ms Jinger
