My Students

I want to create Fireworks and highly active brains in my second graders by introducing the perfect first wind instrument, the ocarina.

My students love to sing, dance and make music!

We enjoy exploring our xylophones, drums and percussion instruments. Last year we performed group songs with boom whackers, various percussion instruments and our voices. We make up songs to stories, and create our own plays with original song.

My Project

My students will get to play a melody instrument every time they come to music. We have many harmony instruments and are enjoying that part, but sometimes we just want to play the melody. Ocarinas give us the perfect first wind instrument. Based on a pentatonic scale they can't play any wrong notes, and their fingers will fit over these holes better than a recorder. The practice we get on these instruments will increase fine motor movement. We will learn standard songs but also create our own compositions for a performance at the end of year community event. This will also prepare them for recorders in 3rd grade. I am requesting a class set of ocarinas for my students.

Experiencing performance on an instrument that the notes will always sound right, make for instant success.

This will give the students confidence and help them become risk takers in developing deeper musical/ performance skills, that will not only be a strength in music but all other course work.