February 2015

February Greetings!

It's that time of year for either snow and cold or rain or all three depending on where you live.  I hope you have been safe and warm and you were able to keep on teaching in spite of the weather.  We've had tons of rain here in B.C. while it seems the rest of Canada has been in a deep freeze along with some parts of the USA.

NEW PRODUCT - Three kinds of Minors.

Writing scales are often a troublesome effort our students and sometimes confusing especially when it gets to the minors - harmonic, melodic and natural.  My newest adventure "Three Kinds of Minors"  is printable of 36 pages of minor scales (four sharps and four flats) and  each page is a different way to write minor scales, to help students gain an understanding of each scale and how it's written. Here is a review from Whitney from Alabama, USA who helped me proof all the pages. 

"Just wanted to let you know.....this product is making a HUGE difference for my students. The whole "6 up and 7up" concept makes total sense to them.

I can't thank you enough!!!

Last week, I worked through A minor with a student. Today, she played perfectly from natural to melodic to harmonic. Then on her own, she figured out what E minor would be once we played G major first!
I am so thrilled to have found this!!"

Whitney

Three Kinds of Minors

Check it out at Three Kinds of Minors at the Teachers Notebooks Store (and also thanks to Hailey from Vancouver for her help in proofing.)

MYC Halifax Conference

I am looking forward to going to the Music for Young Children conference in Halifax this July.   I will not have a booth at this conference but don't worry,

I will still be bringing games to the conference but they will be pre-orders.  Please browse the Solo Time Games Website and Solo Time Games Teachers notebook and start your list of what you would like me to bring out to the conference and keep posted on Facebook and Twitter for specials!

Happy Valentines Day week and thanks to those who purchased Valentines Day printables from the Teachers Notebook Store.  I hope your classes enjoyed them as much as mine did.

Sweetly Yours,

Lois
Solo Time Music Games
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Valentine Activities

Valentine Match up - Note and keyboard  Valentine Circle of 5th's - Keys to My Heart  Valentine Beginner Match Up - Music for Young Children specific Valentine Beats - includes Triplets  Valentine Music  - Rhythms using 16th notes  Valentine Tic Tac Toe  and X's and O's - Beginner - Two levels included New and updated versions of all the games played in the form of tic tac toe and ending with a black out where everyone wins! Key's to my Heart - students match keys to the heart signatures.  Great review for theory students learning key signatures up to four sharps and four flats.

Games of the month

" Give it a Rest" is one of my most useful teaching aids for helping students understand rest placement and it's coming in handy right now as my students prepare for the RCM Basic Rudiments exam.
This teaching aid helps students understand rest placement without the drudgery of having to erase their mistakes. The rest or group of rests are placed right on the card and can be easily removed if it is wrong  and allows for a great opportunity for teaching rest placement concepts. 
You can find it here www.solotimegames