Week of June 1 – 5
Hi kids!
Next week we will celebrate GLOBAL ARTS WEEK for our last week of school, so this will be our last week of music home learning! Thank you for singing, playing, dancing, and learning with us all this time. We look forward to seeing you in person at school next year and we hope you keep singing over the summer vacation.
Now it’s time to get out your stuffed animals and sing some songs about two animals we love: the RABBIT and the FOX.
Rabbit runs in the frozen snow! Enjoy this song about a fox trying to catch a rabbit. After learning the song, you can play with two of your stuffed animals!
Old Mr. Rabbit, you have a mighty habit… of sneaking in my garden, and eating all my carrots! Enjoy learning this song and seeing what that sneaky Mr. Rabbit eats from my garden next!
Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night. Sing along with a traditional folk song as we read Peter Spier’s book and listen to music played by the extraordinary ensemble Apollo’s Fire from their album Sugarloaf Mountain.
If you enjoyed the song “Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night”, we invite you to watch a real performance of the Apollo’s Fire ensemble performing it in a concert. What instruments do you notice? How is the singer telling the story by acting it out?
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Week of May 25-29
Hi kids!
Pizzicato! Enjoy listening and moving to “Pizzicato,” by Leo Delibes, and imagine a story about a frog walking on two legs! He can’t keep up his disguise when he reaches out his tongue to CATCH FLIES! Also – help us count how many flies the frog catches and read a music map!
Five green and speckled frogs! Enjoy singing along to this fun song and explore instruments as sound effects.
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Week of May 18-22
Hi kids!
This week we’ve got a story song for you! Puff the Magic Dragon lives by the sea! Enjoy this fun and famous song, and follow along with the beautiful story about Puff and his best friend, Jackie Paper.
“Old King Glory lives on the Mountain.” You can enjoy singing this song and playing the game with your stuffed animals (or your brothers and sisters at home.) Whoever remains at the end is Old King Glory! You pick one Old King Glory to start, but soon the next king is chosen when we sing, “the first one, the second one, the third switch with me!”
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Week of May 11-15
Hi kids!
This week is all about horses! Join in the horse race with the video below, and listen to Giaochino Rossini’s famous piece of music, “William Tell Overture!”
Now you can imagine being one of the Prince’s high stepping horses! Can you sneak out while he is sleeping and prance with your high steps through the field?
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Week of May 4-8
Hi kids!
This week we are exploring music that makes us think of the water! In the first video below, enjoy music called “The Blue Danube,” by Johann Strauss and help these two crazy crabs find the repeating pattern in the music. Then read a music map!
Now you can listen to a song about “The Goldfish” and pay attention to the silly things the goldfish do when they wake up from their nap!
You can also enjoy this song called, “Listen to the Water,” and find all the animals that we can see down by the river.
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Week of April 26-29
Hi kids!
We are continuing the celebration of our beautiful planet, Earth! Watch the video below to learn more about all of the planets in our solar system and why Earth is the best. Listen to the beautiful music called, “The Planets,” by Gustav Holst and follow along with Cosmo the Astronaut!
Now enjoy this beautiful song, “This Pretty Planet,” and sing in a round!
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This week, we encourage you to keep creating instruments from recycled materials and items around your home. You can find the “how-to” videos by clicking the link below! Make as many as you want! Share your musical pictures and videos to @hkislpmusic on Instagram!
EARTH DAY Activities: Make your own instruments!
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Week of April 14-17
Hi R1 students!
Welcome back! Bow Wow wow! Did you hear that? It’s my pet dog Buster asking to go on a walk. We know you will enjoy listening to this piece of jazz music called “Walk the Dog” by the American composer George Gershwin. Let’s see what that silly dog Buster gets up to on his walk!
Now it’s TIME to RHYME! One of our favorite songs is “Down by the Bay.” Enjoy reading this book with us and singing along.
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Music Home Learning: March 30 – April 3
Hi R1 Students!
Once upon a time, a shopkeeper named Mr. CandyMan had an unusual customer! A bluebird came through his window and asked to buy a piece of candy. Listen and learn this song, “Bluebird.”
Let’s play a music mapping game! First, we will draw a map with 1 bird, 1 window, and 1 piece of candy. Your finger will be the bluebird that flies through the window and ends up getting a piece of candy at the end.
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Music Home Learning: March 23-27
Hi R students!
This week our music is all about caterpillars and their amazing transformation into butterflies!
Let’s learn a lovely new song and sing it together. Our lyrics say, “Fuzzy, little caterpillar crawling crawling by. Don’t you know that someday you’ll become a butterfly? Don’t you know that someday you’ll become a butterfly?” First we will learn to sing our Fuzzy Caterpillar song, and then we will do a fingerplay and explore music writing with dotting and mapping. Feel free to pause the video halfway through and get out a marker and blank paper so you are ready to write!
Let’s listen to a new piece of music together called “Air on a G string” by the composer Johann Sebastian Bach. When we listen, we will imagine that we are brand new butterflies in our cocoons who break free and take flight for the first time.
Now the music teachers and our friends the Chinese teachers have a treat for you! Let’s sing one of our favorite school songs together. “We Are the Kids from HKIS” and we love to come to school each day!
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Music Home Learning: March 16-20
Hi R1 students!
Come with us and dig… we’re looking for dinosaur fossils! And if we’re lucky, the dinosaurs will teach us to dance!
The piece of music “Fossils” was composed by the French composer Camille Saint-Seans. You can listen and dance to it many times. Invite someone in your family to be another dinosaur with you!
Now let’s sing a song together. “All Around the World” we know there are children like us who like to play games, tell stories, and sing songs!
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Music Home Learning: March 9-13
Hi R1 students!
We hope you’re in the mood for moving! Our friends the Tortoise and the Hare have a race to run, and you can join along!
Our favorite turtle of all is Tiny Tim. You can sing along and help us pop his bubble at the end of the song!
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Music Home Learning: March 2-6
Hi again R1!
This week is all about SNAILS! You might remember a song that we can sing about snails. Watch the video below to remember the song and find out how to play a few snail games!
Now it’s time to draw a music map to go with our snail song!
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Music Home Learning: February 24-28
Hi again R1!
R1, now it’s your turn to sing along! Do you remember our favorite song about the worm stuck in the soda straw?
Now we have a new song called “On a log Mr. Frog.” You can clap along (1-2) or play any instrument you find in your house. Or you can look in your kitchen and find some pots and spoons to make the rhythm!
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Music Home Learning: February 17-21
Hi again R1!
Do you remember that dog, Harry? He loved to run around and play in the dirt! But sometimes he would get so tired that he would need to take a rest. After his rest, he was ready to play again! We have a piece of music that tells this story of Harry. Watch the video below to remember and play along!
Now you can keeping playing the game by listening to the mp3 of Chopin’s Minute Waltz below.
We also enjoy listening along to story songs. Here is one of our favorites ~ “How much is that doggie in the window?”
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Music Home Learning: February 10-14
Hello R1 students!
We have a secret song for you to read and sing! Watch the video below to find out what it is.
Now you can play the game with your family!