October 6, 2021 Homework Poco Players
Excellent work today!
NEW songs/activities that we learned today:
(1) NEW Challenge: How old are you? Play the Pickle Song that many times each day!
(2) PLAY and SING the Monkey Song!
Here is a handout with pictures and words!
Review these songs/activities with your student this week:
(1) Shy guy!
Draw “shy guy” on the outside edge of the left thumb. Practice moving him from underneath your violin to sitting gently on the fuzzy sticker!
(2) Open flight zone. When “shy guy” is on the “fuzzy,” check that you have an “open flight zone!” Keep left wrist loose and relaxed.
(3) Sing and PLAY the Pickle Song!
Here is a handout with pictures and words!
(4) Rock ‘n’ Roll:
Mississippi Hot Dog on the A string.
STOP. ROCK elbow. ROLL!
Mississippi Hot Dog on the E string.
(5) Where is One Mouse? Song
Keep fingers round and curved.
(6) Bow hold bunnies!
Practice with pencils, wands, etc.!
*Click on the “Notes” tab and scroll down to see pictures of my bow hand on a pencil!
(7) Up Like a Rocket Song (with bow bunnies on the bow!)
Up Like a Rocket, down Like the Rain,
Back and forth like a choo choo train,
‘Round and ’round like a great big sun,
Land on your head, curved pinky, bent thumb!
Up Like a Rocket, down Like the Rain,
Back and forth like a choo choo train!
(8) Rhythms on Arm
Left hand straight in front. Right hand on the elbow. Move between elbow and wrist on the rhythms. This teaches you how to “open” and “close” with your bow arm!
(9) Rhythms on the E-string!
(10) Rest Position Song (sung to “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”)
Rest position, feet in line.
Scroll in front is mighty fine.
Check your scroll cause it should be,
Peeking out at you and me.
Now it’s time to take a bow,
One and two and three is how.
“Hello toes!”
(11) Rhythms! Clap and say our Twinkle rhythms!
Twinkle Rhythms – Condensed
Twinkle Rhythms – One Rhythm per Sheet
(12) Violin String Name song
Eek, eek, eek! All the little
Ants, ants, ants! They are crawling
Down, down, down! Down into the
Ground, ground, ground!
(13) Bow parts song
Where is the bow tip? | Here is the bow tip!
Where is the bow frog? | Here is the bow frog!
Where is the adjusting screw? | Here is the adjusting screw!
Where is the thumb rubber? | Here is the thumb rubber!
Where is the silver winding? | Here is the silver winding!
Where is the bow stick? | Here is the bow stick!
Where is the bow hair? | DON’T TOUCH THE BOW HAIR!!!
Theory homework: Sailboat Coloring Sheet (E-string notes)
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