A while ago, I posted about Space Day, where we played games relating to the space notes.  I forgot to post about Line Day, so here it is! 

I wore a striped shirt and taped construction paper notes to the lines, for no other reason than to keep with the “line” theme.  (Sorry, no picture.  It was humiliating enough to do this in my studio!)

Then, we talked about the line notes and how to remember them.  “Every Good Boy Does Fine” for right hand.  “Good Boys Deserve Fudge Always” for left hand.  Some of the students made up their own sentences to help remember. 

We played the Skittles Line Game and Jumping Lines.

For Jumping Lines, I put tape on my floor to create a staff, like so:

Oh I hate my carpet.

Then, I called out a line note and the student jumped to it.  They loved to jump backwards, so I made sure to include a lot of notes from top to bottom.

We also played Note Twister with the same tape.  I called out Right Hand, E.  Left Hand, F.  Right Foot, G and so forth.  My fabulous husband demonstrates here:

This was, by far, their favorite game.  The game ends when the student falls over.  So I tried really hard to call out notes that would twist them up and make them fall!

I then sent the students home with homework of line notes to identify. 

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