1st and 2nd grade introduction to note values!

Note duration is a basic element in music. Without knowing how long we have to play or sing a note we can't perform or compose any music.


Kids in 1st and 2nd  grades are very young to understand the meaning of common or combound fractions or decimal numbers.


So, this week we were introduced to the "musical magical train". We had tickets for our seats, in fact note value tickets and we pretended to be "fatty whole", Mr.or Ms. Halfnote and other funny note characters.


You can take a look to our tickets:

and:

Ask your child to explain you how we played this game: in this way he/she can remember it again and comprehend the note values.