Recorder Karate!!! Video Help!!!

I've been working on a little project to help our 4th graders out, and here is the first part of it!!  I know that so many of you parents LOVE me for sending home the recorder with your child.  A lot of you don't know how to help them with it though!!  This will let you invite Miss Rains into your computer as I walk the kids through each part of learning each new song.  The videos ALWAYS follow our new song steps:

1. Clap out the Rhythm of the song.

2. Figure out the names of the notes.

3. Using your fingers on the right holes, say (don't play) the notes while moving your fingers in the right place.

4. Finally you can play along and try playing your song!!

The end of each video also shows me playing the song and shows my fingers for the kids to follow along.  If your child is struggling with a song or you are hearing a lot of squeaking and frustration, let them check out the videos for some extra help!  The video also tells the kids to rewind and go back to points if they need extra practice, so please encourage that!

The best part of this endeavor is that everything I did, I was able to do on our school/PTA purchased iPad!!!  Thank you to the parents who are supporting our PTA, because being able to use technology in this way is AWESOME!

All right... here are the first four belts:

White Belt: Hot Cross Buns

Yellow Belt: Gently Sleep

Orange Belt: Merrily We Roll Along

Green Belt: It's Raining

More to come!!!