I wrote to Anne Crosby this weekend asking if she might be interested in creating some of the ladybug cards using the terms “half step” and “whole step” instead of “semi-tone” and “whole tone.” I know many of the American methods use this terminology and I knew it would be helpful for my students not to have to worry about terminology confusion. Anne wrote back quickly saying that she had made a 2nd set of cards for us Whole-steppers and Half-steppers!
She also told me that she had added a number of new games and resources to Piano Discoveries since my last post. I visited her site and was amazed at what I found. In addition to the new games she has posted, she posted videos to demonstrate how the games are played! I spent the next hour printing off games for this fall. Some of the new ones include:
Enharmonic Snap
Flashy Fingers (for finger number recognition)
Spelling Bee Game (See below for video example)
The Interval Star
Listen Up in the Tree
Circle of Fifths
Visit Piano Discoveries to see other videos like this one:
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Yes, I spent an hour or more this week printing off games too, I especially love the video’s. I did Enharmonic snap, Flashy Fingers, and Spelling Bee.
I’ve spent the past 15 minutes scouring the site and I don’t see the videos???? Help! What am I doing wrong? 🙂
Hmmm…I’m sorry you are having trouble. Make sure you are on this page: http://www.pianodiscoveries.ca/teaching-aids.html To the right of the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th games there is a picture with a play button in the middle. Push the play button and it should play a video for you.
Hope this helps!