Violin at Sing and Play
Last week at Sing and Play Ms. Taylor introduced the violin bow to the class. Everyone learned how to hold a bow properly using the “rabbit” hold and practiced doing so. This week the children had a chance to play on a 1/16th scale violin.
The class usually includes the children picking some songs out of the Song Bag to sing with their pretend microphones. A random sampling of tunes could be: She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain, Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush, Skidimarink, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
There are also some fun exercises in learning rhythm:
Part of the exercise was learning that the right hand is always the bow hand, even if one is left handed. The kids are asked to find their bow hand and raise it. She then comes around the room and stamps each of their hand with a ribbon bow design 🙂
The highlight of the day (at least for us) was watching Marshall try out the 1/16th violin! Can you see his bow stamp?
