That's a Wrap!

 Filming is finally finished and we have already watched 4 days of the advent calendar.  Many of the classes continued filming and recording this week but some also went back to their regular learning.  

Kindergarten learned an action song about animals knocking on their windows and we acted out all of the animals.  They also started to write down their own rhythm sequences using shapes.  We practiced the rhythms we created. 

Grade 1/2 talked about the notes on the scale as we sang a song where the notes move step by step like an elevator going floor to floor.  We had fun using our bodies to created the elevator.  We played a seasonal game where we were able to work with partners (at a distance). We finished the week by making up silly rhymes to a Christmas version of down by the bay (sleigh). 

Grade 3/4 were all filming this week!

You will be able to access the videos that your students created on or around the 18th! 

The Countdown Is On!

 5 of the 15 videos are done! The students will be viewing them through an online advent calendar in their classes starting tomorrow.  The videos will be shared to the school YouTube channel once they are all done and viewed by the students.  Thank you so much to everyone who helped make them happen, they are super cute and the students will be very proud. 

Kindergarten finished their videos last week so we are back into the swing of normal lessons.  Today we sang a song about Santa, worked on memorizing our ta and ti-ti rhythms and played fun carols on the Boomwhackers. 

Mrs. McLean and Mrs. Wattersons class filmed their music video today.  We tried to make it like a proper rock music video.  It was so cool to see the kids rocking out with their instruments and taking a risk to dance on the stage. I can't wait to put all of the clips together.  They heard their recording of their song and were so excited. They couldn't believe it was them.  

Mrs. Campbell's class also had class today! We recorded all of our vocals for I Wanna Hippopotamus for Christmas. They were done so quickly that we had a lot of time to do other things.  We played some games and learned about notes going up and down the scale. 

All That Glitters...

 Mrs. Wauthier's class! Wow, did we ever sweat today! We worked fast and furiously to shoot all of the different parts of the Diwali music video.  I am so proud of everyone! They will sleep well tonight,

Mrs. Low's class rocked out to Mrs. Felstrom playing some Christmas tunes! It is her last week with us and we will miss having her around. We practiced our Happy New Year song and recorded all of the parts.  They did a fantastic job. I am so impressed. We practiced with our ribbons as well. We will be filming next Wednesday. 

Mrs. Zwack's class quickly got to work on their Hanukkah song.  We recorded all of the vocals and got to work on the staging.  I know this kind of movement is not everyones cup of tea and I was really proud of all the students who gave it their all.  We had special guest choreographers for the dance break in the middle of the song.  They planned on their own and then taught the class the moves.  Thanks Julia and Hennessy. 

Mrs. Cox's class was so patient today as we worked bar by bar through Up on the Housetop on the handbells.  By then end of class the song was so fabulous.  We will be filming next Wednesday!

Filming Day 1

 Filming for Light Up Your Hearts has begun.  We are hoping to release one or two videos each day to the classes starting on Monday as a bit of advent fun as we count down the last two weeks of school before winter break.  Time is flying.  Today Mr. Kai and Mrs. Day's classes were the first to film our videos and we had a blast.  We had some serious times and we also got to goof around a bit too.  Mrs. Felstom has been working with us on the songs we did today and she has done an amazing job.  

Mr. Kelly's class demonstrated amazing patience today as we went bar by bar through the Handbell piece, the Huron Carol, while we made sure that everyone was playing at the correct place.  They really are doing an amazing job! Oliver also started the class by sharing his piano skills with us.  Everyone was super impressed! Thanks Oliver.  

Mrs. Huebner's class did an amazing job recording their vocals for Jump at the Sun! They were so quick we even had time to stage the entire music video.  It's going to look so cool!

Way to go everyone!

Kindergarten Finding Our Voices!

 Today Kindergarten recorded their songs for Light Up Our Hearts!  It was really neat to hear their voices get louder and louder as we recorded more and got more familiar with our parts.  Thursday we will be recording the music videos to go with our songs.  We can't wait for you to hear them. 

This is Ms. Felstrom's last week with us.  She taught PM kindergarten how to do some cool poses that we are going to us for our music video. 

On Thursday, Dec. 3rd (which is also crazy sweater day) the kindergartens will be filming their music videos for Light Up Your Hearts.  We are very excited.  If you have not signed the CBE use of student information form OR sent Mrs. Coulson an email with consent to have your student filmed for this project and you would like your student to participate please send an email to jabaine@cbe.ab.ca. 

 

PM kindergarten - if you have Santa hats please wear them! 

Important Filming Dates and information!

Mr. Kai's Class

On Tuesday, Dec. 1st,  Mr. Kai's class will be filming their music video for Light Up Your Hearts.  We are very excited.  If your student would like to wear something special they are welcome to! If you have not signed the CBE use of student information form OR sent Mrs. Coulson an email with consent to have your student filmed for this project and you would like your student to be in the video please send an email to jabaine@cbe.ab.ca.

Ms. Day's class

On Tuesday, Dec. 1st,  Mrs. Day's class will be filming their music video for Light Up Your Hearts.  We are very excited.  If your student would like to wear something special they are welcome to! They are playing Frosty the Snowman on the BoomWhackers. Even a scarf and earmuffs would be amazing to add on. 

 

If you have not signed the CBE use of student information form OR sent Mrs. Coulson an email with consent to have your student filmed for this project and you would like your student to be in the video please send an email to jabaine@cbe.ab.ca. 

Ms. Wauthier's class

On Wednesday, Dec. 2nd,  Mrs. Wauthier's class will be filming their music video for Light Up Your Hearts.  We are very excited.  If your student would like to wear something special they are welcome to! They are representing Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Bright colours are encouraged. 

 

If you have not signed the CBE use of student information form OR sent Mrs. Coulson an email with consent to have your student filmed for this project and you would like your student to be in the video please send an email to jabaine@cbe.ab.ca. 

Mrs. Campbell's class

On Thursday, Dec. 3rd,  Mrs. Campbell's class will be filming their music video for Light Up Your Hearts.  We are very excited.  It is crazy sweater day that day and your student is encouraged to wear that.  Also if they have wrapped an empty box, please ensure they have brought it by then. 

 

If you have not signed the CBE use of student information form OR sent Mrs. Coulson an email with consent to have your student filmed for this project and you would like your student to be in the video please send an email to jabaine@cbe.ab.ca. 

Kindergarten

On Thursday, Dec. 3rd (which is also crazy sweater day) the kindergartens will be filming their music videos for Light Up Your Hearts.  We are very excited.  If you have not signed the CBE use of student information form OR sent Mrs. Coulson an email with consent to have your student filmed for this project and you would like your student to participate please send an email to jabaine@cbe.ab.ca. 

PM kindergarten - if you have Santa hats please wear them! 

All other classes - your videos will be filmed the following week! Stay tuned for more information!!

Kindergarten/ Neily and Campbell

 We are moving right along with the winter celebrations.  The Special Events Committee met today to ensure that December is going to be so much fun for everyone.  The winter celebrations are all moving along as well.

Kindergarten started the day creating our own movements and having our classmates copy them.  We are working on building confidence and increasing our ability to take risks.  Each class began recording the vocals to our carols.  I am including the links to our carols with hopes that you can practice them at home.

Mrs. Conley's class is working on the song Decorate the Christmas Tree.  Here is a link for the song... Decorate The Christmas Tree.  

Mrs. Mask's morning class are working on the song Jingle Bells.  However we have added a new verse that isn't quite the usual. We do the Dashing Through the Snow verse, then the chorus and then we sing this:

                                Now the ground is white, and the night is young.

                                Take your friends tonight, and sing a sleighing song.

                                Just get a bobtail bay, get ready for a run.

                                Then hitch him to an open sleigh, and now we'll have some fun. 

If you could practice that verse with the kids that would be amazing!! 

Mrs. Mask's afternoon class has been working on the song Must Be Santa.  Here is a link for the song...

Must Be Santa.

Mr. Neily's class was the last class to watch the Mickey Mouse Haunted House that we created.  Everyone was really proud of the work they have done and we are excited to share it.  I will be making a Google Classroom assignment soon so that the students can share it with their families. We also had some fun creating some sports scenes.  Every student was proud to present what they had come up with. 

The song that Mr. Neily's class has been working on is called December Around the World.  It is probably one of the hardest songs because they will be singing in 4 different languages as well as English. I am really hoping you can spend some time at home listening to the song and getting it into your head so that we can record it.  Here is the link... December Around the World. 

Mrs. Campbell's class was lucky to have Mrs. Felstrom teach them today.  We warmed up out body with some dancing and then we played some fun carols on the Boomwhackers.  We finished the class by practicing I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas.  We almost have all of the lyrics down and are ready to record next week.  It would be helpful if the students could practice the song though before then. Here is the link... I Want A Hippo.

We were also talking in class about the video we were going to film and I was hoping that you might have a small box (one that the students can dance with) or gift bag that you wouldn't mind wrapping and bringing in (empty of course) for your student to dance with.  I do have a few at school we can use but not enough.  It would be great if we could have those in by next Thursday. Thank you so much!

Zwack/Cox/Wauthier and Low

 Today we began or revamped our Christmas/Winter assembly songs.  I am really excited by how quickly this is all coming together.  

Mrs. Zwack's class will be representing Hanukkah.  Today we spoke about the celebration a little bit and began our song.  Here is a link for if you want to practice at home.  Miracle of Lights. I think this is going to be a very cool piece that we will use little tea lights for.  We also watched the Mickey's Haunted House that we created.  After all classes have seen it I will put it in a Google Classroom assignment so that students can share it at home.  They really did a great job.  

Mrs. Cox's class began handbells.  They are playing the song Up On The Housetop.  I was not sure how this would go but I was so impressed with the students and how responsible and respectful they were.  They were also very focused. By the end of class the song was really coming together!

Mrs. Wauthier's class was excited to be taught by Ms. Felstrom today.  We played a great movement activity focusing on dancing with different body parts.  We then were introduced to playing the Boomwhackers. We played through Frosty the Snowman.  Later we began our song for the winter celebration, Light Up Your Hearts.  This class will be representing Diwali.  We spoke about Diwali today and began a song.  The link for the song is here for you to practice at home.  Diwali Song.

Mrs. Low's class was also taught by Ms. Felstrom today.  We followed the same class plan as Mrs. Wauthier's class. Please read above.  Mrs. Low's class will be representing Chinese New Year.  We have been working on a song called Happy New Year.  Here is the link for you to practice at home. 

Happy New Year

Kelly, Huebner, Day and Kai!

 Today we began a lot of our performance pieces for the winter celebration!!  We also were able to view the Mickey's Haunted House piece that we put together over Halloween.  After all the classes have seen it I will make a Google Classroom assignment so that you can share it at home with your family.  

Mr. Kelly's class started the handbells today. I was so proud of them.  They are playing the Huron Carol.  By the end of class there were bits that started to sound exactly like the song.  I am really excited to continue this with them.  Yes, every grade 3/4 class will get a chance to play the Handbells just not at the same time.  There is a lot of washing of gloves and sanitizing that needs to happen before another class plays.  I will make sure that every class gets to play at some point. 

Mrs. Huebner's class has begun working on the song Jump at the Sun.  Here is a link so that you can practice at home.  Jump At The Sun.  I am hoping that we can learn this in the next few weeks.  The plan is to then record it and film a music video.  This particular song is about Kwanzaa.  Kwanzaa is an annual celebration of African-American culture which is held from December 26 to January 1, culminating in gift-giving and a feast.  The principles, which are noting the song are: Unity, self-determination, faith, responsibility, creativity, purpose, and cooperative econamics.  We will also be singing in Swahili!

Mr. Kai's class has been working on a Boom Whacker piece with Ms. Felstrom.  They are playing We Wish You A Merry Christmas. We are so impressed with how quickly they learned and played the piece accurately.  We are ready to create our music video! 

Mrs. Day's class is also working on a BoomWhacker piece.  They have been working on the song Frosty the Snowman.  We just started it today and they were amazing. Ms. Felstrom has been teaching this class and we are so proud of what they have accomplished so far.  Today they brought home some art that they did a month or so ago. Their art was representing a piece of music where the notes are going up and one going down.  

December Music/ Winter/ Christmas Celebrations

 This December we are hoping to make it super fun for the kids (and staff).  The theme is going to be Light Up Your Hearts!  Mrs. Kinsman has asked for donations of Christmas lights if you happen to have extras lying around.  

Some of the exciting events will include carolling and Christmas songs.  We also recognize that our school represents many cultures and we will be celebrating those through song and dance as well.  Your student will either be involved in creating the carol portion or the multicultural portion of the celebrations as well as many other events throughout December.  

Please email me if you have any questions or would like specifics.  If you HAVE NOT given consent to have your child filmed and are ok with that, please email me consent.  jabaine@cbe.ab.ca. 

Stay tuned for more exciting examples of what we're up to! 

Diwali and Other Holidays

 It is that time of year when many different cultures celebrate many different things.  Music is such a great avenue to explore and educate ourselves on the celebrations that are important to the students in our community.  

Diwali begins on Nov. 14th.  This week we spoke about Diwali, The Festival of Lights.  Many students were interested in sharing their own experiences and how they decorated their houses.  We were imagining what it must look like in India right now with everyone decorating.  We sang a song to the tune of twinkle twinkle that spoke to some of the customs that happen at this time of year.

Next week you will receive information about our upcoming Christmas celebration.  Please make sure to read it!  

Thank you to everyone for your amazing responses to the Remembrance Day ceremony.  It was so meaningful to us in so many ways.  

Remembrance Day Assembly

 Today is the Remembrance Day Assembly.  

You will find it in two parts on the schools Youtube Channel for a short time.  Please find some time to watch it today or tomorrow.

Here are the links 

Part 1

Part 2 

How Many Sounds Do You Hear Kindergarten?

 This week in Kindergarten music we have been trying to figure out how many sounds we hear on each beat.  We learned a song called Bow Wow Wow and used popsicle sticks to mark out the number of sounds we heard on each beat.  We connected the shapes made with the popsicle sticks to the rhythms ta and ti-ti.  We were also introduced to a quarter rest (one beat silence). After we figured out the beats we played the game that goes with the song. 

We also learned a new peace song called Peace in My Heart. 

The P.M. kindergarten had a guest teacher today, Ms. Felstrom. She is going to be student teaching in music in the afternoons.  We loved her movement activities and name games. She also started a number with us that we will be using for the Christmas/winter assembly!

Can you feel the beat? Gr. 1/2

 This week we had some fun in music playing basketball!! Yes that's right... We used the basketballs to try and bounce the rhythm and bounce catch the beat.  We also tried to discover the difference between the accented beat and the unaccepted beats.  It was nice to do something a little differently.  

We also learned a new solfage hand sign.  Today I introduced la.  We now know doh, mi, sol, and now la! Ask your student if they can show you the hand signs for all of these. 

We have been learning some new peace songs as well, which you will get to hear in the future peace assemblies.

 

Remembrance and Silent Movies - Grade 3/4

 This week has yet again been a whirlwind! The students have been working so hard on their Remembrance Day pieces.  They have all been busy recording their work for the assembly on the 10th.  I am so impressed with everyone. These kids have put so much work in. 

Along with Remembrance Day, we have also been working on creating and videoing an original musical score to a silent movie.  We have been experimenting with different instruments and how to make different sounds.  We have discovered how much focus it takes to play every instrument and sound effect on cue. 

Do You Know What Hibernates Kindergarten?

 This week we have moved away from Halloween!  I hope everyone had a spooktacular weekend. I know all of the kids were excited to share their Halloween stories with us today. 

We started music with a game about a grumpy grizzly bear! I hope none of you felt like a grumpy grizzly with this time change! Normally this is a chasing game but I adapted it a little bit so that we could still play and remain distanced. We get to tiptoe up to the sleeping bears and scare them awake! We loved using our piano (quiet) voices as tiptoed up to the bears and our forte (loud) voices to wake them up.  Of course we always love when we can run back to our spots. 

This week we also did some action song and poems - we even did some addition as we added more and more lady bugs! 

We finished off the class playing the rhythm sticks to Gavotte by Bach.  We listened for the forte and piano sounds and tried to copy this with our sticks.

Happy Halloween Everyone

 Wow, what a crazy week! I was away for most of it but I was so happy to be back today to see everyone in their costumes.  This is my favourite day of the year! 

This week in music there has been a variety of things happening. 

The Kindergarten continued to play, sing and move to Halloween songs.  They loved casting spells on their classmates, turning them into all sorts of creatures.  We also started to read music.  We looked at quarter notes and eighth notes.  We clapped and counted them as ta and ti-ti. We had fun creating these rhythms with body percussion. 

The grade 1/2 played Halloween games as well.  They also tried their hand at bucket drumming.  We used Halloween words to represent different rhythms and then we played our creations. Mrs. Campbell's class did some work on learning the Acknowledgement of the Land.  Please look for an assignment in the Music Google Classroom with the video for them to practice to.  

The grade 3/4's did a variety of things.  Mrs. Zwack, Mr. Kelly, Mrs. McLean, Mrs. Watterson and Mr. Neily's classes all spent time working on their pieces for Remembrance Day.  If you are in Mrs. Zwack's or Mr. Kelly's class please remember to bring your black top (shirt/sweater...) for next music class. Mr. Kelly is Tuesday and Mrs. Zwack is Wednesday. 

All classes participated in Halloween games and activities.  We also started to watch Mickey Mouse - The Haunted House.  Each grade 3/4 is taking a small piece of the video and we are creating the sounds that go along with the video with the instruments in the class. 

Looking For Dracula! Kindergarten

This week kindergarten had music on Monday and Thursday.  We have been singing and acting as we explore many Halloween songs.  We really enjoyed putting our detective gear on and looking for Dracula. The students had a chance to act out what they would like to be for Halloween and we all guessed what they were going to be. We have been practicing our echo singing and speaking voices with both songs and poems.  Today kindergarten will get to watch their first peace assembly! I am excited for them to learn one of our favourite peace songs, peace in my fingers. 

Witches and Cats - Grade 1/2

 Continuing with the Halloween theme, the grade 1/2's had fun today turning the class into different animals and characters. Abracadabra you're a ....! We practiced acting as something and then quickly refocusing back to our normal selves so we could move on to another game.  

We sang some echo songs today about a wacky witch and Frankenstein. Some of us created some Monster dances as well. 

Halloween!

 Normally I do one week of Halloween activities before Halloween but it felt like this year we needed a bit more spookiness.  For the next two weeks we will be working through Halloween material - songs and games.  Of course there will be lots of movement and drama as well. 

Halloween activities look a little different from grade to grade but there are some favourites that we all do every year.  Unfortunately we can't play my favourite Halloween game this year, Pass The Witches Broomstick but I have discovered some new exciting Halloween activities. 

Grade 3/4

Mr. Kelly's class started working on the sign language for Imagine today.  I have set up a Google Classroom assignment with the parts of the song that we learned so far.  Please look on the classroom and practice so that we can really know it. We are going to have to film it for the Remembrance Day Assembly. 

Mrs. Zwack's class continues to work on their Remembrance Day movement piece as well. Please check your Music Google Classroom for the choreography. 

All the grade 3/4's spent some time listening to Camille Saint-Saens piece The Danse Macabre. It is not easy to sit and listen to a 7 min. piece of music but we followed a listening map with some fun pictures.  We tried to see the song come to life as we listened.  We discussed how the different instruments represented different parts of the story. 

We also had fun "creating" a witches brew.  Ask your student what they threw into the Brew!

We discussed 6/8 time signature and how math and music are related.  We also discussed dynamics (volume) and how we can create effects using different ones. 

Excitement in Kindie

 We have so much fun in Kindergarten music.  I really appreciate their willingness to take risks and try out new things.  

This week we took some time to create some characters from our imagination.  We explored how our characters might move and stand, how they might vocalize. We loved exploring with our voices. Every student had an opportunity to introduce themselves as their character to the class, every student participated!! It was so great. We are building confidence.  

We continued experimenting with our voices using the poem, Jelly in the bowl.  We loved wiggling around like a bowl of jelly. 

We used our listening skills to figure out what was put into a pumpkin stew and then we wrote our own version of the song.  There are some pretty crazy things going into these stews :) 

We always try to dance in music as well and we pretended to dance as different animals to an alphabet song.  My favourite was tango like a tap-dancing turkey.  Ask your student what their favourite animal was to dance like!! 

Watercolour Art - Gr. 1/2

 This week we have gone back to our musical art.  

The first time we connected art to music we looked at pitch going higher and lower. We used chalk pastels to create gorgeous art.  This time we used watercolours to represent tempo.  We did one canvas as fast and one as slow as we were inspired by the Carnival Of The Animals.  The students did an absolutely beautiful job.  

We started the class with some drama - creating a character. We looked at character traits and how to act like a certain character. This was so much fun.  We also did some movement games with high and low pitches. 

Using Our Hand Staff - Gr. 3/4

This week Mrs. Cox and Mrs. Huebner's classes continued working on their peace assembly.  Mrs. Zwack's class is working on their Remembrance Day piece.  Everything is going to be a little bit different this year and it has been interesting trying to figure out how to make this all work. 

The grade 3/4's have been working on reading the notes on the staff and playing the xylophone.  This week we learned that our hand (facing us) works like a 5 line staff. The pinky is line one.  We talk about the easy ways to remember the note names and names the notes we needed for the xylophone.  

The mnemonic device for the notes on the lines is : Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

The rhyme for the spaces is: Space rhymes with face - F, A, C, E 

Both of these start from the bottom up.

Exploring Autumn and Thanksgiving

 This week the grade 1/2's sang a song that originated in Ghana.  We looked at Ghana on the map and discussed some interesting facts.  Did you know they speak approximately 81 different languages in Ghana?! 

We challenged our acting skills by creating picture tableaus of different events in our life. 

We talked about the sulfate hand signs so and mi and the students were able to sing a song without knowing what it was just by reading my hand signs.  We also discussed ta (quarter notes) and ti-ti (eighth notes), how to count them and that they are worth 1 beat each.

We finished off our class talking about what we are thankful for and playing a Thanksgiving guessing game! 

Grade 3/4 Xylophones

The grade 3/4's have all been doing different things this week.  

Mrs. Huebner and Mrs. Cox's classes have been practicing and filming for their upcoming video peace assembly.  We have some pretty neat ideas about how Peace education works and the purpose of peace in our selves, school, and wider.

Mrs. Zwack's class is working on a movement piece that will be featured in the Remembrance Day Assembly.  

If your class is doing something specific that you need to practice you will find the information you need in your Google Classroom.  I will let you know if class if you have anything there.  Please accept my music classroom request. 

The rest of the classes have been playing Thanksgiving games and playing the xylophones to some autumn songs.  We have been playing individual parts but we are hoping to get three parts going at the same time eventually!

Drumming and Autumn Movement

 This was the last week of drumming for the grade 3/4's. I have noticed some improvements in keeping a consistent tempo and being able to follow rhythms on a piece of music.  We really enjoyed playing along to some songs.  We will be moving into all sorts of different things coming up. Some groups will be working on Peace Assembly songs, some on Remembrance Day songs and some on new fun material.  If your student's class is doing a specific number for something coming up, they will be given as assignment on Google Classroom so that they will have the music and video to practice with.  Please make sure that you have accepted the Music classroom request. 

Kindergarten had so much fun today playing with scarves.  We spoke a lot about Autumn and pretended we were falling leaves.  It was fun to swirl in the wind with our scarves. 

Tempo - How Fast Can You Go?

 Grade 1/2 have been experimenting with Tempo (the speed of a piece of music) this week.  We have used our bodies to move in different ways, played the rhythm sticks and did some ear training.  We listened to the Wild Donkeys and Tortoise movements from Carnival of the Animals, composed by Camille Saint Saens. We are starting to use and recognize specific tempo words. 

Our pitch art is finally up and it looks amazing. Check out the pictures below and see if you can spot one of your pictures.

Can You Make A Colour Pattern Kindergarten?

Today in music, Kindergarten did some experimenting with body movements and using our voice in different ways.  We had a good laugh as we tried to say our names using silly voices.  We also played the Boomwhackers. Ask your student how to play a Boom Whacker and what colour they were.  We did all sorts of experimenting with the instruments.  We even made some colour patterns and played them on our Boom Whackers.  

Grade 3/4 Drumming techniques

 This is our second last week of drumming for a little while.  We have been working on really nice, clear rhythms. The students have been creating their own rhythms and playing them for the class to copy.  We have also been focusing on keeping the same tempo as each other, trying to sound like one instrument.  This takes a lot of focus and concentration.  We have enjoyed playing some concentration games. 

Please take a look at the blog post titled the Oh Canada challenge if you play an instrument or like to sing!

Grade 1/2 Get's Messy With Music

 We are having so much fun creating art to demonstrate some of the musical knowledge we are gaining.  We have been looking at pitch and how it can go up or down.  Today we used the chalk pastels (sorry about some of the clothes) to create incredible abstract art to demonstrate the way pitch goes.  I really love being able to incorporate many aspects of fine arts together and the kids love it too.