Last week on the blog we shared a Valentine’s Day rhythm activity for the littlest kiddos in your studio. Today we’re moving up a level or two and bringing you a Valentine’s Day Music Pack that can be used with the six to nine-year-olds in your piano studio.
Today’s printable pack is for kids working in a Level 1 method book and includes a beautiful teacher and student duet, a cheerful rhythm piece, and a lovable ear-training game. And even if you don’t have kids in the exact age range, younger students will be able to use the ear-training game and older students will enjoy sight-reading the music pieces.
Check out the instructions and activities below:
A Valentine’s Day Music Pack For 6 to 9 Year Old Piano Students
If you are already using WunderKeys Elementary Piano Level 1A then you are going to recognize the lovable characters in today’s piano printables!
And while today’s activities coordinate beautifully with our Level 1A method book, you can also use them as a set of fun Valentine’s Day activities for any student working in any Level 1 method book. The activities include:
1. Love At First Bite – A Valentine’s Day Rhythm Duet
In this activity, you and your students will engage in a rockin’ rhythm duet where one of you performs Clap-Tap Body Percussion while the other plays a piano accompaniment. Because you and your students get to switch roles in this exercise, kids will have the chance to both reinforce their knowledge of rhythm through the body percussion exercises as well as practice keeping a steady beat while playing the piano part for their teacher’s percussion performance.
Click here or on the image below to download Love At First Bite:
2. Valentine’s Day Delivery – An Ear-Training Game
In this activity, your students will have the opportunity to reinforce their aural recognition of steps and skips. A coin, a piano, and the game board are all you need to help your students have a blast as they attempt to deliver the pig’s Valentine’s Day cards while avoiding the big bad wolf.
Click here or on the image below to download Valentine’s Day Delivery:
3. Teacher And Student Duet – Friendship Is Fantastic
While the above two activities are fun and silly, this piano piece is soft and beautiful. With a creative twist on the tune “A Tisket A Tasket,” we’ve taken a familiar children’s song and turned it into a ballad fitting of the atmosphere of love that surrounds Valentine’s Day.
Click here or on the image below to download Friendship Is Fantastic:
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Elaine says
Thank you so much, these are fabulous – I so so appreciate everything you do x
Andrea says
Thanks for your kind comment, Elaine! 🙂
Nelson says
Thank you so much, is a wonderfull tool!
Andrea says
You’re welcome! Hope you and your students have fun with it!
Linda Kirkconnell says
I love these! Thank you so much. Students will love them too! Can’t wait to use them today.
Andrea says
Lovely! So glad you can use it right away 🙂 Have fun!
Akosua Addo says
Thank you! I will enjoy these!
Anna says
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Leigh Stringfield says
These are such fun ideas! I look forward to using them this month. I wished you would add words to the “Friendship is Fantastic” duet piece.