I've been including more centers in my classroom this year in order to allow me time to assess students in small groups. Most frequently, I use centers during 4th grade recorder playing tests, but have used centers at some point for all grade levels. If you have missed my previous posts on music centers, follow this link.
Many centers I have created myself, but I have also found some amazing printable centers shared by other music teachers. Jennifer Fink, at Pianimation.com has several resources for music educators available to download and print for FREE! Thank you, Jennifer! Follow this link to find a complete list of her resources. I have previously posted about her game "Alphabet Path" used to reinforce the order of the musical alphabet.
Today, I will be sharing another game from Jennifer called "Over the Edge". This game reinforces note and rest values.
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Students each have their own game board with a river and rocks. They take turns drawing cards which display a note or rest. They determine the beat value of the note or rest and place that number of glass beads on their river. If a player fills up all the rocks in their river and fall off the waterfall, they are eliminated from the game. The original rules allowed students to say "Pass" if they were getting close to the edge and the winner would be the person closest to the waterfall without going off.
I modified the rules to make it easier for a variety of ages. I did not allow students to pass and told them the last person to fall off the edge is the winner. In the picture above, you will see an additional instruction sheet that I created with these modified directions and with a beat value chart for the notes and rests. You can also see that I substituted Bingo chips instead of glass beads. I have an abundance of bingo chips and didn't feel like purchasing glass beads specifically for this game. I also printed the game on cardstock and laminated for durability.
FREE DOWNLOADS
If you think your students would like this game, follow this link to
download "Over the Edge" from pianamation.com.
Follow this link to download my modified instruction sheet to accompany Over the Edge.
I know its an older post, but w/Over the Edge, I just made different grade level dice that equaled 1,2,3 or 4 for the kids to roll. Faster clean up & less printing.
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