February 2026

Access recordings of class performances:

• Chester Elementary School
• New Hingham Elementary School
• R.H. Conwell Elementary School

Preschool & Kindergarten have been continuing to practice their listening skills by listening to and identifying sounds. They also learned about slow and fast rhythms and high notes (Sol) and low notes (Mi) using the song Frog in the Meadow. Using a velcro board, students moved frogs around the board and played the music on resonator bells! Students also practiced singing Love Grows.

1st & 2nd Grade have been practicing drawing quarter notes, quarter rests, and double eighth notes. Recently, they created 4-beat rhythm patterns. To embody the beat, they have also been practicing body percussion using videos like this and this. To help students feel the beat, they have also practiced saying and clapping iconic beats with Valentines Day Playalong. And finally, they started learning how to sing Skinnamarink.

3rd & 4th Grade have been listening to music from various parts of the world, including Mnohaya Lita (Ukraine), Al Citron (Mexico),  Sakura Sakura (Japan), and Vem Kan Segla (Sweden and Norway). Finally, they have also been working on playing the recorder, using the notes B, A, and G. They have been playing along to videos like The Pirate Adventure, and using the Recorder Karate lesson book. 

5th & 6th Grade have been working on writing their own lyrics as a contrafactum to The Sky Boat Song. To help them come up with lyric ideas (and to help them match correct pitches) they also worked on mini songwriting assignments, including the Hot Cross Buns Streetcry, the Gently Sleep Lullaby, and the Merrily We Roll Along Goodbye Song.

And finally, at Chester Elementary, 4th and 5th graders have been continuing their work on the Finding Nemo musical, working on their ensemble and solo songs.