Introducing the Glockenspiel

Working off the feedback from the kids after the last session, I pivoted our normal rhythm and movement focus into a session based more around vocals and instrument exploration. We did our normal physical warmup, then passed some rhythms around in a call and response circle, then did a vocal warmup, and continued in the same way, passing vocal explorations around and having the group mimic them. Some of the kids were very comfortable doing Mariah-style runs, and others were basically beatboxing. They're such a musically talented group! But the highlight was of course the intro to the glockenspiel, which they were so excited about. They shared the glockenspiels very well and were all comfortable playing scales in time with each other, and some even sang our solfege from earlier! It's also a good opportunity for them to practice sharing and not disrupting, which the staff were very helpful with in terms of taming the potential glockenspiel chaos. I think this will be a very useful tool with the group going forward!