I love the dollar spot at Target. That corner of the store sucks me in like teaching manipulatives wonderworld. A few years ago, a colleague and I purchased little plastic pumpkins and cauldrons along with some small candy corn erasers to practice notes on the staff. My new co-teacher and I have upped the ante this year with some new loot. The addition of cats and small bonbon style candies give the class some rhythmic flexibility.
With cats representing quarter notes, two candies as eighth notes, and corn as the half note, classes have been playing a great mystery song guessing game with a combo of standard and iconic notation.
Super fun and easy to adapt for other seasons. I have little gold coins and rainbows for note reading reviews around St. Pats day.
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