Building Literacy

Body Sol-fa

Curwen Handsigns

Human Piano (Sol-fa Ladder)

Hand Staff

Staff Mats

Building Literacy: My Lessons

Sample Plan for 2nd Grade

Preparation of Re in MRD/DRM patterns

♪ Sing song and play games for

♪ Bow Wow Wow

♪ Great Big House

♪ Shake Them ‘Simmons Down

♪ Mi Chacra

♪ Sing songs while playing mrd on instruments

♪ Body Solfa while singing

♪ Identify high, middle, low sounds of text in a mrd pattern

♪ Pictures of melodic contour on board, charts, or worksheet

♪ Questions about the concept & checking for 80% understanding is extremely important at this stage.

(Mason, E. (2012). Idea bank : Using Kodály to promote music literacy skills. Music Educators Journal, 99, 28-31.)

Building Literacy: Lessons