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Plays with Hello, Dino Valley!B A
Recorder · First steps · 10 min
Echo in Dino Valley: B and A
Hello, Dino Valley! is a call and an echo. The grown-up plays a two-note pattern, the child plays it back.
- Echo & imitation
- Listening
- Finger control
Plays with Hello, Dino Valley!Filled holes are covered. The thumb hole is on the back. Left hand on top.
Steps
- Play B (thumb and finger 1). Add finger 2 to make A. Lift it to go back to B.
- Slow swaps: B, A, B, A. Keep the thumb covered the whole time.
- Echo patterns: the grown-up plays one, the child copies. Start with B B A, then A A B, then B A B.
- Press Play on Hello, Dino Valley! Every line marked (echo) is the child's turn to answer with a pattern.
- Child leads: they make up a pattern for the grown-up to copy.
The notes
Echo 1BBA
Echo 2AAB
Echo 3BAB
For the grown-up
These patterns are made up for the lesson, not the book's melody. Any echo counts, even one note back.
In the reader
Turn Pause points on so the reader stops before each echo line, giving the child time to play.