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Plays with Hello, What's Your Weather?B A G
Recorder · First steps · 8 min
Weather breaths: long, short, calm
Play the weather. A long soft B is a breeze, quick B's are rain, and a slow B A G is the sun coming out.
- Breath control
- Regulation
- Tone
Plays with Hello, What's Your Weather?Filled holes are covered. The thumb hole is on the back. Left hand on top.
Steps
- Breeze: one long, soft B. Count to four, then to six. Breathe in slowly between.
- Rain: four short B's, "doo doo doo doo", light and bouncy.
- Thunder? Not on a recorder: show that blowing hard squeaks, then go back to soft.
- Sun comes out: B, A, G, slow and smooth, holding the G.
- Read Hello, What's Your Weather? and let the child choose the weather to play on each page.
The notes
BreezeB
RainBBBB
SunBAG
For the grown-up
The long tones are a breathing exercise in disguise. Slow the breeze down when a group needs to settle.
In the reader
Read the book in Page mode and pause on each weather for the child to play.