What does a teacher do on a Sunday afternoon? Is she/he resting? Does she/he enjoy a day without school? Possible, yes, it is very possible. But sometimes, a teacher like me, who likes to play, invents new games for the students, as well as for the rest of the adult population. In this post, we will find two games, one shown in the video that I drew for the youngest students, but hive users will also be able to play. My traditional questions, challenges, or games that I like to set ;))
As we can see in the video, this is a DIY project! That sounds like a huge project, but, in reality, I used just a few things: the idea to make a board game for the youngest - a colorful piano keyboard, one piece of paper, a pencil, and some colors. After drawing it and coloring it, I cut a piece of cardboard where I stuck the paper with duct tape. That tape serves as a protection of the top of the board space. I could have taken it to an office to be plasticized, but this way everything is handmade and much cheaper. Gratis!
The purpose of this board game is to learn the name and position of the notes, matching them with the keys that we can find on the keyboard. In the school, we have many similar games that we made for the younger students, but believe me, the little bit older ones also like to play! So, we made some cards where, for the written notes, along with the position of them in the stave, an order of colors is established. (The stave (UK)or staff (US) is the set of five horizontal lines where the notes are written). Thus, the first note in the scale is C, it is red, and it is written below the stave circling a ledger line. The second one is blue, note D and it is written just below the stave, etc... Each student will have a pawn and move it according to the number that the dice is showing after rolling the dice. The field on which she/he stood acts for one piano key, painted with a color representing the name of a note. They are supposed to tell me the name of the note and where it is written in the stave. It is made for the smallest ones, of course, as the best way to learn is through games at that age.
I made the drawing in exactly one hour, not counting the preparation before taking the video. I set the time-lapse mode shooting, where for one hour of recording I can get 1 minute of time-lapse video. It was an enjoyable one hour on my balcony this afternoon, instead of taking a traditional siesta! Oh, I skipped it today, but never mind, I loved the process of making this thing and also, I am pretty satisfied with the result, that came out like this from the first attempt. For the background music for this video, I recorded a song that I am playing on the piano. It is Watermark, by Enya. A long time ago, I recorded and published this song but without the audio interface I have now, so this is a new recording made for this board game drawing video. Why so calm song? As my fingers were drawing and coloring so fast, we need a bit of tranquility while seeing it ;D
Excited? No? Come on, let's play, it will be easy! The question I wanted to ask you today is:
Which note does the yellow piano key represent on my invented colorful keyboard?
Easy, right? I need just one letter, the name of the note! The reward is a symbolic tip of 1 HBD that I will send to the wallet of the person who first responds correctly. Remember, playing the game is more important than the outcome, so why not try?
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