The new year is always a great time for incorporating a few fresh, creative activities into our lessons! With that in mind, today I am sharing one of my favorite creative activities for beginning students: a story-based improv activity.
This is a great activity for helping students become comfortable creating sounds at the piano away from the written page. I tell students that for this activity, I am the narrator and they are my "sound effect engineers." Their job is to choose a sound on the piano that they think fits the story as we read it together.
The goal of this activity is to help students not only to think creatively, but also to explore the concepts of high/low, fast/slow, and loud/soft on the piano. The story will hopefully provide students with hints as to what sounds to play--however, there are no wrong answers! Once students have done this activity in their lesson, they might enjoy creating their own animal story and choosing sound effects to accompany it.
Click HERE or on the picture above to download your free "Bear and the Bird" improv activity!
What do you think? Have you ever tried story-based improv with your students? I would love to hear your ideas in the comments. Happy New Year!
Click HERE or on the picture above to download your free "Bear and the Bird" improv activity!
What do you think? Have you ever tried story-based improv with your students? I would love to hear your ideas in the comments. Happy New Year!
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