Description

If your early intermediate and intermediate piano students need a change of pace with sight-reading, they will go nuts over this bass clef ledger lines sight-reading game Feed the Nutcracker!

This endearing piano sight-reading game includes 30 melodies from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, written on the bass staff.

This bass clef ledger lines game includes notes above and below the staff, C2 to E4.

These short melodies help intermediate piano students strengthen their sight-reading and ear training as they play this interactive hands-on sight-reading activity.

Students will also strengthen their recognition of bass clef ledger lines, note and rest values, tempo terms, and more!

Sight-read the melody, feed the Nutcracker, and collect a hazelnut card. The player with the most hazelnut cards at the end wins!

This Nutcracker bass clef ledger lines sight-reading game is fabulous for private piano lessons and group piano. It is even adaptable for online lessons!

It is also perfect for December piano parties, ice-breakers at recitals and other performance events, and more!

Feed the Nutcracker bass clef ledger lines sight-reading game includes:

• Range: Bass clef ledger lines above and below the staff, C2 to E4.
• Note Values: Eighth, quarter, dotted quarter, half, dotted half, whole, dotted eighth/sixteenth combination, triplet, grace notes.
• Rest Values: Eighth, quarter, dotted quarter, and half rests.
• Keys: Key signatures to 3 sharps or 3 flats, plus additional accidentals (sharps, flats, naturals).    
• Other: Single-line melodies. Tempo markings. Ties.
• The melodies might be in different keys or octaves, or have modified rhythms to give your students opportunities to sight-read melodies in multiple keys and ranges.
• Time signatures are included.
• Dynamics are included.
• Finger numbers are not included.
• Each card is numbered and corresponds with a chart that includes titles of all melodies. 
• Includes instructions for teacher/student game and student only game.
• BONUS: Includes instructions for printing an extra-large Nutcracker onto 2 sheets of card stock and a MEGA-LARGE Nutcracker onto 4 sheets of card stock! This will be a phenomenal addition to your studio in December, and your students will love it!

How this bass clef ledger lines sight-reading game benefits your students

Feed the Nutcracker bass clef ledger lines sight-reading game is a fun piano sight-reading activity that is perfect for those last few minutes of a piano lesson.

Use this sight-reading game to help your intermediate piano students continue working on their sight-reading and ear training in an engaging and interactive way.

• Helps them focus on the details of a very short piece of music (4 measures).
• Gives them the opportunity to sight-read a variety of familiar melodies from The Nutcracker.
• Provides a way for students to view sight-reading as a fun aspect of piano lessons.
• This sight-reading activity is beneficial for students in private lessons and group piano lessons.
• Feed the Nutcracker can also be used as a starting point to teach your students about music history, ballet, and more!

Using this bass clef ledger lines sight-reading game with your piano students

This fun and versatile intermediate piano sight-reading game can easily be used in a variety of settings with students who are classified as early intermediate and intermediate piano and are comfortable with the notes and rhythms listed above.

Here are a few suggestions:

• Private piano lessons
• Group piano classes or group lessons
• Music camps
• Piano parties
• As an ice-breaker activity
• A team-building activity
• In a game station after a recital
• Play this intermediate piano sight-reading game instead of sight-reading from books or formal sight-reading materials
• To introduce melodies from The Nutcracker in an interactive way

Game Option #1: Teacher and Student: Ear Training

1. Place the melody cards into the second bag (the one without the nutcracker on it) and shake to shuffle.
2. The student draws 2 melody cards.
3. The teacher plays the melody on one of the cards.
4. If the student correctly chooses which melody the teacher played, the student feeds that card to the nutcracker and puts the other card back into the shuffle bag. The student collects a hazelnut card.
5. If the student chooses incorrectly, both cards go back into the shuffle bag. The student does not collect a hazelnut card.
6. Continue playing until you run out of time or all the cards have been fed to the nutcracker.
7. The player who has collected the most hazelnuts is the winner!

Game Option #2: Student Only: Sight-Reading

1. Place the melody cards into the second bag (the one without the nutcracker on it) and shake to shuffle.
2. The student draws a melody card and plays the melody.
3. If the student plays the melody correctly, the student feeds the card to the nutcracker. The student collects a hazelnut card.
4. If the student plays the card incorrectly, the card goes back into the shuffle bag. The student does not collect a hazelnut card.
5. The student continues playing until all the cards have been fed to the nutcracker, or until you run out of time.
6. The player who has collected the most hazelnuts is the winner!

More ideas for playing this bass clef ledger lines sight-reading game

Need some inspiration for implementing this game into weekly piano lessons?

• Learn 10 Ways to Use Sight-Reading Games in Piano Lessons.
• Learn 4 Ways to Use Feed the Music Monster Sight-Reading Games with your piano students.

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