Description

Adding notes and rests is fun and motivating with this music math activity featuring lizards, turtles, and more! Perfect for beginning and elementary piano students, this music activity is a quick and easy way to review the notes and rests students are learning in piano lessons.

These 29 task cards review the number of beats in the following notes and rests with music math addition problems:

• Quarter note & rest (crotchet)
• Half note & rest (minim)
• Dotted half note (dotted minim)
• Whole note & rest (semibreve)

The cards include:

• 29 task cards
• Answer format: Type the correct answer
• Written instructions are included on each slide
• Audio instructions are included and can be accessed by tapping the audio icon

Students will:

• Add the number of beats in each musical addition problem and type the correct answer
• Cards are randomized so play will be different each time
• *Please watch the preview video for more details.
• For more tips about this resource, read 6 Spring Online Music Games for Piano Lessons.

The download includes:

• A clickable link to access 29 digital task cards (1 card per slide) on BOOM Learning™
• Teacher instructions on how to access and use these BOOM Cards™
• Parent instructions

Curious about how to use Boom Cards in online piano lessons? Click here to learn how!

Try it out!

• View the thumbnail images for a closer look at some of the completed cards.
• Click here to play 4 cards from the digital deck.

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