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On A Roll (Summer Edition)

Test your piano students' music theory with these summer-themed music games!

 

This bundle contains 6 no-prep, dice-based music games plus a bonus improv activity. 

 

WHAT IS IT?

  • 6 games that just need downloading and printing. No cutting, folding, or gluing (and laminating is optional!) 

  • One improv activity that uses dice, the piano, and your students' imagination

  • All you need are

    • Two dice (or a spinner or Google dice - yup, you can just Google 'Dice' and use that!) 

    • Playing pieces (one for each player)

    • Counters (there are printable ones you can cut out and use, or you can source your own - you can use anything from buttons to candies!) 

 

This one bundle covers many different musical theory topics:  

  • Rhythms (two different levels of difficulty) 

  • Dynamics

  • Basic note values 

  • Piano keys

  • Treble clef note reading

  • Bass clef note reading

  • Stave intervals

  • Improvisation 

 

THE GAMES ARE:  

1. Shake It Up This game turns rhythm drilling into a race to fill up your milkshake fridge.  

  • Roll two dice to find a box on the grid. 

  • Clap the rhythm in the grid, then check your milkshake fridge to see if you've got a flavour that matches the rhythm.  If you do, cover it up!

  • Watch out for the Capyshaker - if your dice roll leads to him, you have to remove a counter from your fridge!  

Two levels of difficulty:

  • Level one features crotchets, two quavers, four semiquavers, minims (quarter note, two eighth notes, four sixteenth notes, half notes) 

  • Level two features two quavers, quaver + two semiquavers, two semiquavers + quaver, crotchets 

(two eighth notes, eighth note + two sixteenth notes, two sixteenth notes + eighth note, quarter notes)  2. DOLPHINS AND JELLYFISH

Reinforce dynamics in a way that doesn't feel repetitive. 

 

  • Roll two dice to find a box on the grid

  • Identify the dynamic in the box and move to the next matching space on the board.

  • Land on a leaping dolphin to jump to a higher space. Land on a jellyfish and slide down to a lower space. 

  • First to the end is the winner.

 

3. ICE CREAM PINCHER

Reinforce note and rest values through repeated counting (I'd say it's low-pressure but at any point, your ice creams might get pinched!) 

  • Roll the dice to find a box on the grid 

  • Identify the note or rest value 

  • Place that many ice cream tokens on your board

  • If your last token is placed on top of a crab, you have to remove all ice creams until you reach the previous crab! 

  • The first to fill their board is the winner

 

4. 3 BIRDS IN A ROW 

Test students' note-reading skills in a more interesting way than just holding up flashcards.  

  • Roll the dice and find the number and letter on the grid

  • Find the matching note on the bird board and cover it up with a token

  • The first to get three tokens in a row is the winner   

Treble clef and bass clef boards included. 

 

5. GONE CAMPIN'

Drill piano keys, treble clef notes, or bass clef notes (or swap between all three!) 

 

  • Roll the dice and find the box on the board (you may have noticed by now, there's a lot of rolling dice to find notes. Students love rolling dice!)

  • Identify the note in the box

  • Move to the next matching space on the board.

  • Camping animals along the way will send you forward, back, give you extra turns, or cause you to miss a turn 

  • The first to the end is the winner!

 

6. SUNNY INTERVALS

Reinforce intervals in an interesting way that students won't find repetitive. 

  • Roll the dice to move around the sun board.

  • Land on an interval space and find that matching interval on the sunny grid. Cover it up with a token.

  • Land on a rainy cloud and you have to lose a token from the sunny grid. 

  • Land on a sunglasses-wearing sun and you get a bonus token!

  • The first to get three tokens in a row on the sunny grid is the winner.

 

BONUS ROLLY IMPROV (SUMMER)

An improvisation activity with prompts guaranteed to make your students laugh and get creative!

 

  • Roll the dice to get a character.

  • Roll again to get an emotion.

  • Roll once more to get an activity.

  • Create an improvisation that brings them all together  (you could get something like "The tired octopus enters a volleyball tournament"!) 

 

These games are perfect for when you want a game but don't want to do any extra prep!

On A Roll (Summer Edition)

£16.00Price

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