Monday, July 11, 2011

A Fun Teaching Aid for Chords and Scales

I believe it was Anne who first posted about these little clay teaching aids. They were so easy and fun to make, and I've already used them with one of my adult students, who thought they were so neat!

I love how the flowers turned out- so bright and cheery. I made the clay circles first, pressed the flower into the clay, and then removed the flower. I baked the clay, and popped the flowers back in with a dot of craft glue.
Perfect for building chords...

...And great for making scales more visual to the student. The ladybugs are a bit smaller, and work a bit better for scales. 
Total cost for this project: $5

4 comments:

Wendy Chan said...

Leah, these are AMAZINGLY cute! What a fun project!!

Leah said...

Thanks. :) I just took Anne's idea and added my personal touch. :)

Sarah said...

Adorable! Now I have a new project to complete- hopefully they won't take me as long as the alpha-gem project ;)

Leah said...

Sarah, I did these in an afternoon. The key is not to overbake the clay, and then let them cool completely before you pop the buttons back in. Have fun!