Tortoise Family Bundle: Teaching Note Values to Kids
PLEASE NOTE: If you already own "Beginner Recorder Supplementary Bundle: Lesson 3 Learning Note Values", this bundle already has the same teaching aids but additionally includes the tortoise finger puppets.
Make rhythm and note values visual, playful, and memorable with hands-on teaching aids your recorder students will love!
This easy-to-use worksheet bundle is the perfect follow-up to Lesson 3 of my FREE “Recorder for Beginners” video series on YouTube and is designed to help young recorder players revise whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes, while introducing eighth notes (running notes).
These materials support beginner music theory for recorder by turning abstract note values into characters, movement, and manipulatives—perfect for classroom displays and interactive lessons.
⭐ Teacher-Friendly & Flexible
- Ready-to-go PDF format
- Easy to print, laminate, or display digitally
- Licensed for you and your students only (Please contact me with any copyright or usage questions.)
- Perfect for whole class instruction, small groups, rhythm centers, and wall displays
🎶 What’s Included?
This .zip bundle of printable PDFs reinforces rhythm and note values for beginner recorder students through engaging, step-by-step activities:
✔ Coloured Tortoise Family Pictures (A4) – Use as puppets, laminate for durability, or display on your classroom wall
✔ Tortoise Family Finger Puppets – Perfect for comparing note values and rhythm lengths
✔ Note Value Cards (A4) –
- 1 whole note (semibreve)
- 2 half notes (minims)
- 4 quarter notes (crotchets)
- 4 pairs of eighth notes (quavers)
✔ Note Value Labels – Includes:
1–2–3–4, Dong!, Hop!, Running!, Slowly!, Step-swing!, Click!, Doof!, Taa-aa-aa-aa, Taa-aa!, Taa!, Ta-te!
✔ My FREE Video Lessons! – Designed to be used alongside Lesson 3 of my free online Recorder for Beginners video series, for maximum understanding and engagement
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