In this mornings piano lesson with Jack, he was having trouble with the left hand piano notes B, A and G. I asked, “name that note?”, and he replied “erm … is it G?”. When I said to try again, he guessed, “ok … it must be A!”.
Smiling at the enthusiasm he put into his guesses, I got out my tablet and loaded up ‘Crossy Planet‘ on the screen, exclaiming, “hey Jack, would you like to be an alien taxi driver?”.
It was time to blast into space and become an expert on those notes once and for all!
When the question card loaded on the screen I dragged five notes into position – mixing up the B, A and Gs – and asked Jack to first name and then play them on the piano.
After choosing a score for his efforts, Jack’s alien taxi appeared at the start line and we were ready to go pick up aliens! Flying from planet to planet, he successfully avoided colliding with all the other space traffic and loaded his first alien passengers in his taxi.
With a big grin Jack exclaimed, “that was cool!” and I set up the notes for the next question card.
‘Crossy Planet‘ is one of a collection of space themed music games which are customisable by the teacher. Ideal if a student only knows three notes as well as those who have covered the whole stave, notes can be dragged up or down the stave (in treble and/or bass clefs) into position.
The question cards also include ‘fill in the blank’ style flashcards which work well for testing scales, or focusing on certain bars of music.
All the games have customisable and versatile question cards. Play ‘Asteroid Dodger’, ‘Space Rescue’, or see if students can beat your score in ‘Planet Doughnut’.
Find out more about how to access this game here and let me know if you have any questions.
