Petal Bee- From the Vault!
Going back in time this month! Almost exactly a year ago, I created the game Petal Bee, and included it in April 2024’s Puzzle Packet resource post. I am a major fan of the NYT mini games- especially Spelling Bee- and naturally had to create a musical version. With Spring finally upon us (in theory 🥶) I wanted to revisit this flower-themed game.
Table of Contents:
What’s Included
Set Up
How it Works
What theory concepts does this support?
Closing
Link to PDF
What’s Included:
Four flower heads made up of five petals each, (each petal has a treble or bass clef written on it)
Four stems (each has a keyboard on it with five different keys marked with a dot). Notes marked on stems match with notes on petal staves
Set Up:
Cut out each petal and stems
Laminate
How it Works:
Notes on the petals of each flower will match the notes marked on the keyboard of the stems. The notes of each flower will contain the letters to spell a word. First, have students identify the note on each flower petal. Next, figure out which corresponding key each petal note matches up with- pay attention to which octave each note is in! Once your student has correctly matched up the flower petals to the corresponding stem, it is time to decode! Your student can now unscramble the letters to decipher the mystery word! (Key: Green flower- BADGE, Orange flower- FACED, Blue flower- DECAF, Yellow flower- CAGED). Note: the order of notes on the keyboard is NOT the order letters are correctly spelled.
What theory concepts does this support?
Matching location of notes on the staff to its corresponding location on the keyboard/general note identification (treble and bass clef)
Closing:
This game has been such a hit with my students- it is especially helpful for those who find support in bringing extra focus to the differentiation of octaves, and where notes on the staff fall on the keyboard. Whether you found this game in our Puzzle Packet a year ago, or you are discovering Petal Bee for the first time, I hope this puts a little “spring” in your students' step!
Link to PDF:
-Mikaila Vieyra, LPMT, MT-BC