Note Ninjas Escape Room

​Yesterday we had our note learning event! We made it a kind of Escape Room - so the students had to work together to find the code to unlock the box of goodies.

Most of our students are online, so it was great for them to actually be in-person with the students from their online groups.

Ten students attended and 3 of our teen students came to help out and man our 3 Note Drill stations:

1. iPad Note Drills (using the Flash Note Derby and Piano Notes Fun apps)
2. Worksheet Note Drills (writing note names beneath the notes)
3. Note Puzzle Note Drills (a puzzle to match the staff note to its alphabet name)​

There were so many other activities that we could have included, but we had just one hour, and we didn’t want to add too many activities and run out of time. The main thing was for the activities to be very different from each other to keep the students focused and interested.

The students were arranged into 3 teams:

• Rockin’ Reds
• Sunny Superstars
• Green Machine

The teams had 15 minutes at each station (which definitely wasn’t enough - next time we will make the event longer).

At each station, all students in the team had a given number of note-learning challenges to complete in order for the team to earn a musical clue. (The clues weren't actually related to the note-learning activities, but they were based on music theory).

​They then had to work together to decipher the clue and write the answers on their “Clue Calculator” sheet.

​On completion of their Clue Calculator sheets each of the teams ended with a single digit number. Those 3 digits were the combination to the lock on the box of goodies that they took home with them.

​The kiddos were super excited putting their digits into the lock, and delighted when the lock finally opened, and they could grab the goodie bags from the box.

Our Ninja Prize Box

It was such a fun event! We got such good feedback from the parents, and it was encouraging seeing the students' scores improve on each repetition of the activities. We will definitely be doing another "Escape Room" again.