The game cards are a mix of flashcards of cards with types of notes. If they draw a card with a staff, they figure out what letter it is and move to that letter on the gameboard. If they were to draw the other type of card and it is a half note, they move 2 spaces forward, etc.
I also made little cards on blue paper that are "blue bonus cards" with miscellaneous piano and music trivia questions. If they land on a blue space on the gameboard, they get a chance at answering a bonus question. If they get it right, they can move 3 extra spaces forward.
A few examples of the bonus questions:
- General music trivia
- What is a composer?
- How many spaces are on a staff?
- Fill in the blanks: Every __________ Boy ____________ _____________ *or substitute with whatever phrase you teach students to remember treble clef lines
- Fill in the blanks: __________ Cows __________ ___________ *or substitute with whatever phrase you teach students to remember bass clef spaces
- What is tempo?
- What are dynamics?
- Name 2 famous composers.
- What is a composer?
- What is a staff?
- Piano specific trivia
- What were white keys on a piano made of a long time ago before we started using plastic?
- How many keys does a piano have?
- What does the damper pedal (on the right) do on a piano?
