Cara and Donny's Musical Adventure

Cara and Donny's Musical Adventure is a new approach to learning music, specifically piano but can be used for classroom application as well. It uses drama and storytelling to engage the learner and keep them interested and motivated. Each pitch is represented by an animal character. Cat for C Dog for D etc. each character meets and engages with the other characters as they have fun and learn music as well as social skills. Cara the cat takes walk, introducing quarter notes and a steady beat. She then meets Donny the Dog and they develop a friendship and go on adventures to meet other "notes" (characters) and musical concepts. Students love trying to figure out the next character and enjoy the story line. I have found it keeps students' interest and reading becomes fun.