GAM Bells Staff Boards Set

The set provides two staff boards used for the further exercises of notation. Once a child has worked with the bells by ear, the boards give a clear surface on which to place and read notes on the musical staff, moving their music work from sound toward written notation.

The set includes two staff boards. Having a pair lets the child lay out and compare notation, or work alongside a teacher who models the placement on one board while the child mirrors that placement on the other, which supports careful, guided practice.

The staff boards extend work with the montessori bells into written music. After a child has matched and graded the bells by sound, the boards let them connect each tone to its place on the staff, bridging attentive listening and the first steps of notation in one continuous flow.

In the usual sequence, the child first matches the bells into pairs of the same pitch, then grades them from low to high entirely by ear. The staff boards come afterwards, once those listening skills are secure and the child is ready to record what they hear as notation.

This set is the two staff boards for notation exercises; the bells themselves are ordered separately. Pair the boards with a set of Montessori bells so the child can move from sounding each tone to placing the matching note on the staff, keeping listening and notation linked.

Yes, a child can use the staff boards at home as part of a Montessori music area. Set them on a low shelf beside the bells so your child can return to notation work whenever they feel drawn to it, revisiting the exercises between lessons at their own pace.