In previous blog posts, I’ve discussed how I was planning to switch my order of instruction for recorder notes. Many resources will have you start with BAG and then they go to high C and D. I totally can see some the arguments made for that approach. There are less
So our district has really been getting into the strategy of close reading, where you take a text and examine it multiple times to get deeper meaning. And I’ll be honest, when I first heard of close reading, I thought “well, there’s something I won’t be doing in my class.”
Hello readers! Today I present a blog about a great Halloween song for improv on recorder and introducing low E to your students. Check out this video to hear the song and see how you can extend this lesson to teach improv. More Halloween Fun Looking for some more Halloween
In my day I’ve seen many recorder storage ideas. Everything from elaborate hand-made storage to bins to recorders standing upright on spokes. But today I would like to share my personal favorite for if you are dealing with large numbers of recorders. It’s easy, cheap, holds LOTS of recorders, and
Hey there music teachers! Any of you out there ever heard of Kagan strategies and wondered how they would work in music class? I heard several classroom teachers mention them before, but didn’t really know what it was. I gathered that it was a cool set of strategies you could
Last winter during our annual state conference, I wandered in to a workshop done by a guy named Andrew Ellingsen. And he shook my world around – my solfege world to be exact. Around the music world, a large portion start teaching note-reading with SO and MI. Makes sense –
Hi readers! The school year is starting soon, and I’ve been busy in my classroom getting everything ready. If you’ve been looking for ideas on classroom setup for your elementary music class, then look no further. I’ve got a couple new ideas this year for my classroom setup that I’m
Are you looking for some great resources for music teachers to start the year off right? In this post, I would like to share with you some of my favorite music teacher resources that I use in my classroom. These are my go to music resources that I use every
Congratulations, Teachers! The end of the year is almost here. We’ve made it! But before you start mixing your margaritas and planning your summer travel destinations, there is one more thing to attend to – post-planning. Those one or two days where you feel trapped in your room, waiting for
This year at Florida’s statewide conference, the All State Orff Ensemble performed a story called The Stonecutter. I loved the folk tale and went looking for a written version to teach it in my own classroom as an orff lesson. I found this really cool series written by an author/illustrator
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