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Sweet Sounds - Quality Kodaly Resources for Elementary Music Educators
For many families, piano lessons are the first musical activity a child pursues. Often these lessons start at a very young age - 6 or 7 years old. With my piano students one of the first questions I ask in the very first lesson is "Why do you want to take piano lessons?" A variation of the
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Music has no language and it binds us all, especially children would love music and would also love to try their hand in musical instruments. Here are
Choosing songs to teach from in the music room can be tricky business. For one thing, there are an infinite number of songs from which to choose. You can easily put your head down to think of one song to use in a lesson only to look up hours later with stacks of books and binders next to
Fun and easy composition game for third grade and beyond with die cuts from the dollar store! Simple to make and use!
We will be making some great instruments and learning a bit about the science behind how our ears work this month at our Play Labs. Follow along at home with this do-it-yourself paper plate banjo!
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How to make a shaker. Easy cardboard tube shaker craft for preschoolers which becomes a fun musical instrument they can play and dance with!
Music class is an active, engaging, and joyful experience! This is especially true when our musical activities are grounded in creative and intentional teaching strategies. One of the most important teaching strategies has to do with teaching the difference between steady beat and the rhythm of
Learn more about the science of sound with these sound experiments and musical crafts.
This is a fun and messy piece of process art that the kids will love. Turn up the music and then drum and splatter and paint away.
Music is for everyone. Play with simple experiments that let anyone, of any age, explore how music works.
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Music Note Manipulatives Here’s a really quick way to make some easy, durable, and cheap music note manipulatives. I used craft foam sheets – you can find multicolor packs in most craft…
I love this quote from Zoltan Kodaly about teaching music. This "direct intuition" he talks about is a core part of the Kodaly teaching philosophy: everything is sequenced so that the child can take the next step of the learning process in the most natural way.
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Google has added a new instrument to its Chrome Music Lab: Song Maker. As the name implies, Song Maker is all about making songs. It's essentially an easy
Choosing songs to teach from in the music room can be tricky business. For one thing, there are an infinite number of songs from which to choose. You can easily put your head down to think of one song to use in a lesson only to look up hours later with stacks of books and binders next to
In my district we have a specific “Guided Listening” component which is usually a pretty awesome part of our curriculum. This allows us to teach kids to not just hear music, but to listen in specific and thoughtful ways. They are taught to listen for patterns, form, signpost cues, and […]
Learn all the tips and tricks for playing the rhythm chairs game in the elementary music classroom.
The main hallway of Zilker Elementary is now the Zilker Museum! Every student has a piece of artwork on display...it is a sight to behold. This year the art show is also interactive because you can scan QR codes to find out more about how we created the art, or find out more about the artist who inspired us to create. Fifth Grade's Hundertwasser Collages Fourth Grade's Wayne Thiebaud cupcake Sculptures Third Grade's Weavings Third Grade's Keith Haring Collages Second Grade's Georgia O'Keeffe's Flower Paintings First Grade's Eric Carle Collages First Grade's Quilts Kinder Pablo Picasso Guitar Collages Mr. McNitt's class made these awesome house prints and added color with chalk in Ms. Jepson's art class. Every year students continue to amaze me with their talent in art! I sincerely hope you had time to see this art show in person.....what a lucky art teacher I am to be able to work with such creative art students!
We will be giving away 4 very cool afrobeat and wizkid type of drum pattern techniques you guys can use in your afro and wizkid type of beats.
This bulletin board set is great for back to school and is an easy way to get your students fired up about music! Ask your students to write or draw their favorite ways to make music and use their work as a starting point for a discussion about music in their lives. Then hang up their completed writings and drawings alongside the included posters for a fun display. This set is printable in Spanish or English and can be used as an in-class or send-home activity. Includes: 2 English quote posters 2 Spanish quote posters 11 styles of printable worksheets in English 11 styles of printable worksheets in Spanish Title letters for your own bulletin board This product is part of a huge Spanish & English Music Classroom Decor Set! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More great bulletin board sets: What to Listen for in Music There are SNOW Many Reasons to Make Music Playing the Recorder Helps Us Bloom ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow me on Facebook for updates and freebies!
Once popular during the Renaissance era, the recorder has gained popularity throughout schools as an introductory instrument that is easy to play and gives students their first foray into music theory. Although a recorder never needs to be tuned, it does require practice and patience from the student. For educators, ...
I recently posted about Beat Buddies and how amazing they were for classroom management.
Our Music Symbols Poster is a great educational resource that will help you create relevant and engaging Music classrooms.
...enhanced learning through tactile means. Here are a few of the most frequently used music manipulatives in my elementary classroom...
The Yellow Brick Road Blog is a website dedicated to providing music teachers with fun education resources for serious music literacy.
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Learn all the tips and tricks for playing the rhythm chairs game in the elementary music classroom.
Let's make some music! Some DIY musical instruments that is! Check out 12 awesome musical instruments you can make yourself!
Late Posting Disclaimer: I typed this post up a couple of weeks ago and just plumb forgot to finish editing it and posting it on the blog, so although I talk about ribbon wands in conjunction with May's song below, ribbon wands can be used for just about any song any time. Of course it is time to talk about ribbon wands because May's song, "When I Am Baptized" is just SCREAMING for my rainbow ribbon wands to be used. Ribbon wands can be an investment in time and money depending on how many you make, but if you can swing it, you won't regret it. The children just loooooooooove using these. They never tire from them. They are great for teaching and feeling the melody of the music. The kiddos get plenty of movement to keep those wiggle worms at bay...and of course, you will certainly get your exercise in for the day. By-the-by, do any of you feel like you've just finished your workout at the gym after you get home from church??? I'm sure I would be in much better shape if I did my "Primary Workout" on a daily basis instead of once a week! Anywhoooooo, I made my ribbon wands a couple of years ago and use them at least a few times a year. The kids would probably love it if I would use them more often, but there are always so many other things I want to try and do. These are great for nursery too! I first introduce the ribbon wands in Primary after we did the program. It was a great, fun way to release all those wiggles they had held inside of them from sitting so well in Sacrament meeting and it was an easy singing time just singing fun songs and taking turns following the leader in twirling the wands. I've done this for the last two programs and plan on using them again this year, so I guess it has become a tradition. Ribbon wands are easy to make, but will take a little time to put together if you plan on making quite a few. There are a variety of ways to make them, but this is how I made mine. ITEMS NEEDED PER RIBBON WAND 12" long (I think the diameter I used is about 1/4") (a 4' dowel will give you 4-12" ribbon wands) Small eye hook Small fishing swivel 36" long double-sided satin ribbon x 1" wide (I did my ribbon 1 1/4" wide x 86" long for the wand I would use because it is just cool to see how a full-length one works. Don't make the children's too long because they would be too difficult for the little ones to use.) Scissors Saw to cut the dowels or have them cut at the hardware store, but they may charge per cut. Drill and drill bit smaller than the eye hook screw or a big headed push pin 2 Pliers Sand Paper Thin blade screw driver Lighter or lit candle (no, this is not to help set the mood) Spray paint (optional) HOW TO MAKE A RIBBON WAND Cut the dowels into 12" lengths. Sand smooth the cut ends and any other areas that are rough. Don't want any slivers. Drill or use a push pin to start a hole to screw in the eye hook. If you use a drill, be very careful in holding the stick so you don't slip and hurt yourself with the drill. You may also want to put a piece of tape around the drill bit to help mark how deep you drill to in the stick. Make sure the drill bit you use is thinner than the screw part on the eye hook so that the screw "bites" into the wood when it is screwed in. If you want, you could paint your dowel. I decided not to because I didn't have the time and I figured over time the paint would start to chip off making them look less attractive. But that's your call. With one plier in one hand grip one side of the eye hook and with the other plier in your other hand, grab the opposite side of the eye hook and slightly pry open by bringing one hand towards you and the opposite hand away from you to open the eye hook wide enough so you can hook on the fishing swivel then close the eye hook back up. Don't try to pry the hook open in a split fashion. It is much harder to close if you do. Hope that is clear as mud. Screw in the eye hook and fishing swivel combo into the hole in the dowel. To help save on your fingers, use the thin blade screw driver to slip into the eye hook hole as leverage to help twist the screw in or use your pliers. Thread one end of the ribbon through the other end of the fishing swivel. Tie a double knot on the end of the ribbon so it won't pull through the fishing swivel. I did not tie a knot directly to the fishing swivel's loop because it didn't seem to swivel as well, it looked a little more bulky and it was harder to tie a knot on the swivel without ending up with a long tail. With the lighter or lit candle, carefully melt the edges of the ribbon to help prevent fraying. Voilà! Now you have a fantastical ribbon wand. Here are a couple of other quick ribbon wand variations. You could use thinner ribbon such as 1/4" wide double-satin ribbon in different colors. Decide on the length you want and double that measurement. Cut 2 or more ribbons in that length. Thread the ribbons through the eye hook (depending on your ribbon width, you may want a bigger eye hook). Even out the ribbons so your eye hook is in the middle of the ribbons. Tie the ribbons in a double knot. Seal the cut edges from fraying and you are good to go. You could add a swivel if you want the ribbon to swirl better. A less expensive way is to use 6-7 36" strips of curling ribbon and glue it on the tongue depressor sized craft sticks. Then glue some ribbon around the area where you have glued to help give it a finished look and extra holding power. I have several colors of curling ribbon on large spools that I bought a long time ago from an Xpedx store that I use for gift wrapping. There is a lot of ribbon on those spools that have lasted me for years. Use just one color or several colors. This size is great for those little nursery hands. I'm sure you could probably find a variety of other ways to make ribbon wands on the internet as well as you can purchase them off the internet, but they can get quite pricey. Later I will post ways to use ribbon wands along with cheat sheets for different pattern movements to help you in choreographing your songs.
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