Digital sheet music for piano, (beginner).
Looking for a fun way to teach children about form? This is one of my favorite lessons! Manipulatives and movement, what could be better?
This “Hallelujah” cover will be on your list of favorite songs for sure...I have heard numerous people sing this song. No one sings it as they do.
Have you always had a selection of your favorite Catholic hymns? I know I have. This list is not comprehensive, but covers a majority of the hymns that ...
My Favorite Steady Beat and Rhythm Lesson Activity. Organized Chaos. Use movement to help elementary music students experience new rhythms, demonstrate steady beat, and show rhythm values.
Finally! The Taxonomy of my Music is complete! While I’m working on my Digital Art assignments I enjoy watching my favorite TV shows. I bring this up to help you get a sense for how long it t…
Robin bird chirping singing
Are you looking for some free Christmas sheet music? I have complied free printable sheet music from different sites. The pieces range from easy to intermediate. Easy/Level 1 The First Noël for P…
My Favorite Lesson for Teaching Mi / Sol / La. Organized Chaos. Comprehensive lesson ideas for introducing students to mi sol and la, including aurally identifying them, singing them with hand signs, and notating them.
My Favorite Warm-ups for Children's Choir. Organized Chaos. So many amazing warmup exercises for elementary choral ensembles!
Take time each day to sing with your baby! Music is such a gift in the life of a child. Here are some fun ACTION songs for babies we sing together often.
Things to Do While Students are Waiting in Line. Organized Chaos. Great time filler ideas for elementary music teachers that can be done quietly in the hallway during transitions and wait time.
Sometimes during a concert, the musician will bring a lucky fan onstage to perform alongside them. Whether the fan is nervous or starstruck, some fans vocals will have you wishing they would just go back to their seats. This wasn’t the case when country music legend Keith Urban was playing a show in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Every year I get these kinds of comments from my teacher friends; “Just do the same concert you did last year,” “don’t reinvent the wheel,” “you work too hard.” I smile when I hear these comments because I […]
A fun singing time activity for your primary! This LARGE Mr Potato Head will grab your primary’s full attention.
Stake Primary Leadership Meeting was a huge success (I learned a lot). I got so many great ideas, thing's I had never thought of. Sister Montgomery had a ton of great ideas and she didn't just tell us about them, she really showed us with visual aids, including teaching a song. It was really remarkable, I wish I had taken my camera. At the end though, she gave away some of her props and I do have pictures of the two I got to take home. I was very flattered that she talked about my relationship with my pianist. Sister Dayton is amazing and she usually goes along with all my crazy ideas. One thing I felt very strongly about was that she and I should be a team. When I wear big ears, she wears big ears. We also have a set of sounds we use as cues. A sound for "they sang great", "not so great" and "terrible" that way she can offer feedback to the kids musically and they love that. We also have sounds for "stand up" and "sit down" that way when we come to program time they have been practicing standing and sitting on cue for a long time. She had a hard had that had BFF on the front which stood for "Building Forever Families" for teaching the builder song. She suggested taking photos of children in the primary serving, being measured, learning (reading the scriptures) to use as visual aids. She played a song on her iPod that the Tabernacle choir did. While she was hanging up the visual aids for the song, you got to hear the choir singing it. She had stretched a clothesline across the room and pinned the pictures to it. (She used those sticky back plastic hooks that you can buy from 3M and then pull off the wall when you're done). Magic Singing Spray. Use a clear spray bottle with lemonade. Label the bottle. Use it to lubricate vocal chords and improve singing. Ingredients should be kept secret. When the primary needs a little incentive to sing out this is a great motivator. Practice squirting into mouths at home and be careful not to soil clothing. Get a big 12x12 box to make a die. Attach clear sheet protectors on all sides. SLide pictures or words to tell how to sing a song, or a title of a song. Just make sure you don't use pictures of the Savior. Singing leaders brought Ideas to share. For teaching Children all over the World one leader used posterboard and cut out the shape of different costumes, then colored the costumes in. She used ribbon so the outfits could hang around the kids necks like they were wearing that costume. Another leader said to celebrate the end of winter she had the kids write their favorite song on a half sheet of paper, crumple it up and throw their last "snowball" of the year, towards the front of the room. Then they randomly sang songs from the snowballs. I shared my Top Ten idea and showed pictures that the kids drew for visual aids. It's wonderful to get ideas from other leaders and to use them as sounding boards for ideas. I am really grateful to our Stake Primary presidency for including the music leaders in their meeting. We need ideas too.
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Talent seems to come in a variety of exciting shapes and sizes these days. Just take a look at this amazing 11-year-old autistic songstress, Kaylee. Not only can she hold her notes, but she was also able to stand her own while performing alongside internationally acclaimed performers, Pentatonix. The host, Steve Harvey, the audience, and
A raspy singing voice develops from incomplete contact between the vocal cords and/or nodules, calluses, polyps, and ulcers on the vocal cords. You can fake a slightly raspy singing voice by tensing your neck and exuding a lot of air as...
Kids love music! I try to find ways to incorporate it throughout our school day. It is such an amazing learning tool. My Songs for the Year
Singing time yoga also known as position cards, singing time review activity providing tons of movement as you sing Primary songs.
Summer is one of my favorite times of the year! I love the sunny days and the extra time to spend with family.
Loretta Lynn's Granddaughter Emmy Russell and Willie Nelson's Son Lukas Nelson sings 'Lay Me Down' in honor of late country star Loretta Lynn. A quiet reminder of our own mortality and presents to us with the hope of beautiful heaven that awaits all believers in Christ. The lyrics of the…
An all time classic returns to the big screen and now as our printable Mary Poppins coloring pages. There’s magic at your fingertips and the end of your crayon. Bring it to life with color. If coloring is one of your favorite things, these will be extra special. Fly a kite, sing a song, play […]
Family movie night is a weekly tradition in our house, and the kids have been counting down the days till we could get our hands on the new SING movie. SING is the perfect movie
