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The “Short on Time” Solution For Your Winter Concert
As I am planning our Winter concert, I am realizing how little time I really have ~ how little time we all have. We need to cover standards, while providing a range of repertoire, while working on the...
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“The Mitten” Composition
…..another concert possibility….. Last year, my first graders added sound to “The Napping House” by Audrey Wood. Each child or group of children were assigned a character and played their chosen...
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The Idle Time Fix
Thank goodness for a teacher’s bag of tricks!!! Both yesterday and today I had classes that were missing enough kids to cripple our ability to truly practice for our upcoming concert…. but I still had...
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Chutes and Ladders Vocal Warm Up
Happy December!!! Winter concerts are upon us, and the craziness is in full swing! In a time when slide whistles can be an issue, here is my favorite warm up game from 2019. You can have a couple of...
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A Snow Poem with a TALA
Here is a lesson from my “Pushing the Limits” Collection ~ Lesson One 2.0 Although, rests aren’t discussed until Phase 3 of the Note Knacks Curriculum, children will write rests instead of notes when...
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“The Snowy Day” Exploration Lesson
Happy New Year!! I hope you are having a wonderful start to 2022 (It has to be better, right??). In light of the season, I thought it would be fun to start the Kindergarteners off with a snow theme. I...
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“Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” ~ How to make composing with little ones simple!
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is the perfect book to incorporate into a Kindergarten music lesson! Lots of kids know it, it has its own steady beat, and it is a lot of fun!! I have updated it a bit by...
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Steady Beat Explorations ~ Part 1
Last week I went to the GA music educators conference in Athens. I was lucky enough to hear Dr. Boonshaft speak about our profession and how our job was to make kids curious (I encourage you to check...
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Student Folk Dance: Lesson 1
For many kids our classes are a much-needed break from the regular classroom. With us, they can move around and be creative. They can tap into that part of the brain that let’s them communicate their...
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Student Folk Dance: Part 2
For Lesson 2, I was excited to build on what we created in lesson 1 and to add on what we could in the time frame we had (15 minutes). The beauty of this lesson is that you can add as many movements...
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