This is one of my favorite games! I learned it from my mentor during student teaching. I am not sure where she got it from. I haven’t seen it in any books or on the internet. If you know where Extra Beat Take a Seat comes from, feel free to let me know so I… Continue reading Free 3-5 Music Lesson: Extra Beat, Take a Seat
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Free 3-5 Music Lesson: Boomwhackers and Science
Boomwhackers. I love Boomwhackers. I love to use them for everything, really. Rhythms, chords, etc. This is a super simple, mini science lesson that I like to use with Boomwhackers. In Georgia at least, they talk about the science of sound in 1st grade and 4th grade. I have used parts of this with all… Continue reading Free 3-5 Music Lesson: Boomwhackers and Science
Music Lesson Ideas: Opera Stories
If you have been reading my blog, then you have hear me mention that my Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd graders spent a lot of time this year on opera. We use the Musical Explorer curriculum (currently available in Savannah and New York City, and I heard rumors that they are trying to get it elsewhere).… Continue reading Music Lesson Ideas: Opera Stories
Lesson Ideas: Creative Movement with Scarves
I love using scarves in my classroom. We do scarf routines that I have made up, or from Artie Almeida’s Parachutes and Ribbons and Scarves, Oh My! (Which if you do not have, you need!). We use them to keep the steady beat, feel phrases, etc. So when I first started my opera unit, I… Continue reading Lesson Ideas: Creative Movement with Scarves
Free K-2 Music Lesson: Animal Form
This may sound strange, but form is my favorite thing to teach students in my elementary music room. There are so many ways that you can teach it—through movement, drawing, manipulatives, etc. My favorite of the these is definitely movement. This is a lesson that I did during my student teaching last year. It was… Continue reading Free K-2 Music Lesson: Animal Form