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Making Students Accountable in Music Class
I’ve noticed that sometimes when I do activities as a whole class not everyone is engaged. It’s easy for a student not to pay attention when the teacher is focused on the entire class at once. When I am pointing to notes on the… Continue Reading “Making Students Accountable in Music Class”
Bucket Drumming
Since I have all of those buckets from Drums Alive, I decided to give bucket drumming a try this year. I purchased a subscription to www.bucketdrumming.net. There are tons of how-to videos and song covers. Each video shows a person playing the drums from a… Continue Reading “Bucket Drumming”
Drums Alive
I discovered an awesome program called Drums Alive. I went to a one day workshop and purchased the curriculum. It is a fun, researched based program that combines music and physical fitness. I’ve teamed up with my school’s PE teacher to combine classes and… Continue Reading “Drums Alive”
Rhythym basketball
A fellow teacher from another district showed me a video of her kids at a basketball half time performing a musical routine with basketballs. I thought that sounded super fun and put it in the back of my mind for a later opportunity. Well,… Continue Reading “Rhythym basketball”
Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern
The book starts off with a man who is crabby about his noisy house. His floor squeaks, his bed creaks, the tea kettle whistles, etc. so he goes to the village wise person who tells him to buy a cow. Now he has all the… Continue Reading “Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern”
Mortimer by Robert Muncsh
This is one of my favorite preschool-kindergarten books. Mortimer is the main character and he doesn’t want to go to bed. Instead of sleeping, he sings: With preschoolers, we sing the song every time the words come up in the story. Sometimes I add… Continue Reading “Mortimer by Robert Muncsh”
The King, The Mice and the Cheese – by Nancy Gurney
The story starts out with a king who loves cheese. His cheese makers make cheese so good that everyone can smell the yummy cheese. A mouse smelled the cheese and told all his mouse friends to come check it out. Soon there are hundreds… Continue Reading “The King, The Mice and the Cheese – by Nancy Gurney”
Making Music Class Fun 