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Our kids had way too much screen time during lockdowns, and we are still seeing the effects. How do we keep children's attention in a classroom, when they are used to watching 6 second TikTok videos? Even Disney movies are moving at a pace that's much greater than they used to. In this newsletter, I'm going to begin a discussion on increasing engagement in your music classes. This is too large a topic for just one newsletter, but this is very necessary for our tired, hard-working, dedicated music teachers.
A teacher in the Musicplay Teachers Group on Facebook asked what I thought was a great question. Why teach solfege?
It's tough to decide what to focus on in February! Whether you want to celebrate Lunar New Year, Valentine's Day or Black History Month --- or ALL of them, MusicplayOnline has units, songs in the song list and listening activities for you.
The Nutcracker is a holiday favorite. Musicplayonline has lessons for teaching the story of the Nutcracker, and many of the movements. These can be holiday performances OR they can be fun holiday lessons. In the Wednesday webinar, I'll do many of them.
MusicplayOnline has many FUN activities for October. If you celebrate Halloween - or if you don't - there are fun activities for your students.