Teaching is a giving profession. Lawyers and accountants get to bill by the hour. Ha! If teachers got to bill by the hour, we'd all be billionaires. I love the post that comes around that says teachers should get paid like babysitters - and ends up showing that if we were paid like babysitters, we'd make a LOT more money than a teacher's salary.
| July 24-25, 2017 – Artie and Denise Workshop #8 in Las Vegas, NV |
Dynamics Lesson Plan for K-5 Music Classes
I had an email question from a teacher this week. She needed to give a synopsis of what she teaches in each grade to her principal. She asked if I had a synopsis of what’s taught in Musicplay, and I had never written it in this format. So here’s the synopsis. Of course how much you’re able to teach depends on the time allotted for music, the experiences your students come with, and a myriad of other factors. With Musicplay you treat the teacher’s guide like a menu – choose the song, choose the activities. If you do all the “core” activities, you will complete what’s in the synopsis with your students.
Is Teaching Harder Now than 40 years ago?
March 11, 2017 Musicplay Newsletter
Ukuleles are back - and they're better than ever! Teaching ukulele can be a ton of fun for you and the students. Why ukulele? (instead of guitar)
Recorders are one of the best ways to teach students melodic reading. The instrument is inexpensive, simple to produce a sound, and students are very motivated to learn. (at least at the beginning of the unit) . However, playing recorder requires good fine muscle co-ordination which can be very difficult for some students. This newsletter addresses some of the ways that you can modify recorder instruction for your special needs students.
Singing Games are a rich source of repertoire for our elementary classrooms. In most singing games, a simple melody is repeated many times. It's that repetition of the simple song that helps children to internalize the beat, rhythm, and melodies. Many repetitions will help your students match pitch. Many repetitions help your ESL students to learn the language.