It's back to school all across Canada and the US, and one of the first questions I received in my email inbox came from a teacher who had already strained her voice. There are many voice care suggestions online and most of us know the basics:
This will be a challenge for your Grade 4-5-6 students, but you could use just the chant with Grade 1-2-3 and have them develop some ostinatos to perform with it.
When you have an activity using non-pitched percussion or rhythm instruments, it can get noisy and out of control if your children don’t know or don’t follow your procedures. When giving out instruments, I explain to the class that I’m going to put the instrument on the floor in front of them and they are to wait until everyone has an instrument and I tell them it’s OK to pick up and play. The analogy I use is if you go to a fancy restaurant, you don’t start gobbling your food the second it’s placed in front of you. It’s polite to wait until everyone has their meal, and then you all start eating at the same time.
This question came up on our Musicplay Teacher's Facebook Group and many suggestions for musical ways of taking attendance were given!
Music Classroom Management We want music class to be something the kids look forward to, and it’s a very active learning environment. How do you maintain the “fun” yet have your students behave in a way that allows for maximum learning.
We want music class to be something the kids look forward to, and it's a very active learning environment. How do you maintain the "fun" yet have your students behave in a way that allows for maximum learning.
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Sleepy Bunnies is a great activity for any time of the year! If you're looking for a fun activity for Easter (although it doesn't say anything really about Easter) this game is fun!
I saw Sister Lorna Zemke at TMEA and she had a really cute idea to get kids using high and low voices using a mouse and a bear puppet having conversations. Sometimes I got blank when I’m trying to make something up, so I decided to write a story that would use the high and low voices. This should give the primary teacher some conversation ideas to use between Squeaky and Brown Bear. Folkmanis Puppets has wonderful bear and mouse puppets – enjoy the idea!
I got an email from a teacher who is going to Cambodia to work with children.