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More Composition Ideas

Creating a Rondo

Why is teaching music so important for the students in our elementary schools? One of the reasons (and there are many!) is that we can help students develop creative thinking in our music classes.

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Tennis Ball Fun

Tennis Ball Fun and Relative Note Values
Create a chart that includes a whole note, two half notes, four quarters and 8 eighth notes. This activity is from the resource, Rhythm Instrument Fun.

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Preschool Music Classes

I’ve been working on a preschool curriculum this year, combining what I think are the strengths of John Feirabend’s First Steps, and the curriculums that use instruments more extensively – Lynn Kleiner, Music Together, Kindermusik.  My hope is that Musicplay Preschool will be an easy to follow curriculum that will encourage students to enjoy singing, listening, playing instruments, moving, and creating.  I’ve spent the past 2 years with the preschool students in my grandsons preschool.  The first time I visited, they introduced me as Hunter’s grandma, and so for two years I’ve been Grandma D to 24 three, four and five year olds in the preschool.

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