Halloween and October Fun
Halloween was my kids and now my grandkids favorite holiday of the year. However, not all families celebrate Halloween. How can you enjoy the Halloween spirit without excluding any of your students?
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Developing the Child’s Singing Voice
Developing the Child’s Singing Voice I recently read this question on a music teachers facebook page: I’m teaching grade 1 and 2 music. I had 2 of my classes for the first time today and did some call and response tone-matching activities. I was shocked to find that 75% of the students could not sing in their head voice. At least 40% of those students couldn’t reproduce so-mi in a singing voice at all! Any ideas on where I start to help these students develop singing/head voices? In this newsletter, I’ve got some suggestions for warmups, vocalizes and activities to get your kids matching pitch.
Vocal Warmups
Voice Care for Music Teachers
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:
Back to School Body Percussion
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.
Rhythm Instrument Fun
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.
Flashcard Attendance
Does anyone use a quick, fun, or interesting way in which they take attendance each music class?
This question came up on our Musicplay Teacher's Facebook Group and many suggestions for musical ways of taking attendance were given!
Classroom Management
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.
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.
Old Mr. Rabbit
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Sleepy Bunnies
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!