What's New in Musicplay with Denise Gagne
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Engagement is Key!
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.
What's New with Musicplay - March 6, 2023
MusicplayOnline
Features:
- Search now includes documents (e.g.: search for solfa worksheets)
- These documents are downloadable as PDFs or you can print from the website
- PDFs can be added to a "My List"
- The "+ Add to My List" button is on the bottom right of the documents
Units:
- Alphabet Songs and Activities
- Long Vowels videos and concept slides have been added to the unit
- Concept Slides from Alphabet Songs have been linked in the unit
- Musicplay Madness 2023
- New unit added to MusicplayOnline
- Uploaded pre-made bracket for class use, which coincides with the Musicplay Madness 2023 song selections
- Uploaded blank template bracket for class use
Song List:
- Updated "The Old Gray Cat" Illustrated Minibook
- Uploaded Canadian and American coin word rhythms
- Linked to Shiny Penny
- Linked to Johnny Lost a Quarter
What's New with Musicplay - Feb 27, 2023
Read MoreWhat's New with Musicplay - Feb 21, 2023
MusicplayOnline
Units:
- Programs:
- Listening Units:
- Added Level 1 Worksheets to Rossini's Ghost
- Theory:
- Added custom word rhythm tool to Composition Unit
Song List:
- Chumbara
- Added word randomizer tool to Interactives
Why Teach Solfege?
A teacher in the Musicplay Teachers Group on Facebook asked what I thought was a great question. Why teach solfege?
What's New with Musicplay - January 30, 2023
Read MoreFebruary FUN! - Lunar New Year ~ Valentine's Day ~ Black History Month
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.
What's New with Musicplay - January 23, 2023
MusicplayOnline
- Bucket Drumming with Mr. Frank
- Added "Eh Soom Boo Kawaya"
- Added "Good Mood"
- Added "Won't You Be My Valentine"
- Solfa Practice
- Added Echo Sing videos to Level 7 (d m s d')
- Our Musical World
- Passport Mini Book added to each unit in this section
What's New With MusicplayOnline - January 16, 2023
MusicplayOnline
- Song List
- Added "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
- Also added to Black History Month Unit
- Added "Waddling Ducks"
- Also added to JJ Juniors Unit
- Added "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
- Black History Month Unit
- Added section on Notable Black Canadian Musicians and Composers
- High Seas Program
- Added kids demos to each song
- Beethoven Lives Upstairs
- Added worksheets to accompany the movie