Hi, Jane here from SillyOMusic! Today I want to share a song that I (and pretty much every other Korean person) sang as a child, Santoki.
The Yellow Brick Road Blog is a website dedicated to providing music teachers with fun education resources for serious music literacy.
The Yellow Brick Road Blog is a website dedicated to providing music teachers with fun education resources for serious music literacy.
Knock the Cymbals is a great song to review several basic music concepts as you get closer to the end of the year. You can use this song and game to practice steady beat, do pentatonic scales, and instrument techniques.
Every struggles with finding great songs for upper elementary. I get it! But here are my five favorite ones to help you out!
Do you have fraying mallets and a very small budget? This was my problem. But, it is not a problem anymore! I was brave and patient and learned how to rewrap my own mallets. The photo above shows blue mallets that were very frayed. The red mallets have been rewrapped by me! With a little patience and practice, you can learn how to wrap mallets too and free up some money in your classroom budget for other resources. Before gaining the courage to make that first cut and unwrap a mallet, I watched at least 2 hours of video tutorials. There are several different techniques and videos out there in cyberspace, but I found that Episode 198 from Drummer Talk provides the most comprehensive and clear demonstration. I suggest you watch this entire video BEFORE attempting to wrap your own mallets. These are the supplies Dave Kropf suggests before beginning your project: Scissors Darning Needles (Size 18) Yarn (Size 3) As you wrap and cross the yarn over the top of the mallet, it should be placed off-center. This creates a nice crown which will be stitched to keep the yarn in place. When first attempting to wrap, I found it easiest to keep the yarn off-center on mallets that have more of a flattened core on top. If you have one, begin with this style core rather than a spherical core. After wrapping about 4 mallets, I found a groove and my wrapping and rotating technique became more automatic. During several evenings, I would sit on the couch and wrap mallets while watching television. Below, you can see many of the mallets I have rewrapped. The mallets with the white shafts were crowned with the technique Dave uses in the video because that is how they were crowned from the factory. Most of the mallets with black shafts were crowned with a back-stitch because I tried to imitate how they came from the factory. I encourage you to find some confidence and attempt to learn something new! After wrapping several pairs, I looked back at the first pair I wrapped and decided to cut them off and rewrap them again! My technique had improved so quickly, that I was not happy with my first pair anymore. I even got a little wild and crazy and made RAINBOW MALLETS!!! These are a great incentive. I reward a student who is doing a great job and allow them to play with the rainbow mallets like a ROCK STAR! Go forth! Be brave! Happy wrapping! Update: This post has been featured on the March 2016 Music Education Blog Carnival. Check out the rest of the carnival by clicking this link.
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Music Alone Shall Live is great for teaching rounds in elementary music. Use the free color-coded notation for an extension activity.
Learn how to practice rhythms with this budget-friendly and fun rhythm game in your elementary music classroom.
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Viola Alto Match is a Memory/Concentration-style card game, perfect for reinforcing the note names on the treble clef staff. The notes are specifally made for young violists and include the notes in 1st and 4th position (C below the staff - A on 4th ledger line). Use only the notes that you need. I usually give one set to a group of about 3 students. It's great for orchestra sub plans or string studio nights because you won't have to keep photocopying new worksheets, etc. I just keep a box of card games for my sub tub. There are 2 ways to print. You can print the cards front & back if your printer is equipped for double sided printing, or you can print single-sided and fold the cards in half. There are 2 ways to play and a student instruction card is included. I've also included a few blank cards that you or your students can write on to include more notes. Find more Alto Clef resources here! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to leave feedback to earn TpT credits. :) Follow me for updates and freebies!
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Every struggles with finding great songs for upper elementary. I get it! But here are my five favorite ones to help you out!
Using instruments with young students can be a struggle if you aren't prepared. Get some great ideas for using instruments with Preschool and Kindergarten.
Bochum - 2011-12 - Caboose (cover Electra) Bochum - 2012-13 - Caboose Bochum - 2013-14 - Dustin (cover Electra, Caboose) Gordon Gesetzki was born in Germany. He attended Stage School in Hamburg for training. He was Swing in "Elisabeth" and part of the Company of "Rocky Horror Show", as well as "Les Misérables", "Aida", "Evita", "We Will Rock You" and "Hairspray" 2011 - 2012 2012 - 2013
This is an easy & fun game to help preschoolers and toddlers practice playing and recognising Do Re Mi. Great fun - especially with a real balloon!
In this post, take some of my easy and affordable ideas for everyday tools for all music teachers that can make your life much easier.
Using instruments with young students can be a struggle if you aren't prepared. Get some great ideas for using instruments with Preschool and Kindergarten.
On the bank of the Isis in Oxford.
Music today is usually categorized by the genre to which it most stylistically relates. A quick scroll through the iTunes genres sections reveals the familiar categories, among them Rock, Pop, R&B/Soul, Country, Classical, and Alternative. Songs or musical compilations today seem to have a readily apparent identity.
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Professional Development On-The-Go: Podcasts For Music Educators Why podcasts? I recently wrote about the ways in which I keep […]
A fun Owl themed version of I have who has. Students practice identifying the instruments by naming what they have as well as the one after them. 4 options: Basic Instruments (24 color cards and instrument posters) Instrument & Variations: (32 color cards and instrument posters) Basic Instruments Black & White (24 black & white cards and instrument posters) Instruments & Variations: (32 black & white cards and instrument posters) Instruments included: French Horn Sousaphone Trombone Trumpet Tuba Harp Piano Pipe Organ Cornet Piccolo Saxophone Bass Drum Cymbals Marimba Snare Drum Timpani Tubular Bells Vibraphone Gong Tambourine String Bass Cello Viola Violin Bassoon Clarinet Flute Oboe Bass Clarinet English Horn Contrabassoon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Voila! You will now receive email updates about this store. ☺ For more details, visit my blog: Mrs. Stouffer's Blog For information about specials and freebies you can follow me or "like" Facebook Questions? Email me at [email protected]
Donnington Bridge photoshoot, 2014
In addition to my Kodály newbie blog this week, I’m here to talk about children’s literature for music class. What do you use? I love learning about new literature for the classroom!
Every struggles with finding great songs for upper elementary. I get it! But here are my five favorite ones to help you out!
Teaching Recorder: Establishing Fundamentals. Organized Chaos. Detailed outline of what to teach and how in the first few lessons of a recorder unit to help establish a solid foundation of fundamental skills.
The Mechanisms at (Space)Port Mahon Oxford, 17/11/12
