Many voice teachers can be weary of teaching voice lessons for young kids. It doesn't have to be scary though! Here are some tips for teaching young ones.
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There are many reasons why your student may be holding back their voice. Here are helpful activities and resources for helping shy singers perform with confidence.
Voice Training: Belt Exercise Vocal coach Kurt Wolf teaches you how to develop your belt voice with this vocal strength building exercise. Using hard consonant attacks, Kurt demonstrates how to...
Authors: Nikki Loney, Mim Adams Format: Activity Boards Voicing: Voice 20 fun, colourful and educational activity boards, printed on high quality glossy 8.5 x 11 card stock. Developed for singers ages 6 and up, each activity board offers fun exercises and activities to engage and challenge your students. (Saving you
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drama activities and games for elementary students
This week I will be exploring the 4 voices (speaking, calling, whispering, and singing), and other vocal timbres, with my kindergarten classes. Today I thought I would share some of my favorite lesson activities to introduce and practice the 4 voices. 1. Apple Tree This game is my favorite way to introduce different voices- I do this with kindergarten and I have 3rd graders who are still asking to play it! First we learn the song: credit: Music a la Abbott Once the students know the song, I have everyone spread out around the room, sitting down on the floor. Everyone sings the song together, and after we sing "knocks me out", the students pretend that an apple knocked them out and lie down on the floor. I tell them the only thing that can wake them up is my singing voice. Then I repeat the song with all kinds of different voices, switching between voices mid-song. When the students hear my singing voice, they sit back up and sing with me until the end of the song. The first student to be sitting upright and singing with me at the correct time wins (and if they sit up too early they are out for that round). They love it because I do all kinds of silly voices, not just speaking and whispering, and I love it because they get lots of practice distinguishing the singing voice from other vocal timbres! 2. Boom Chicka Boom This is a great song for teaching echo songs, and I always bring it back when we are practicing echo format, but it is also another great song to sing in a variety of voices! Here's an example if you've never heard the song: There are tons of variations you can do with this one, obviously, and I usually come up with one or two new ones each year. My favorites, though, are "custodian style", which I do in the low voice of our school custodian (who is great and the students love him) and change the words to "broom chicka mop-a chicka", and "baby style", where I change the words to "poop chicka mama-chicka" (which pretty consistently makes everyone fall on the floor laughing). 3. Variations I love using this opportunity to sing some songs that I either want to throw in but haven't found a good spot in the curriculum to put it, or that the students have requested (or have some connection to). We sing the song in our best singing voices, then we do the other 3 "main" voices (speaking, calling, and whispering), and then I have students suggest other voices. Giants, frogs, babies, and robots are usually popular choices :) 4. Voices Poem Once we have spent plenty of time exploring our voices, it's time to actually label some of them. I found out about this cute little poem from another music teacher in my district and plan to use it this year to assess how well students can switch between voices: This is my speaking voice - I use it every day This is my whisper voice - it's quiet don't you say This is my calling voice - I use it to say "Hey!" This is my singing voice - I like it, it's okay!* *1st part of this line is sung on "sol", the last note is sung on "do" What are your favorite ways to teach and explore vocal timbre with your students? Share your ideas in the comments!
Voice and tone - it can be a little bit hard to explain. OK, maybe a lot hard to explain, especially to middle grade kids.
This is the intro handout to my VOICE unit in high school drama class, and it also works for middle school students as well. This printable handout goes through the different vocal elements and what each one is. Without this, they don't really learn how to play and experiment with their voice and really push it to the limit. There's 3 pages total: ✤"Elements of Voice" intro handout ✤"Hello how are you?" workshop (to get them used to playing with their voice) ✤"Voice emphasis" handout for a workshop It's also really helpful to use as part of English class when I'm teaching oral presentation skills. These are the elements that form the basis of every rubric for their Voice assignments. Hope it helps! Similar resources in my shop: ➼ VOICE UNIT BUNDLE ➼ VOICE - The Language of Voice (good for senior grades) ➼ VOICE - Vocal Emphasis workshop ➼ VOICE Project - rubric (generic) ➼ VOICE Project - "Sell This Product!" ➼ VOICE Project - "Radio Advertisements" ➼ VOICE Project - "RANT" presentation ➼ Voice Project - Puppetry ➼ VOICE Project - Telephone Conversations (students #1 favourite) ➼ VOICE READER'S THEATRE - Intro handout for unit ➼ VOICE READER'S THEATRE - Sound Effects workshop ➼ VOICE Viewing Guide - "The Simpsons" Voice Actors ➼ COMPLETE DRAMA COURSE BUNDLE ◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈ ➯ Click HERE to follow my shop and see updates and new products. ➯ Please don't forget to leave feedback on my products! You will receive TPT credits that can be used on future purchases.
Teaching kids to sing is very important, but can be challenging. There are ways that kids can be taught to sing that are not difficult for the parent or teacher to implement.
Voice and tone - it can be a little bit hard to explain. OK, maybe a lot hard to explain, especially to middle grade kids.
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