Classroom stuff

Fruit Canon (Mango Mango Mango)

Warm up with some good music! This interactive and educational bulletin board set is perfect for your autumn/winter decor! Match up the solfa on the marshmallows to the staff on the mugs. Included in this set: -directions on how to set up your bulletin board -mock-up of each stage of the board (unmatched and matched) -vertical borders -7 mugs and 7 marshmallows -marshmallow bowl -words to cut out More levels coming soon! #musiccrewwinter -------------------------- If you like this bulletin...

Solfege To 7 Popular Songs – Dynamic Music Room

Today I'm giving a glance into my first day of school lesson plans, from TK - 5th grade. In the first day of music class, students are arguably the most attentive they will be all year. This puts a unique pressure on the first day's lesson plan to set the tone for the rest of our time together.

Down Down Baby

Song Index

Hello, this is Lindsay Jervis, from Pursuit of Joyfulness and Lindsay's Kodaly Inspired Classroom (on facebook). “The most important thing is to actualize the instinctive love of the child for singing and playing, to realize the changing of his moods through the songs, his feelings, his experiences. . . in other words, to bring about the miracle of music.” (Adám, in The Kodály Concept, 1966, p. 2) But HOW do we keep them singing as they get older? I really do believe that the love of music...

Five Green and Speckled Frogs

The Yellow Brick Road Blog

Students create a circle with one student (the frog catcher) in the middle of the circle. One student is chosen to be the frog. The frog catcher closes their eyes. Students sing the song and walk in a circle around the frog catcher as the frog hides somewhere in the room. When the song is over and

up the ladder, down the ladder, mamalama!

When I first began teaching 23 years ago (yikes!) I didn't keep track of song repertoire the way I do now. I also often felt pressed to sing lots of songs (still do) but would only sing them once or twice and then be done with that song. Now I keep a list of repertoire learned and frequently revisit songs. I also try to "double dip" concepts and skills and repeat songs learned in previous grades but with a focus on a different concept. That So Mi song that has Do, Re, Mi at the ending may be...