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Tag Archives: beat
Rhythm Boxes – Understanding Rhythm and Counting
A resource that will be great for everyone! You simply print out the pages. Keep the first page as it is and then the next pages you can cut out the notes. They will fit into the boxes. The number … Continue reading
Posted in General Music Methods (K-12) Notes, Lesson Plans & Ideas, Uncategorized
Tagged activity, beat, boxes, children, class, composition, counting, game, help, kids, learn, learning, lesson, music, musical, Notation, print, printable, rhythm, teach
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10 Rules for Expressive Singing
These are 10 rules that were demonstrated and explained at a music educator’s conference I attended recently. Most of these are things that choral people should know, but perhaps have forgotten and need to be reminded of. If you follow … Continue reading
Resource: FREE Music Lesson Plans
Check out this database of music lesson plans from Hillsborough Countyu Schools: Music Curriculum Search You will need to enter the provided username and password. I have not examined these lesson plans in detail, but when you log in you … Continue reading
Posted in 3rd-5th Grade Lessons, Kindergarten Lessons, Lesson Plans & Ideas, Teaching Elementary
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Elementary Resources – Bibliography and Discography
Music Education Bibliography and Discography By Zadda Bazzy bazzyz[at]manateeschools[dot]net Recorder Do It! Play Recorder by James O. Froseth – book with Cd Recorder Routes I (or any of her other books) – book This book includes Orff arrangements with recorder … Continue reading
Stickfigure Statues
This is a great idea for body motion and spatial awareness that can be done with music. Simply hold up one of the stick figures and the students must imitate the pose of the stick figure. It’s even more fun … Continue reading
Posted in Lesson Plans & Ideas
Tagged ABA, awareness, beat, children, education, elementary school, form, ideas, lesson, lesson plan, motion, music, pedagogy, posture, rondo, spatial, statues
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Kindergarten – Little Snail – Music Notation Lesson
In this lesson, taken from the Silver-Burdett Making Music, kindergarten book (unit 6, lesson 4, page T150.) students are introduced to actual music notation. The lesson begins by learning a song about a little snail and identifying the number of … Continue reading
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Tagged beat, Hebrew, kindergarten, lesson, lesson plan, Making Music, music, music notation, Notation, rhythm, Silver-Burdett, steady beat
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Kindergarten Lesson – Little Bear’s Beat – Rhythm and Notation
In this lesson (taken from the Making Music book), students continue to explore the concepts of symbols representing sounds. In this case they are introduced to a Japanese song about a little bear. The little bears in the trees represent … Continue reading
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Tagged beat, japan, kindergarten, kindergarten music, lesson, lesson plan, little bear, Making Music, music, music notation, Notation, red panda, rhythm, Silver-Burdett, steady beat
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Kindergarten – Spider Beat
A lesson plan that I took from the book, Making Music (Silver-Burdett. Unit 4, lesson 3, p. T92.) I modified the lesson to suit me and created the PowerPoint. Feel free to use the PowerPoint in your own lessons! Spider … Continue reading
Posted in Kindergarten Lessons
Tagged beat, children, class, elementary school, kindergarten, kindergarten lesson, lesson, lesson plan, Making Music, music, music notation, Notation, rhythm, steady beat
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Elementary Music Classroom – Links
Elementary Music Classroom Resources (Most of these are included elsewhere, but compiled here.) Music in Motion: http://www.musicmotion.com This is where the theory posters with the toucans are found! Enchanted Learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html Resources for general education as well as music. Including … Continue reading
Posted in Elementary Music Classroom
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Kindergarten – Beat and Rhythm Lesson Plan – “Grinding Corn”
This lesson plan (and accompanying PowerPoint) is designed to follow the tempo lesson plan, building upon the previous concepts (beat, tempo) and introduces rhythm. In the previous lesson students learned an slave work song, this lesson introduces a Navajo corn … Continue reading
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Tagged beat, corn, grinding corn, kindergarten, lesson, lesson plan, music, native american, navajo, rhythm, song, steady beat, tempo
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Adventures of a Music Teacher 