Tag Archives: Making Music

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

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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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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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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

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