Tag Archives: rhythm

My TpT Resources

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Lady Fair

If you haven’t visited the Teachers Pay Teachers website, you’re missing out. There you will find TONS of printable resources, lesson plans, activities, and so much more that you can use in your classroom, or even with your own children … Continue reading →

Posted in Lesson Plans & Ideas, Teaching Band, Teaching Chorus, Teaching Elementary, Teaching Guitar, Teaching Musical Theatre, Teaching Orchestra, Teaching Other Music Classes, Teaching Piano, Teaching Private Lessons, Teaching Voice | Tagged activity, bingo, clef, clefs, concert, crossword, find someone who, games, handbook, jeopardy, lesson plan, lessons, marzano, mnemonic, music, PowerPoint, program, quiz, recital, rhythm, scales, template, test, video guide, wordsearch, worksheet | Leave a comment

Rhythm Boxes – Understanding Rhythm and Counting

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Lady Fair

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 | Leave a comment

10 Things You Should Do BEFORE Your Child Starts Piano Lessons

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Lady Fair

Check out this excellent article by Elissa Milne. Click Here to read it. I would also add to this list: 11. Make sure your child knows the difference between high/low and loud/soft. You wouldn’t believe the number of students who … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching Piano, Teaching Private Lessons | Tagged age, alphabet, before, blog, child, children, concert, education, elissa milne, guide, high, how old, instrument, learn, lesson, lessons, loud, low, music, music education, parent, perform, piano, prepare, recital, rhythm, soft, start, student, teacher, what do i need | Leave a comment

Discover Music Poster Set

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Lady Fair

The Discover Music Poster Set is by far one of the best classroom poster sets I have ever seen. I believe my middle school band director used them, and I have known other teachers to use them as well. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching Chorus, Teaching Elementary, Teaching Orchestra, Teaching Other Music Classes | Tagged alphabet, articulation, board, bright, bulletin, cheap, class, classroom, colorful, discover, dynamic, easy, hang, middle school, motion, move, movement, music, musical, poster, rhythm, set, simple, symbol, tempo, time signature, toucan, tucan, wall | Leave a comment

Resource: FREE Music Lesson Plans

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Lady Fair

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 | Tagged 10th, 11th, 12th, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, aesthetic, analysis, analyze, application, band, beat, children, class, classroom, communication, connection, contrast, create, creation, cultural, curriculum, demonstrate, education, Elementary Music, elementary school, file, free, genre, grade, help, historical, kindergarten, lesson, lesson plan, lesson plans, lessons, method, middle school, music, music education, PDF, perform, resources, rhythm, skill, social, standard, sunshine state, teacher, teaching, tempo, theory | 2 Comments

Rhythm Cars

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Lady Fair

Many music teachers will tell their students “if you can count it, you can play it”, which is entirely true; however, sometimes students still have difficulty learning to count a rhythm at a fast tempo. Some teachers use different common … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching Band, Teaching Chorus, Teaching Elementary, Teaching Orchestra | Tagged apple, education, ford, lamborghini, middle school, music, pear, percussion, rhythm, teaching rhythm, words | Leave a comment

Rhythm Boxes Activity

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Lady Fair

I saw this activity used in an elementary music classroom, I believe 3rd grade was the appropriate class for this project, though I might be wrong. In this exercise students are given four boxes connected to each other to represent … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged compose, create, education, Elementary Music, lesson, music, rhythm, rhythm activity, rhythm boxes, rhythm lesson | Leave a comment

Dice Rhythm Activity

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Lady Fair

This is an activity that I was given to do with 2nd-5th grade classes when I subbed at an elementary school. Dice Rhythm Activity Teacher Directions Review the rhythms used on the rhythm sheet for that grade level. Explain Directions … Continue reading →

Posted in 3rd-5th Grade Activities, 3rd-5th Grade Lessons | Tagged dice game, elementary lesson, elementary rhythm lesson, music activity, music game, rhythm, rhythm game | 4 Comments

Elementary Resources – Bibliography and Discography

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Lady Fair

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 →

Posted in General Music Methods (K-12) Notes, Teaching Elementary | Tagged beat, children, education, elementary, Elementary Music, elementary school, k-5, Making Music, music, music education, Notation, pedagogy, recorder, rhythm, steady beat | Leave a comment

Kindergarten – Little Snail – Music Notation Lesson

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Lady Fair

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 →

Posted in Kindergarten Lessons | Tagged beat, Hebrew, kindergarten, lesson, lesson plan, Making Music, music, music notation, Notation, rhythm, Silver-Burdett, steady beat | 4 Comments