Posts Tagged ‘movement’
Earth Song
Using Earth Song by Frank Ticheli, students are given elemental composition tools to craft unique movement accompaniments to a poignant and timely vocal piece with themes of peace and hope – just in time for Earth Day 2024!
Read MorePeter and the “What If?”
How can music educators transform a traditionally passive listening experience into an active elemental experience? Let’s start with movement!
Read MoreAutumn Leaves
Karen Petty shares a melody and movement lesson for grades 1-2 that allows your students to demonstrate rhythmic and melodic patterns as they embody the colorful swirling leaves of fall.
Read MoreElemental Soul: An Online Music & Movement Retreat
We invite you to set aside four days for spiritual refreshment through music, movement, and community.
Read MoreSelf Care Tips for Quarantined Music Teachers
Crystal Pridmore and Zoe Kumagai of Chaotic Harmony Classroom have come up with seven tips for self care.
Read MoreLesson: Ang Sinina Ko’ng Bag’o (My New Dress)
Ang Sinina Ko’ng Bag’o (My New Dress) Ang Sinina Ko’ng Bag’o (My New Dress) is a Cebuano rhyme in the Visayan language that my mother grew up hearing during her childhood in Cebu, Philippines. Speaking Visayan Visayan is one of many languages/dialects spoken in the Philippines. Generally speaking, Filipino languages use the same phonetic…
Read MoreDinosaur Stomp
Dinosaur Stomp Intended Grade Level(s): 4-5 grade levels with paired readers* from 2-3 grade levels Materials: Saturday Night at The Dinosaur Stomp by Carol Diggory Shields; ISBN: 978-0-7636-3887-0 Choose rhyme stanzas from the book suitable for paired reading*. You can choose longer or shorter stanzas depending on grade level. Create sentence strips with the selected rhyme stanzas so pairs,…
Read MoreDrip, Drop, Pitter, Patter, and Explore!
Drip, Drop, Pitter, Patter, and Explore! Spring is in the air, or so we hope! The weather is often a topic of conversation, and the sounds of spring offer a wonderful opportunity to sing, say, dance and play in the music classroom. Music educators usually agree that some important goals for the youngest learners through…
Read MoreLesson: Be Our Guest!
Be Our Guest! Exploring Vaughan Williams through Kitchen Utensils A food-themed exploration of Vaughan Williams’ “March Past of the Kitchen Utensils” through movement and play! YOU’RE INVITED! As educators who use movement to initiate music learning, we often explore a variety of themes to make connections with our students and to make these experiences lively…
Read MoreA Tale of Two Villages
A Tale of Two Villages Materials: Tale of Two Villages, Music for Creative Dance: Contrast and Continuum, Volume 1, Eric Chapelle Objectives: Locomotor vs. Non-Locomotor Movement Expression of Beat Binary Form (AB) Improvisation Process: Students scatter in space, encourage various ways of moving a singular body part; move arm only, or leg, or head, etc., teacher plays drum…
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