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October 02, 2016

Ten Tricks and Treats for Halloween in the Music Room

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Today, I'm blogging about ten tricks or treats for the music room...ten ways to integrate Halloween into your music lessons while engaging your students and improving their musicianship! #1: Skin and Bones This is truly one of my favorite folk songs for Halloween! Here is the notation: This is a call/response song, with the first part being the call, and the "ooo" part being the response. Here are the additional verses: She lived down by the old graveyard, ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo! One night she thought she'd take a walk, ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo! She walked down by the old graveyard, ooo-ooo-ooo-o…

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September 18, 2016

10 Picture Books to Sing

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Today, I'm blogging about my 10 favorite books to sing. There are so many out there, but these are the ones I've used year after year, both in my music classroom and as a parent! These books are a great way to end a lesson, or to provide a calm environment after an exciting activity. Singing these books can also be a great way to teach students a new song, to improve students' listening skills, and for parents and children, can be a great bedtime routine! It can also be a great way to build their literacy and language skills, as you could ask them what happened in the story, what t…

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September 11, 2016

Ideas for Upper Elementary Music

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'Today, I'm blogging with a round-up of blog posts all about upper elementary music! Song and Dance: Three great activities for your older students Looking for folk dances and songs for your upper elementary students? This blog post includes tried-and-true songs and dances from my own classroom! These are some of my favorites...I hope you enjoy them too! Picture books for upper elementary This blog post is from my collaborative blog, the Kodaly Corner, and includes several picture books I love for upper elementary students! New ideas for upper elementary students This comprehensive blog pos…

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September 04, 2016

Flexible Seating in the Music Classroom {Part One}

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After reading many posts about flexible seating in the grade-level classroom, I decided to give it a try this year! This post is the first in a series of posts about flexible seating in my music classroom; today, I'll write about what flexible seating is, why I'm using it, and what I'm using. What is flexible seating? Flexible seating is the idea that students don't all have to sit in chairs, at desks, or in the case of my classroom, on the floor. There are options for them to sit in a variety of seats, and for them to choose a seat that works best for them and their learning st…

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August 24, 2016

First Day Music Lessons {BTS Blog Hop}

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I have been super busy lately preparing for the new school year in my music room! Since Back-to-School has been on everyone's mind lately, I am teaming up with a group of great music bloggers for a Back-to-School Music Blog Hop! The blog hop includes six blog posts about Back-to-School in the music room, from lessons, to organization, to games, and more! To continue on the blog hop, keep clicking the picture at the end of each post to hop to the next blog! Here are my tips for first day lessons in the music room: #1: Play some name games! Whether you've been teaching at the same school fo…

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August 20, 2016

Music Room Reveal {2016-2017}

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I'm really excited to link up with Tracy King from Mrs. King Rocks to blog with a tour of my classroom! Here is a view of just outside my door. I chose a monster theme for my classroom this year! I had this personalized at this Etsy store . Here is a view of the first part of my classroom. I am really lucky to have LOTS of cabinet space as well as movement space! I hung the hand drums with 3-M hooks, and my word wall is included in my Monster-themed music classroom set . On the far left of my counter are bins with tennis balls, manipulatives, and more, and on the far left of the wall are my L…

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