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    Music Classroom Wish List

    Monday, February 6th, 2012

    What are the most effective $$$’s you’ve ever spent in your music classroom? Perhaps it was what everyone seems to have on their mind at the moment- technology! An iPad or an interactive whiteboard or maybe it was a set of xylophones that your students can now play every day,  a drum kit, a keyboard [...]

    Introducing Percussion to Primary School Children

    Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

    The value of movement in connection with learning is unparalleled in our elementary and primary classrooms. In cultures around the world, exploration through percussion is a natural way of connecting children to the group and developing their motor responses. Movement through music, furthermore, helps stimulate the brain and integrate the right and left hemispheres After [...]

    The Secrets to Creating a Successful Music Theory Curriculum

    Monday, January 16th, 2012

    “Research shows a positive connection between teachers’ preparation in their subject matter and their performance and impact in the classroom” . I read this recently in a US study about teacher preparation research(1) and I’m sure that it’s no surprise to any of us that the more prepared a teacher is in their specific subject [...]

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