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Monday, February 27th, 2012Share “Tell me, I forget, show me, I remember, involve me, I understand.”- Carl Orff Doing is everything – especially when it comes to teaching music theory! Playing a game can often help students to retain more and can make a boring concept fun. So today I have the pleasure of posting a great game [...]
A simple start to using boomwhackers in the music classroom
Monday, February 20th, 2012ShareThis is a very simple idea for using boomwhackers. This was developed and tested by my husband Kevin with a group of students who had never learned any music at all. It was pitched at grade 4/5 level, but can work for students of any age. All you need is a whiteboard and a set [...]
“I Will Always Love You”: A Music Lesson Idea for Valentines Day, 2012
Monday, February 13th, 2012Share On the eve of the Grammy Awards and just before Valentines Day 2012, we have lost a music great who was best known for her powerful voice and according to the the Guinness Book Of Records was the most awarded female act of all time- RIP Whitney Houston. Here is footage of Whitney [...]
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