Games
Keeping Students Engaged in Music Lessons
Saturday, June 18th, 2011I’ve just found a very nice article written by a talented K-8 music teacher, Monica Attel who shares some of here her best tips and tricks with teaching young children. In the article, she suggests that wearing hats works for her, because it’s a way of providing a gimmick or a comic theme (referred to [...]
Music Teaching Ideas for Pre-Primary Classes
Monday, May 10th, 2010Just last week, a very experienced teacher of 14 years with junior classes and friend of mine asked about teaching a difficult class in at the pre-school level. You probably know about the type of class I am talking about here. It’s the class which is constantly excited, but fidgety, calling out, making noises and [...]
Teaching Major Scales: Part 1
Thursday, November 26th, 2009A post by Janice on Music Lesson Plans: A Game to help with Teaching Major Scales If you’ve ever taught music theory, then you would know that it can be difficult to get students to remember the pattern of tones and semitones needed, the scale degree names and for younger students the solfege names in [...]
