• Instruments Of The Orchestra

    Music Teaching Tips: Teaching about Peter and The Wolf in the Music Classroom

    Monday, August 1st, 2011

    I’ve just stumbled across this set of very cool YouTube videos which would be relevant for teaching upper primary about Peter and the Wolf and the Instruments of the Orchestra. Click here to check out the story of Peter and The Wolf on Video   This is the story of Peter and the Wolf which [...]

    Assessments – What we added to Printable Music Lesson Plans….. And WHY!

    Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

    I’m not a big fan of assessments. However, I understand that they are a necessary part of teaching for most schools. Unless you are in a Montessori or alternative learning environment assessments are a necessary and indispensable part of what we do as teachers. At the Fun Music Company we operate on two very simple [...]

    Instruments Of The Orchestra Online Music Activities

    Friday, August 20th, 2010

    A member of our Fun Music Company Community recently introduced us to this very cool website link put together by the team at DSO Kids. When you first get there, it simply looks like a list of instrument links, but press on individual links and you’ll get; information about the instrument you’re interested in a [...]