Music Resources for young children
« Previous EntriesIntroducing Percussion to Primary School Children
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012The 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 [...]
Music Teaching Tips: Teaching about Peter and The Wolf in the Music Classroom
Monday, August 1st, 2011I’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 [...]
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 [...]
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