Whenever it’s a student’s birthday, I ask them how they want me to perform the song for them. Usually, they pick recorder, piano, guitar, or ukulele, but one student asked for me to sing it in...
Category: General Music
Are you wondering how to write student learning objectives for Kindergarten music? It can seem tricky if you don’t know what you’re doing, but these Kindergarten SLO examples in music...
I was looking for specific songs with ABA form to use in my classroom, and there were tons in AB form, but little in ternary. So I did some research and came up with these 6 engaging...
I never used solfege in my elementary or high school music classes as a kid, so when I got to college and had to learn how to use it, I was a little lost. I always found myself wondering: how does...
As I was looking into Dalcroze courses, something occurred to me. I know the system traditionally uses fixed do, but what are the Dalcroze rhythm syllables? I did some research and asked around to...
Are you a new music teacher realizing you have to teach Kindergarten? Does the idea of managing 20-30 large toddlers make you nervous? It should! Kindergarten can be a difficult age to...
