Musicplay Holiday Newsletter – Dec. 2003 As many of you are finishing preparations for your holiday concert, it seems like a good time to give you some ideas for making that holiday concert FUN instead of just STRESS! Planning and Delegating Responsibility: At a staff meeting early in the fall, discuss how the holiday concert […]
I’ve been working on a preschool curriculum this year, combining what I think are the strengths of John Feirabend’s First Steps, and the curriculums that use instruments more extensively – Lynn Kleiner, Music Together, Kindermusik. My hope is that Musicplay Preschool will be an easy to follow curriculum that will encourage students to enjoy singing, […]
Developing the Child’s Singing Voice I recently read this question on a music teachers facebook page: I’m teaching grade 1 and 2 music. I had 2 of my classes for the first time today and did some call and response tone-matching activities. I was shocked to find that 75% of the students could not […]
I saw Sister Lorna Zemke at TMEA and she had a really cute idea to get kids using high and low voices using a mouse and a bear puppet having conversations. Sometimes I got blank when I’m trying to make something up, so I decided to write a story that would use the high and […]
Holiday concerts are just around the corner. What do you have planned for your Holiday concert? Do you put on a full musical or do you choose songs that you, the students and the parents love and perform them, maybe based around a theme. Some of the themes I’ve used have included: Holiday Lights Christmas Cards and Greetings Christmas […]