Monday Morning Go to School is a fantastic song for practicing rests and basic Solfége patterns such as do-mi-so and so-la-ti-do. In today’s post you’ll find two free downloads, one which includes visuals for the clapping game to reinforce rests and...
Green Sally Up is a fantastic clapping game for your elementary music students, with plenty of opportunity to practice steady beat. Bb is the only chord needed for this song, but because of the tricky fingering, I don’t recommend it. Instead pull out your Orff...
The Wind Blow East is a fantastic song for practicing syncopation. Additional verses describing “Sunshine” and “China” give some insight into the meaning of this song. According to the HNU Kodaly Center, “The Sunshine and the China were...
I’ve reimagined Long Legged Sailor for use in hybrid and distance learning music classrooms. I’ve been doing this with a lot of my older posts lately, in the hopes that you’ll find new ways to make your old repertoire work. You can find my original...
I’ve been hard at work on an unfinished project now that my new blog design is finished. This project (Basics of Do, Re, and Mi) has led me down a rabbit-hole of songs and games that include do, re, and mi. One such song, Long Legged Sailor, has plenty of...
As a serious soup-lover, I’m surprised I’ve never featured this song on my blog before. Pease Porridge Hot is a well-known nursery rhyme that works well for teaching several different concepts in the music room. Today, I’m going to focus on the...
Recent Comments