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...
Frog in the millpond can’t get him out. Take a little stick and stir him about. Is it officially an earworm for you now? If not, it will be the moment you sing this song and play these games with your students. Frog in the Millpond is a great piece for...
Thanks to the Sound of Music, we know that “when we sing, we begin with do, re, mi”. Whether you introduce these pitches first (as you would with the Feierabend Method) or later on (like with Kodály), do, re, and mi are key building blocks within Western...
If you follow me on Facebook, then you know that I’ve been fox-obsessed lately. We’ve been lucky enough to have a family of foxes (mom and four kits) living in the small, wooded area behind our apartment in town. You can watch a video of them pouncing and...
Sailor, Sailor on the Sea is a great song for practicing do, re, and mi or to practice steady beat with 6/8 meter. The circle game would work well with your younger students and would be a fantastic opportunity to assess pitch-matching or beat-keeping skills. This...
Go Round the Mountain is a folk song and game that’s simple, quick to learn, and offers enough variety to keep your students engaged. You can use this song to practice do, re, and mi, play a movement game, or work on articulation with recorders. GAME For this...
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