Do Do Pity My Case and The Closet Key are two versions of the same song. And thanks to the way our brains work, I’ve always preferred The Closet Key, because I heard it first. In fact, having a deep attachment to music from your teens and twenties can be...
Star Light, Star Bright is a great folk song to use in introducing and practicing with Orff instruments in the elementary music classroom. To start, students should already know how to sing the song independently before transferring their knowledge to an instrument....
I was today years old when I learned that the oldest known recording of the human voice contains the second verse of Au Clair de la Lune. You can listen to the recording HERE. For most of us, this song brings up memories of learning the recorder, Tonette, or...
I started my college years believing that I’d be a high school band director. Therefore, when I found myself in the elementary music classroom years later, it felt natural to include instruments in my lesson plans. Yet, for teachers without an instrumental...
I’m in a wonderful mood today; partly due to the delicious Japanese Matcha Latte in front of me, and partly because it seems that Indiana has finally kicked winter to the curb. It’s also worth noting that I have a brand new blog design! In honor of this...
CIRCLE GAME The game suggested by the Holy Names University’s website is as follows: One child is chosen to be “it”. He thinks of the name of someone in the class, but does not tell the others. At the end of the song, three other children...
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