Two, Four, Six, Eight is a great speech piece for differentiating beat and rhythm. The piece also provides a great opportunity for collaborating with your resident P.E. teacher, since you’ll need dodgeballs or basketballs for the activity. I would recommend...
Weevily Wheat is a fun song and game to do with students in your upper elementary music classes. Be sure to let your math teachers know if you plan to use it, and they can thank you later! NOTATION GAME WITH GROUPS OF FOUR The game for this song requires groups of...
Last month, I shared ideas on how to teach tempo using the art music of Florence Price, Johannes Brahms, and Alton Adams. Today, I’m going to share how you can teach steady beat using Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. STEADY BEAT WITH MOVEMENT & BODY...
Sleigh Ride is a great piece to practice steady beat, rhythm, and form. I’m going to share some active lesson ideas that I’ve discovered from generous music teachers all over Youtube. All of their ideas are movement-based, which I love. They’re...
If you follow my Drop the Needle Game on Instastories, then you will have heard this song yesterday. Pass the Shoe is a fantastic song and game for practicing steady beat. It’s a short song with a catchy tune, making it easy for students to internalize. The game...
Draw a Bucket of Water (sometimes known as Sugar Bowl) has a plethora of variations, with differences including time signature, key, rhythms, and pitches. Normally, I would use the version found in HNU’s American Folk Song Collection. However, for today’s...
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