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Lena Leon | Elementary Music Class Made Fun on Instagram: "Excited for this week’s lessons! 🤩 In this video, we’re using wood sticks to explore beat vs. rhythm with the beautiful Orff arrangements of “Row Your Boat” by Lynn Kleiner. Perfect for working with different tempos too! It’s the ideal no-prep activity for the beginning of the year. You can find her music on Spotify. 😉 #elementarymusicteacher #elementarymusic #elementary #musicteacher #musicclass #musicandmovement…

Lena Leon | Elementary Music Class Made Fun on Instagram: "I needed an accommodation for this class and decided to incorporate scarves. Here’s an adapted version of “Row Your Boat” Orff arrangement by @lynnkleiner using scarves! We focused on exploring high and low movements with the music, and different tempos. #elementarymusicteacher #elementarymusic #musicandmovement #musicality #elementary #musicteacher #musicclass"

How can music educators transform a traditionally passive listening experience into an active elemental experience? Let’s start with movement!

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These lesson ideas from Tiffany Barry are examples of how to naturally integrate STEAM education into the music curriculum.

Scariest Instrument Restoration Last fall we asked for your scariest Studio 49 instruments, and boy did you frighten us! We saw ghoulish glockenspiels, creepy chromatics, and mysterious metallophones. You unearthed many hair-raising relics from your instrument graveyards. But it was this vintage xylophone from Ridge Ranch Elementary School in Paramus, NJ that really made us shriek!

Welcome to our Teacher Trainer Corner. Here, FAME members will find informative articles, great (free!) resources, and ideas for the Feierabend-inspired music program. Scroll down for resources related to: First Steps in Music Articles and Resources Conversational Solfege Articles and Resources SongTales Instrumental Articles FSM Commission for Beginning Band down New Move It!s This content […]

Good, Better, Best A Rhythm and Movement Lesson for Grades 4-6 Download a printable version of Michael Chandler's lesson here. Objectives: Working with beat and divided beat through movement, body percussion, and instruments. Choreographing simple movement to elemental forms. Rhythmic and melodic improvisation and composition with elemental forms. Arranging and orchestrating a performance piece. Materials: Unpitched

It is important to get students moving, and hopefully sweating, in physical education! Check this out for some instant activities you can implement right away!

I'm excited to be linking up with several fellow bloggers to post what my music room looks like this year. First.. drum roll, please.. I got NEW carpet! Whoo hoo!!! BIG excitement here, I tell ya! It forced me to do something I haven't done in a long time and was WAAAAAY overdue.. PURGE!!!! I had to box everything in my room up for the carpet guys to install the new carpet. This helped me to go through and really evaluate what to keep, what to throw, and what to store in the storage closet…

Breaking Down The Orff Schulwerk Approach

Download and print in PDF or MIDI free sheet music of The Celebrated Chop Waltz - Euphemia Allan for The Celebrated Chop Waltz by Euphemia Allan arranged by emerald_crick1 for Glockenspiel, Drum group, Xylophone (Percussion Ensemble)

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Students learning music using the Orff approach