Just in time for a fun Thanksgiving activity, I came across this Musical Mayflower worksheet on the Sing a New Song blog. It reminds me of the Mystery Note game that I play with my students (included in the 5 for Fun! book), but I love the way this worksheet is designed! It’s so colorful, […]
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And the Winners Are…
The winners of the ebook, Goal-Oriented Practice, by Gretchen Saathoff are: #64 – Elena Lin #20 – Jenny Boster of the The Teaching Studio blog #54 – Lauren, of the One Bright Corner blog Congrats to you three! Just send me an e-mail with your preferred e-mail address and I will pass it on to […]
Simple Collection of Online Art and Music Games
There are more and more online games and activities turning up all the time! Or maybe I’m just finding them for the first time even though they’ve been around for a long time. Learning Games for Kids is a site I came across that has tons of educational games, including a category for Art and […]
Fun and Easy Musical Activities for Young Children
A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to participate in an interview with Mary Jo Tate of The Homeschool Channel on the subject of “Fun and Easy Musical Activities for Young Children.” I didn’t have time to squeeze in everything I wanted to, but hopefully it will still inspire some families to make music […]
Encouraging Students to Listen to Their Playing
As part of my practice incentive theme this year, students have the option to do an audio or video recording of them playing one of their pieces. Just about every student today has the tools to do recordings on their own – via a digital camera with video recording capabilities, a phone, an ipod or […]
Monday Mailbag – Using Video with Your Students
I saw your YouTube station. Does it take a lot to have your own “station” where your students can view your stuff? Could you explain how you do it? How do you video students and have them view it on the spot? Do you do that? That would have to be done with a laptop, […]
