As it turns out, I came down sick last week and had to take off the whole week of teaching, so I got one week behind. I finished up our theme of Feeling the Pulse this week, and will start on the Key Signature theme next week with the Key Signature – Scale Matchup Worksheets. […]
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March Music Education Carnival
Be sure to stop in over at the Tanbur Music Education Blogspot for the March Music Education Blog Carnival. And if you have a music education blog, jump on board the April carnival so we can keep the great collection of music education posts coming!
Teaching Students to Teach Themselves
Thomas J. West, of the Music Education Practice Tips blog, has a short, but fabulous post entitled, Technique Targeting: Becoming Your Own Music Teacher. He writes, In order to become independent, a music student must learn the skills a music teacher already possesses. They must learn: * to detect musical errors or inaccuracies * to […]
Monday Mailbag – Music Practice Tips for Young Children
This week, I received an e-mail from a mother looking for practice advice for her almost-5-year old son, who has been in Suzuki cello classes for about a year. She writes, “I know he likes to play, once he gets going and concentrates and is playing. However the practices are becoming a power struggle; he […]
TCW Resources Workshop
This weekend is our Kansas Music Educator’s In-Service Workshop here in Wichita, so I’m attending a couple of the sessions by Charlene Zundel, of TCW Resources. In addition to having a lot of fun, I’m also picking up some fabulous new game ideas! Charlene played Wacky Wanda with some of the attendees. I got in […]
Fresh and Fun! Idea – Key Signature-Scale Matchup Music Worksheets
For the month of March, our theme is Know Your Signature – That’s the Key! My goal is to help students not only memorize their key signatures, but also understand the concept that key signatures indicate which scale forms the basis for a particular piece of music. In order to reinforce that concept, I’ve created […]
