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Music Inspires - Ideas for Music In Our Schools Month
March 6, 2016

Music Inspires – Music in our Schools Month (MIOSM)

March is Music in our Schools Month and is a great time to get kids excited about music in all its many forms and styles!  In case you don’t know about Music in our Schools Month, here’s a brief synopsis from the NAfME website: What is Music In Our Schools Month […]
Great ideas to help you get started with Cosmic Kids Yoga
January 8, 2016

Film Friday – Cosmic Kids Yoga

  Have you ever had one of those classes that is just straight up squirrely and can’t find a way to sit and pay attention?  Has there been a moment when you needed something to calm down a class and teach them to relax and refocus?  Do you want to […]
Two videos to get your students up and moving in music class!
February 13, 2015

Film Friday – Gummy Bear and Dinosaur Stomp

I think that we all have the one class that walks in the door a little squirrely every time.  They fidget and chat and need something to help them focus before you’re going to get ANYTHING done in class.  You can start with echo clapping, a poem, a game song, […]
Great video to show off an instrument family with various sizes!
April 25, 2014

Film Friday – Trombones of all Sizes!

Trombones, trombones, trombones of all sizes!  This video features the “German Brass” ensemble, a talented musical group which is comprised of members of major German symphony orchestras and professors at university music schools.  The German Brass has some fun with trombones in this entertaining musical act set in a circus […]
I Want to Sing in Opera - Hilarious video for singing voice
April 4, 2014

Film Friday — I Want To Sing in Opera

  This video has always made me laugh.  Patricia Routledge (you might know her as Hyacinth from the BBC’s “Keeping Up Appearances,”) does a wonderful job of acting as an opera diva and really hamming it up for the audience.  The basic plot is that the soloist who sings about “wanting […]
The Living Piano - Video to use with students
March 21, 2014

Film Friday – The Living Piano

Imagine a giant piano keyboard set up in a park for anyone to play.  Sounds like fun, right?  Step on the keyboard and a note will sound.  Find a friend and you can play a song together.  Now instead of synthesized piano sounds, imagine that any time you step on […]
Taking a famous, kid-favorite theme song and making it new!
February 28, 2014

Film Friday — Angry Birds Cover

  In this fun video, the musicians of the band/group Pomplamoose use video and musical editing to cover the theme from the Angry Birds game.  My students are still absolutely obsessed with Angry Birds and not a day goes by that someone doesn’t walk by wearing a t-shirt with some sort […]
Film Friday - Teaching steady beat with the band Mates of State.
February 21, 2014

Ball Pit Beats with Mates of State

  I love using popular musical genres to help teach classroom concepts.  Kids zero in when you pull up YouTube and get so excited to see real, live musicians performing right in front of them.  Why not use a engaging medium (music videos/YouTube) to reinforce the very thing you’re teaching […]
Watch this amazing video of Adam Ben Ezra and his upright bass!
February 14, 2014

Film Friday – Awesome Upright Bass Solo

I’m always on the lookout for fantastic videos of musicians who excel at their instrument, are amazing singers, etc.  When I stumbled across this video, I knew that it was a must-save because it’s pleasing to watch, has some great musical content, and is relaxing.  Adam Ben Ezra is the musician […]
Using the "Chopsticks" song to teach theme and variation.
January 18, 2014

Film Friday – Teaching Theme and Variation with Chopsticks!

This fantastic video uses an old favorite, the Chopsticks song, to teach theme and variation!  If I were to incorporate this video in a full lesson about theme and variation, I would probably start by teaching students how to play “Chopsticks” or at least ensure that they already know the tune.  If […]
Singing voice with Enchanted - One of my favorite videos to show K & 1st
January 2, 2014

Film Friday —  Singing Voice through Enchanted!

“That’s How You Know” from Enchanted is one of my favorite videos to show to my little people because it is a great example of the difference between singing and speaking voice and shows the joy and power of music.  I use this video during the first quarter/semester to help […]
A fun video to show after teaching the fingerplay.
November 22, 2013

Film Friday – Little Bunny Foo Foo

This is one of my absolute favorite videos to show my first grade students and they LOVE to watch it.  I stumbled across this my first year of teaching and have used it ever since!  Kids love to see a song or story that THEY KNOW turned into a video […]
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