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Pumpkin on the Vine - Perfect song for fall with ABA form!

November 5, 2013

The Pumpkin on the Vine – Identifying ABA Form

Lesson Ideas

One of the things that is required in our district curriculum is teaching first graders to identify ABA form in song. Last year I couldn’t find any songs in my Thanksgiving or Fall repertoire that I really loved that were easy for my kids to see ABA form. So, I […]

November 1, 2013

Film Friday! – Around the World – Teaching Ostinato

Lesson Ideas

From the very first time I saw this video, I knew it would be perfect to show to students. “Around the World” is a famous song by the band Daft Punk and this is the music video that was created to accompany the song. The famous director/artist Michel Gondry […]

Five little pumpkins song, great for fall holidays! Blog post includes ideas for poem, movement game, and more!

October 17, 2013

Five Little Pumpkins, sitting on a gate…

Lesson Ideas

Five Little Pumpkins is a classic elementary music song/poem and so much fun! If you haven’t heard or used this poem you can find resources here. I use this with my K-1 kids and add a few extra things to reinforce some concepts. Here’s my process: 1) The kids learn […]

A great music advocacy bulletin board for October!

October 10, 2013

Terrifying Tempos

Decoration

I love using a hallway bulletin board to teach content to kiddos! It’s Halloween time and I wanted to put something out in the hallway that was seasonally appropriate, fun, and still had included musical content. So I came up with the “Terrifying Tempos.” I printed the words out in a […]