Tag Archives: music

Music Motor Match – A Rhythm Matching Game

By joy (admin) | Published: 4 May 2012

A large percentage of my studio right now is beginner/early elementary students.  I like having simple and short games to play with them at the end of the lesson that reinforce concepts we are learning in their books.  Motor Music Match is a game that I created with these things in mind.  Take a look: [...]

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Rhythm Value Cards for Dictation and More

By joy (admin) | Published: 17 April 2012

Here they are…the rhythm value cards I mentioned in my post yesterday!

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Music Worksheet: Identifying Space Notes on the Staff

By joy (admin) | Published: 12 April 2012

Here’s a new free music worksheet that I just added to the Printables page: This worksheet introduces the idea of identifying the space notes on the staff using the mnemonics FACE and All Cows Eat Grass.  These are the only two mnemonics I use.  I don’t teach separate mnemonics for the line notes anymore (like [...]

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Review: Rhythm Menagerie by Wendy Stevens

By joy (admin) | Published: 22 March 2012

Wendy Stevens from the ComposeCreate blog has created a wonderful rhythm resource called Rhythm Menagerie. The Basics In Wendy’s own words: “Rhythm Menagerie is designed to take away the distractions of note reading, articulation, and other music concepts so that students can focus on having fun while strengthening their rhythm!” Rhythm Menagerie is a 93-page [...]

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Rollin’ Rhythms Worksheet Activity

By joy (admin) | Published: 20 March 2012

I have a new Printable to share today:

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The Amazing Keyboard Race

By joy (admin) | Published: 15 March 2012

I had a wonderful extended weekend in Michigan, giving my presentations and spending time with my family!  Now I’m busy back at work, playing catch-up.  :)  However, I do have a little game I’d like to share with you today. I am not the original inventor of this game, I’m sure — but in case [...]

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Just Added: Treble & Bass Clef Worksheet

By joy (admin) | Published: 5 March 2012

Today, a new worksheet was added to the Printables page, all about the treble clef and bass clef!   This worksheet uses dotted lines to teach the student how to draw the treble clef and bass clef. I also included a couple of illustrations in this worksheet showing the development of the clefs over the [...]

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Just Added: “Gallery of Music” Symbol Drawing Worksheets

By joy (admin) | Published: 14 February 2012

  Happy Valentine’s Day!  I have a free printable to share today… This is a set of simple worksheets for having students learn to draw various music symbols.  The worksheets can be used singly or in groups, depending on what concepts your students are currently learning.  I would encourage students to use colorful crayons to [...]

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Teaching Tip: Achieving Fluency

By joy (admin) | Published: 13 February 2012
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Have you ever have a student play a piece with frequent hesitations throughout, even though you know they can play much better than that?  This phenomenon can occur with all ages/levels of students.  Why does this happen?  What is going on when this happens?  This article will examine possible causes of and solutions for a lack [...]

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A Hello Song & Goodbye Song for Group Classes

By joy (admin) | Published: 9 February 2012
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When I shared about my method of lesson planning for groups classes a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned a Hello Song and Goodbye Song that I use with my young students.  Someone asked which ones I use, so I thought I would let you hear them in this quick video: HELLO SONG Hello, it’s time, [...]

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My Summer Camp Plans for 2012!

By joy (admin) | Published: 7 February 2012

I recently started to do some in-depth planning for the summer camps I plan to offer this summer!  My studio policies provide students with two options for the summer months (June-August): Students ages 6-12 may participate in a camp each month plus take 5 lessons scheduled approximately every other week around family vacations, or… Students [...]

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DIY Floor Music Staff for $10

By joy (admin) | Published: 6 February 2012

I’ve been wanting a floor staff for a long time.  Now I finally have one!

Posted in beginners / elementary Level, composition, games, group classes, movement, music camps, music theory, Preschool / Early Childhood Music | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments
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