Tweet What better way to teach students about Social Emotional Learning than through the ARTS? A colleague of mine said it best: “Art IS SEL!” And if music is an expression of humanity, then music is a way we can learn about our abilities to love and be loved, to heal a broken heart, to […]
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Tweet In my last post, Music Sets the Tone, I described my intention of using music more in my classroom as a backdrop to all our activities. It’s been over a week that I have been faithfully soundtracking my classroom! I have committed to teaching while some sort of music is constantly playing and it […]
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Tweet Holiday music can bring such joy to people of all ages. Yes, you may get sick of it after a while, but you have to admit, there’s something magical about it as it does only come but once a year. Here is a great site I want to share with you that has links […]
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Tweet Not all musical pieces are meant to be heard as stories, but often they can be. Just the other day, my students did a quick write using Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture to create a short story. All this month, I love to do Beethoven-based lessons with my class. We listen to his music, study his […]
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Tweet Music can be seen as very complex (a Beethoven symphony or Bach variation), sometimes quite simplistic (a nursery rhyme or simple melody). Music can be heard as dark and ominous, joyful and exciting, or even angst-driven with longing. But what is it that makes music this way? The great part about studying music is […]
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Tweet How do great stories begin? They capture your interest, grab your attention, introduce you to characters and setting, and give you a sense of the overall feel of the story as they set you into a series of events that ultimately bring you to the climax of the story. Great music begins the same […]
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Tweet Halloween is an interesting season in the education world. At the elementary level, it’s a major holiday. However, I remember feeling a sense of void in those ghoulish ways when I taught middle school. But, I also remember going wild in high school as a senior with costumes and minor pranks. Regardless, there’s the […]
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Tweet This past week was the second annual Teacher Art Retreat and it was a “wonderful three days!” as one of the participant wrote. We sang, danced, drew, glued, told stories, listened to music, drummed, looked for math in nature, acted, ate, relaxed, played with rocks, the list goes on… One of the coolest things […]
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Tweet Music does bring us joy. We listen to it, sing it, perform it, stand in awe of it. Whether we are musicians or not, there is a place in our hearts for music. The holidays are no different. I love using music in many ways during the holidays: as we decorate our tree I […]
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