Aug 13, 2024 | Activities
Here’s another character from my new book, Holiday Songs and Winter Adventures! Vinnie the Vole lives with friends and family under the snow in the song “Subnivean”.
This topic is so exciting (there’s several predators!) to learn about, but it is also great for playing Orff and percussion, singing, creating, and of course acting too!
Here’s Vinnie the Vole!
And just in case you missed our 3-legged cat Oscar, this is another video from the book’s Digital Resources section:
Aug 13, 2024 | Activities
I’m so excited for the September 28 Workshop in Pasadena!
New Videos!
The first, Ten Froggies (Orff, movement, felt set) shows more an adult version of the movement, since the jumping is only on the specific number of the frog. HA! The children LOVE to jump on every number, in fact, many keep on jumping until the word STOP. This is the perfect activity for those very ACTIVE classes.
Thanks to the Kansas Orff Chapter for a fun version of this song!
Watch here!
Percussion Circle shows several classics for young ones. Free exploration and structure are the winning combo.
Click here to watch!
Aug 13, 2024 | Activities
This week, I had a request for the “Sandy Sandy Sand” video from my Teacher Training Course. Whether you take live or online training, this song is used as an example of LOTS of opportunities for solos and how they improve pitch matching. Plus this just wakes up the brain!
Click here to watch!
Additional tips for how to do this in a class setting, how to do it in a concert, a behavior management tip, can be found in this week’s Sandy Sandy Sand Music Box forum. (Not yet a member? Join the Fun!)
The video was from the annual Redondo Beach Training. Join me in 2020! June 25-28!
I’d like to highlight something just added to the Digital Download area for Holiday Songs and Winter Adventures. There’s something new for Stars are Shining!
And if you are in Pasadena Saturday morning for my playshop, you just may be Dancin with the Stars!
Aug 13, 2024 | Fall, Autumn Music Fun
And… the Very Busy Spider Lesson Plan is FREE this week (until 10/11) in Music Box!
Grade 2-4
Here’s a glimpse at two (watch both videos in the playlist!) summer trainings after we had created a spider web out of a yarn ball as a part of The Very Busy Spider.
Every time we sang the phrase “The spider kept on spinning,” the yarn ball was rolled to someone across the circle. (Remember!!! Hold the yarn before you roll the ball again!) This video shows the very end, when the spider catches the bugs.
Listen for the solos in and Orff instruments (in the second playlist video), and important parts of the story!
Aug 13, 2024 | New In Music Box
NEW and FREE in MUSIC BOX!
- Full Holiday Songs and Winter Adventures Workshop Video Playlist
- Workshop Notes (to accompany the videos)
And just in case you know someone without Holiday Songs and Winter Adventures or know someone who has not taken the training, please share these links!
Some of you have been really amazing mentioning my resources, memberships and trainings in the many Facebook Music Teacher Groups. Please know how grateful I am for you sharing! I can’t tell you how much that means to me!
