Classroom Management in the Elementary Music Room is an area that challenges even the most experienced teachers but certainly new teachers. Having hired and trained teachers at Music Rhapsody for well over 30 years, this is the area the new teachers struggle with the...
PreK, Kindergarten Singing Games and Activities for Pitch Matching My YouTube video in this weeks Music Box newsletter features one of hundreds of activities I use for matching pitch and singing in tune. Why so many? What works with one child doesn’t work with...
Dear Music Box Friends This week, a few of your questions inspired us to do a video tour of Music Box to highlight some of Music Box's resource areas. We hope this is helpful. As always, your questions and suggestions are so valuable. Music Box has become what...
Hi Music Box Friends, JUMP FROG JUMP! SING FROG SING! Check out these videos from our Music Rhapsody Membership. These videos give a peek at one of the videos included for teachers from Lesson 3: Young Musicians, ages 4-6. Depending on your teaching situation,...
I have a variety of materials I use for holiday concerts as well as holiday lessons. The SEARCH feature in Music Box will allow you to find specific topics and age groups, watch videos of learning the materials, practicing them and performing them at the show....
Dear Music Box Friends, Many of us doing the ages 3-6 year lesson plans from Music Rhapsody and Music Box membership have been enjoying frogs! Froggy Goes to School, Jump Frog Jump, Ten Little Froggies from Jungle Beat, and more. Here is another video of the...
Dear Music Box Friends, Did you see the adorable answer to "Who is it?" for the Somebody's Knockin' in last week's free download for PowerPoint or SMARTBoard? If you don't know who was knocking, you can see in Music Box Downloads, Click Teaching Visuals. You...
Dear Music Box Friends, It was so great to see so many of you at the San Diego Orff workshop last week! I love seeing all of the new members in Music Box! We are so glad to have you join us. You are awesome. I'm very excited about seeing many of you at the...
Dear Music Box Friends, Thanks to all of you who came to the Atlanta Orff Chapter this past weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing many of you at the summer training in Charlotte, NC! Check out a few of my students in my after school recorder ensemble. First,...
Dear Music Box Friends, Well it's a big week! I am hanging out with Remo, making music with teachers at the Conference for the National Association of Education of the Young Child (NAEYC). We are having fun with some of my favorite drumming activities including...