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Tag Archives: behaviour
29/100 Listening to Music
I’ve noticed that when I ask children to listen to a piece of recorded music, that is not exactly what happens. They jiggle, interpret, pull faces, and generally react in a physical way. That’s sort of good, but, in my … Continue reading
Tuesday 23rd June – Obtaining Silence
That magical moment just before a performance starts, the perfect synchronising of a whole class rest, rest, the quivering air at the end of a good samba when everyone has stopped together… which is then ruined by a child who always wants … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviour, behaviour management
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Issue 131: The Chatty Djembe Class
There is a class of year 3 and 4 children that I teach to djembe to who must take the gold medal for being the most chatty class anywhere! The big problem is getting them to watch and listen … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviour, behaviour management
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Issue 27: Update on the first short samba course
Way back in September, I wrote an outline of a six-week samba “taster” course. Several months passed while the school sorted out all the administration around acquiring the samba kit, so the first course didn’t happen until this term. I … Continue reading
Posted in Songs, The organised teacher
Tagged behaviour, pulse, samba, social skills
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