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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Sunday 26th April – Play and Stop
At the beginning of the week I embarked upon my first ever time of teaching recorders to year 1 classes. I was feeling my way here… Following a chat with a professional recorder player who teaches recorder at every level from beginner … Continue reading
Posted in Class Teaching, Lessons that have happened, Recorders
Tagged action song, behaviour management
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Sunday 26th April – BOOMWHACKERS – WEEK 1
So how did week 1 go? On the whole, I’m pleased. My decision to only use the shorter tubes until the children were used to playing them turned out to be a Very Good Idea Indeed. I also made certain that the … Continue reading
Sunday 26th April – BOOMWHACKER RULES
Sometimes I feel like the Wicked Witch of the East (Wizard of Oz), but that’s just part of teacher-life… I began the first boomwhacker lessons with the following warnings…. Anyone who whacks or taps anyone else, either on purpose or … Continue reading
Posted in Boomwhackers/Wak-A-Tubes, Class Teaching
Tagged behaviour management, ground rules
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Sunday 19th April – GRADE 1 THEORY SCALES WORKSHEET
I’m in a slight flap about my Grade 1 theory group… I missed several lessons last term through illness, and it was a very short term anyway. So now we are all a bit behind with covering the syllabus … Continue reading
Sunday 19th April – RABBITS, CHICKENS and HENS
At a recent staff training day that I attended, I promised to post up a couple of songs that I use. Here they are: The original post for this song is here, with some of the … Continue reading
Sunday 19th April – Pulse, Silence, Awareness
I learned all my samba and djembe skills from watching Simon teach various Wider Opportunities classes over the past few years. He’s also made a vast difference to my own ability to keep a steady pulse, play several rhythms at … Continue reading
THE MUSIC JUNGLE – RELAUNCH!
This year has been very hit-and-miss for updating The Music Jungle so far. I apologise for anyone who has come along hoping to find something new to read. The first few months were seriously scrambled by various non-music events. … Continue reading
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BOOMWHACKER HEAVEN (OR HELL?)
This term I am embarking on something new… People who know me won’t be surprised by this… I spent last term teaching ukuleles to around 290 children in 9 classes in 3 year groups at one school. Time for a … Continue reading
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