Category Archives: Resources

My Small Group Beginner Recorders

Posted on October 7, 2018 by

I’ve a couple of small groups of recorder pupils – two or three in each group – young children aged around seven or eight years old. After talking to other woodwind and recorder teachers and looking through various books, including … Continue reading →

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Bricks – Following a Melody

Posted on September 23, 2018 by

I’m spending more and more time in lessons with beginners working on identifying ‘steps’ (seconds) and ‘skips’. Reading music becomes much quicker when you don’t go to the trouble of working out the letter name of each note, but merely … Continue reading →

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37/60 Finger Puppets and Recorders

Posted on December 3, 2017 by

My finger puppets have been working hard. I was able to teach a class of thirty year 3 children how to play the note “C” in just a few minutes. This was in the seventh of a series of ten … Continue reading →

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26/60 Curriculum from Civitas

Posted on October 26, 2017 by

I discovered this free download via tracking through a long series of teaching blogs – you know how it is – one thing leads to another…. There is this series of books, one for every Primary School year; which lead … Continue reading →

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25/60 Manuscript Tape

Posted on October 20, 2017 by

I’ve just bought myself a little roll of stick-on, peel-off manuscript tape; (image from amazon, but I bought mine from www.musicroom.com for £5.99 – a bit cheaper than amazon) It was one of those sorts of things you add to … Continue reading →

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15/60 Free Song Source

Posted on August 30, 2017 by

Some time ago I came across this site; www.vocalunion.org.uk I’ve copied and pasted this from the home page which explains who they are and what they are about:   This website was initially created to provide resources for the Vocal … Continue reading →

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59/100 Music Resources from Oxfam

Posted on September 12, 2016 by

  While on the hunt for music for “Cauliflowers Fluffy” I discovered that Oxfam have a whole load of resources for music – Hurray! I have copied and pasted this ENORMOUS link into my browser and found a host of Harvest … Continue reading →

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50/100 Paul Harris Simultaneous Learning

Posted on July 11, 2016 by

When this card came up in my pack of Paul Harris Practice Card, I though “What a Great Idea”   So much so, I copied it out and put it where I can see it on my piano. Later, a … Continue reading →

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