Music

We sat in on a few music classes (K-6); here's some ideas:

• Display simple charts so kids know how to arrange themselves (sit in circle, sit in rows, etc)
• Adapt a simple tune to poetry = a song, which also equals easy to adapt to curriculum
• Handbells and chimes are awesome (as above)
• Its helpful as a teacher to make a "curriculum map" to give to specialists
• It's easy to adapt music and SOUND to science. Ideas: fill film containers with matching items (beans, crayons, marbles), then students have to find their partner.

Books to check out:

• Music Fact RAB
• The Time Song
• Can you Hear it?
• I will be your friend, songs for a peaceful world
• Dancing with the Indians
• Mole Music
• Muncha Muncha Muncha (rhythm)
• Hey, Little Ant
• I know an Old Lady (there's many variations)
• School House Rock
• Colonial Chimes of Dunkirk
  

CDs/Musicians to have on stock

• Dave Bubeck
• Barry Lam (world instruments)
• Vivaldi
• Classics for Children

Check out: Musically Aligned

My inspirations of the day:

• use fabric to decorate the walls
• have a plant in class
• get a xylophone
• use stickers for little kids-"lift of your sticker hand (right hand)"