Mrs Schneider's Musical Day

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Oxfam global music lesson plans

Just found a fantastic new resource for music lessons. Oxfam have created lots of stand alone lessons involving global music. They have helpfully included audio clips, YouTube links and some worksheets. I have had a good look through and there is some fantastic stuff here. It is also handy to have at hand in case an instant lesson is required for a supply teacher. I would recommend having a look through! Oxfam global music lesson plans

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Audacity

I need to learn more about using audacity in the music room. Luckily for me Tim Brook has created some fantastic video tutorials. Visit his site Digital Glue to find out more

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Bring me Sunshine!

Am planning to teach this song to year 3 so thought they would appreciate watching the comedy legends singing it themselves.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Using a metronome in the classroom

My classes have been fascinated by the metronome on my iphone. We have been using it to check if we can clap exactly on the beat and to check we aren't speeding up. I was surprised how soothing it was and for how long kids needed to listen before they could internalise the beat. A simple warm up somehow took up the whole of the lesson. However I was happy to let it over run as the children were concentrating so hard and a few of them seemed genuinely overjoyed at their new found ability to accent different beats. I used the metronome in conjunction with MES cards which show different 4 beat bars.

This has left me wondering if I should n't make the effort to use a metronome more often with all my classes. I have yet to find one for the smartboard but have bought a visual metronome app ( see pic above) for my ipad which I think the kids will love!