This is a very important point for teachers and parents. When does a computer game become education, and when is it just entertainment? What are the critical aspects that make a game educational, and something that would make us as teachers and parents spend our dollars, time and energy on it? In our niche of
This is an issue facing most music teachers - how much do you load students up with theoretical knowledge and how much do you just let them play? Music is a practical subject. In any school learning music should be about doing. Singing, Movement, Playing and listening all play an important part. I’ve never met
Learning about the Flute and Piccolo in music class? here are a few ideas Hi-Lo Game: Play or sing a variety of melodic intervals, both ascending and descending. Ask students to discern which note comes first, the high note or the low note, by describing the interval as flute-piccolo (low-high) or piccolo-flute (high-low). This will
Here is a couple of lesson plan ideas that can be used when teaching students about the clarinet in your music classroom. There are lots more ideas for music lesson plans in the printable music lesson plans series at this webpage. A simple single reed instrument can easily be made in the classroom You will
There are a few activities you can do which will make learning about Brass instruments in the music class lots of fun. This is part of the music lesson plans series from the fun music company. The students can make simple brass instruments. You will need plastic beverage bottles (e.g. two-liter soda bottles) and sharp
This was a question that I came away asking myself after the first ever Music Education Twitter Chat which took place recently on March 2nd, 2010 involving approximately thirty music educators worldwide. It was a very busy hour with interesting tweets coming from all directions and loads of different opinions, resources and articles to check
Students will learn all about the Cello and Double bass through these easy and fun games. To help students learn the parts of the instruments: play Pin the Parts on the Cello or or Double Bass (a variation on the classic party game called Pin the Tail on the Donkey). In this game, blindfolded participants
Learning about the string instruments in music class? These couple of ideas will inspire your students about playing stringed instruments in your next music class. These are just a few of the ideas included in our Music Lesson plans products. Gather objects of different sizes, or collect pictures of such objects, or simply make a
Tools to help music teachers be more productive Music Teachers have a very busy schedule. Possibly music teachers have the busiest life of all teachers Of course, many would argue with that statement. Physics, Chemistry and English teachers of course work very hard and no-one would say they don't work extremely hard to bring excellent
What would happen to an orchestra if the conductor wasn't there - could the musicians cope by themselves? Students will discover in these music lesson plans. You can show the students the basic beat patterns for conducting, and have them practice using pencils or drinking straws as a baton You can play a game where