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Lis The Peace Round is a good one. "What a goodly thing, if the children of the world, could live together in peace"...of course, you could change the words if you wanted. And "This Pretty Planet" is another good one.

Apr 17

Veuzent Thank you, LIs.

Apr 17

Help! :-) Source for musical instruments?

by Lulu

Jan 30

Long-time tnetter looking for help finding a source for durable but inexpensive simple musical instruments. I'm a former teacher now heading up a nonprofit working with kids in poor rural villages. On my next trip I'd like to take down 100 or so kazoos. Does anyone have a recommendation, either for a brand of kazoo or an online source?

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Lulu Thanks Lis!

Feb 12

Factory Second Kazoos (Bag of 25)

Veuzent This is where I purchased my kazoos. They were much cheaper because they were seconds with misprints on them but that was no problem for us. They are durable plastic, not the brittle kind. https://kazoos.com/products/factory-second-kazoos-bag-of-25

(Call For Availability Before Ordering) These are the exact same kazoos as our regular Kazoobie Plastic Kazoos, but are either over runs, not perfectly printed, leftovers, or otherwise don't fit into one of our regular categories. If you want the cheapest

Kazoobie Kazoos | kazoos.com

Apr 15

Hi Folks, I'm currently working towards my BA honours in music and as part of my dissertation- based on developmental music education research, I have designed a survey.

It would be fantastic if you have time to take it as it would be great to get some opinions as regards to music education the link is

https://www.surveymonkey.c...See More

Dissertation

by christophergracie

Apr 11

I am a k-2 general music educator that was, recently, exposed to the Fierebend method. I am interested in starting my pre-k and K students, this way, next year. However, I wanted to get some feedback from other educators who may have already eployed this methodology. If you have, would you let me know if you saw marked improvements in your students...See More

Fierebend Method

by Amber

Mar 24

Lis Hi, Amber. I haven't used his methods because I teach older students, but I have had a workshop that he led. I thought it was phenomenal and I agree with his educational philosophy 100%. I did get two of his books and also a movement dvd, and have incorporated them when I can. I don't think you will go wrong with his materials.

Mar 26

Essay about Benefits of Music Education on Childhood Develop

by Lauren

Mar 16

Hello,

I'm writing a paper about music education and I need people who have experience in the field to be my sources! Can anyone provide any information that I could use?

Lis What specifically are you looking for? You can check the American Orff Schulwerk Association website. I believe they have several articles pertaining to the topic. Try AOSA dot org

Mar 22

Recognizable (Famous/Fun) Themed Flash Cards

by Abrax

Dec 22, 2017

I have an idea for helping my students learn to read music faster, that seems so obvious that it must have been done before, but I haven't been able to find it, so I'm hoping that someone here can point me to this before I go out and spend the time making it myself. The idea is to create "flash cards" that, instead of the boring one-note-at-a-time ...See More

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Lis Hi, Garland! No, I haven't seen what you are speaking of however, if your kids are that advanced you could do cards with notes that spell words...? Like EGG, FACE, etc. That's probably not what you were looking for, but it might help them read faster. Lis

Jan 26

Lis Also, you can play Around the World with the one-note flashcards. Students sit in a circle. One student stands behind their neighbor and the teacher flashes the first card for those two students. Whoever says the note name first wins that round and moves down to stand behind the next student. It is a fast moving game and everybody has to pay attent...See More

Feb 9

Ideas for digital resources?

by AlexMS

Jan 23

I'm looking into designing an app to help teach music theory to beginners (ABRSM Grades 1-5 potentially).

Does anyone currently use any apps/websites/digital resources with their students? What kind of features would be most useful for a student/ What kind of features would be most useful for a teacher? What would make anyone consider usin...See More

Interview

by Chicky

Jan 8

I have my interview on Wednesday for kindergarten . I'm in Germany and I have a face to face interview . I am very nerves . I'm a new teacher . Does anyone have any tip , advice etc . Thanks in advance !

Should I keep. Student who recently is taking lessons with a

by Music teacher

Jan 8

Should I keep a student that recently is taking lessons with another teacher as well.

E.F. Singleton Is it a private student? Try talking to the parent to see if they feel the student is still learning from your instruction, and if not, then you can recommend they switch to just working with their other teacher.

Jan 8

Writing a Song

by Megan

Jan 5

I need help Writing a song. I don't know what to write about or how to start a song. Can you help me?

E.F. Singleton Try using a group of notes on the piano. Maybe start with 4 pitches. Assign time signature, ignore keys, then add note values on top of the staff. Lastly, add in your pitches by playing around with them and just picking one to place next. It will not be incredible, but it will be a good start.

Jan 8