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Miss Friday...K only?

by 3rd year

Jan 8, 2015

Hello Miss Friday!

It's been awhile since we talked Kodaly sequencing.

Let me just say that I'm having a really hard time with it.

I think I'm drowning in my resources.

Right now I'm using American Methodology, The Music Effect, Kodaly Today, and Feierabend.

Some align with each other, some don't. It seems like they're all chock-full of great ideas...but none of them are in a daily/weekly sequence, so I'm having a hard time fitting them together.

I have a list of all my songs for K and of my objectives for K.

If you have the time, could we move off this board into e-mail communication?

I'd like to try to put together a Kindergarten curriculum, with your guidance, if your offer to help still stands.

I understand if you don't have the time.

THANKS!

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Not Miss Friday, but... In my experience, Kindergarten needs just a few things, almost a "pre-Kodaly" curriculum.

Lots and lots of experiences keeping a steady beat. Pat it, clap, march it, play it on drums, play it on boomwhackers, bounce balls, tap it on your head, etc.

Lots and lots of experiences distinguishing beat from rhythm. Sing a song...See MoreIn my experience, Kindergarten needs just a few things, almost a "pre-Kodaly" curriculum.

Lots and lots of experiences keeping a steady beat. Pat it, clap, march it, play it on drums, play it on boomwhackers, bounce balls, tap it on your head, etc.

Lots and lots of experiences distinguishing beat from rhythm. Sing a song, "echo" the song on a hand drum by playing its rhythm, etc.

Lots and lots of experiences to find singing voice (talk, sing, whisper, etc.), to match pitch (hello echoes, ghost wails, fire sirens, slide whistles, to sing echo songs, etc.

Lots of experiences using proper musical describer vocabulary: up down, loud soft, high low, fast slow, etc.

Invest in these foundational things in kindergarten and start the true Kodaly work in Grade 1 (quarter note and rest, paired eighth notes, SM and SLM songs).

Grade 2: Add half, whole and dotted half notes. DRM, DRMSL Grade 3: Add sixteenth notes (4 to a beat), High do, low la and so Grade 4 and 5: Add syncopation, dotted quarter eights, eighth two sixteenths, 6/8 and full DRMFSLTD

That's one possible sequence that's pretty common. But, I wouldn't jump into too much in K. At least in my area, most K kids don't come to school with the necessary pre-requisite skills to successfully navigate the beginning of a Kodaly curriculum.

On 1/08/15, 3rd year wrote: > Hello Miss Friday! > > It's been awhile since we talked Kodaly sequencing. > > Let me just say that I'm having a really hard time with it. > > I think I'm drowning in my resources. > > Right now I'm using American Methodology, The Music Effect, > Kodaly Today, and Feierabend. > > Some align with each other, some don't. It seems like > they're all chock-full of great ideas...but none of them are > in a daily/weekly sequence, so I'm having a hard time > fitting them together. > > I have a list of all my songs for K and of my objectives for K. > > If you have the time, could we move off this board into > e-mail communication? > > I'd like to try to put together a Kindergarten curriculum, > with your guidance, if your offer to help still stands. > > I understand if you don't have the time. > > THANKS! >

Jan 8, 2015

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Miss Friday @ 3rd Year - Certainly my offer still stands. And we can make a switch to email, which would be better for things like documents and longer communication. My email is: [email removed]

On the good news side: You know you have tons of great material, so if something just doesn't work with the kids, replacing it will be easy. The bad news is:...See More

Jan 8, 2015

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