MelodySoup YUMMY! Award! – April 2012 BIRDS by Kevin Henkes
Drum roll please........... The April 2012 Melodysoup.com YUMMY Award! goes to........ "Birds" by written by Kevin Henkes and Illustrated by Laura Dronsek What a delight it is to read this with children! There are so many songs about birds and if you sing...
Patriotic Songs and the Kitchen Sink!
I tend to teach patriotic music in the late spring because the vocabulary and often the melodies for most of the songs are rather advanced. By waiting until the late spring, I share these super fun songs with my students when they are the oldest they will be all...
From Wild to Mild – calming a new class every 45 minutes
If you've been teaching music for long, you've noticed that often, it's those first few moments of each class where you and your students establish the success or failure of your lesson. Snagging the attention of students as they come in is essential. I currently...
Early Composition Work
It's that time of year when novelty and creativity are the key to happy students and teachers. Everyone is weary of the year and ready for summer. Yet, summer is a VERY long way off. So it's at this time of year when I pull out every trick I can think of in order...