by Melissa Stouffer | Sep 17, 2024 | All, Curriculum/Planning, Kodaly
Sequence for concepts is a really big thing that doesn’t get talked about often. If you are struggling to figure out what’s next, let’s chat about how you develop a sequence. Creating your own only works if you’ve had the time, and opportunity,...
by Melissa Stouffer | Jul 19, 2022 | All, Curriculum/Planning, Kodaly
As we get to back to school time and everyone starts thinking about planning out their curriculum for the year, there are lots of questions about different elements to the curriculum. If you don’t know how to set all this up, you end up in what a lot of music...
by Melissa Stouffer | Mar 15, 2017 | All, Curriculum/Planning, Kodaly
So I’ve been MIA for a few weeks, and I’m sorry! If you follow my Facebook page, you know that my dad died, and immediately after, my dog had surgery. Throw in school starting, and I haven’t seen my bed nearly enough! But finally, things are...
by Melissa Stouffer | Mar 15, 2017 | All, Curriculum/Planning, Kodaly
In addition to my Kodály newbie blog this week, I’m here to talk about children’s literature for music class. What do you use? I love learning about new literature for the classroom! This week went pretty well. I sat down with...
by Melissa Stouffer | Mar 15, 2017 | All, Curriculum/Planning, Kodaly
I’ve taught with a Kodály influence for a couple of years. I think my style was Kodály meets Feierabend meets Stouffer. My student teaching experiences were 5th grade and older. So my first year out of school, when I was thrown into a classroom as a maternity...
