by Melissa Stouffer | Oct 8, 2024 | Early Childhood & Kindergarten, Kindergarten, Kodaly
Four voices is one of the staples of Kindergarten. Here are some fun activities to teach four voices! Why Teach 4 voices? The 4 voices (5 if you count inner hearing!) is a common Kindergarten learning concept. But why? There are a few reasons: Kids DO know what talk,...
by Melissa Stouffer | Sep 26, 2023 | Early Childhood & Kindergarten, General Music, Kodaly, Lesson Planning
There are SO many great songs for with bees for kids that aren’t smushing them up. Somehow with the bee population struggling, I don’t want to encourage it. So let’s chat about some of the best bee-themed songs and activities for Kindergarten that...
by Melissa Stouffer | Jun 21, 2022 | Early Childhood & Kindergarten, General Music, Learning Through Play
Summer break can definitely mean vacations. Even if it’s a stay-cation because gas prices are ridiculous, sometimes, if you have kids, they still want a souvenir or tchotchke. These cheap toys for music class are the common...
by Melissa Stouffer | Nov 30, 2021 | Early Childhood & Kindergarten, General Music, Kindergarten, Kodaly, Lesson Planning, Manipulatives, Movement
Steady Beat Listening These are some great songs to listen to that have a really solid steady beat. They are great for playing instruments, body percussion or locomotor/non-locomotor music. Some of these are available in Kidzbop versions. Hoe-down from “Rodeo”...
by Melissa Stouffer | Sep 28, 2021 | Composition, Dancing, Early Childhood & Kindergarten, General Music, Kindergarten, Learning Through Play, Movement, Uncategorized
Creativity should be an essential part of music education. Not only can we include small creative elements into our lessons, but we can include bigger creative activities for our students as well. For ideas to incorporate small creative elements into class, check out...
by Melissa Stouffer | Sep 21, 2021 | Composition, Early Childhood & Kindergarten, General Music, Learning Through Play, Lesson Planning
Composition and creativity sometimes seems like it is a checklist item. It’s a standard, we did it, now we can move on and don’t have to do it anymore. But that’s SUPER not true. We can include a creative element in our students’ class every...
