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 | Oct 1, 2024 | Kodaly, Learning Through Play, Note Reading
Post Office is a fun game that is perfect for practicing decoding rhythms and patterns and even works as assessments. Take a look at how you play this fun game which is perfect for quick individual assessments! Set Up: Print pattern cards, cut, and place them all in...
by Melissa Stouffer | Sep 17, 2024 | Kodaly, Lesson Planning
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 | Sep 10, 2024 | Folk Songs, Guest Posts, Kodaly
Today I have a guest post from Caitlin at Hale Yeah Designs. She’s sharing three of her favorite Spanish folk songs for K-2. I know and love two of these but one is new to me! I hope you can use these in your classroom! If you’ve ever taught in a diverse...
by Melissa Stouffer | Jun 25, 2024 | Kodaly
This requested post has taken me a long time to put together. I’ve spoken at length before about how I’ve never had a real budget and got into teaching with the Kodaly method because I didn’t have resources. I’m not an Orff based instructor so...
by Melissa Stouffer | Apr 30, 2024 | Kodaly
Multicultural A few weeks ago I talked to music ed students at a local university about Kodaly and I was thinking about this. There are a bunch of music “methodologies” and not only that, but many people choose to teach using a mix (which is a good...
