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Activities and fun ideas for teaching young children songs, musical games, and science-of-sound concepts
2017-12-28 23:01
Hi everyone – I hope you all had a very merry holiday!
I just got a nice surprise – a great review from the Midwest Book Review!
Most preschool teachers have musical instrumen… Read More
2017-12-13 20:36
There’s nothing mysterious about coming up with new ideas. As a matter of fact, there are no new ideas, only new combinations of existing ideas.
Being creative is all about changing a… Read More
2017-12-08 19:50
Toddlers and twos are uniquely musical creatures. With their truly jaw-dropping energy levels (research indicates humans are at their most active at age 2) and their whole-hearted embrace of… Read More
2017-12-04 20:22
Of course, there are really no new ideas, only new combinations (or arrangements) of existing ideas. So learning to combine and arrange ideas in new ways is an essential part of cr… Read More
2017-11-26 21:45
December can really be a magical time of year. I love finding songs and stories that convey that magic in a way that ALL children can understand and appreciate together. “Polar Bear N… Read More
2017-11-25 20:58
This article, adapted from a chapter in my book “Teaching Creativity: Supporting, Valuing and Inspiring Young Children’s Creative Thinking,” shows how list-making can be a… Read More
2017-11-19 17:06
In 1983, E. Paul Torrance wrote these remarkable words:
Manifesto for Children
Don’t be afraid to fall in love with something & pursue it with intensity.
Know, understand, take… Read More
2017-11-15 19:59
(Like young children, cats are enthusiastic and relentless scientists.)
For years I’ve used strings (mostly ukulele strings and rubber bands) to help young children explore and underst… Read More
2017-11-08 20:45
If your teaching style were a movie genre (don’t worry, this isn’t a Buzzfeed quiz), what would it be? Maybe Comedy? I once knew a trigonometry teacher who somehow combined math… Read More
2017-11-05 17:02
What’s on the wall next to the door of your classroom? I mean at a level where your students can see? If the answer is “nothing,” you might want to consider adding some int… Read More
2017-10-30 19:39
Recently, a music teacher named Elisabeth Kirby (@JeffersonSings) tweeted that the song “Ghostbusters” uses 3/4 of the vocal timbres: sing, speak and call! (The fourth is whispe… Read More
2017-10-26 19:12
Seems like the chilly fall weather is settling in, and that means children are eating more soup. I love to use songs that reflect what children are actually doing in their daily life &ndash&helli…Read More
2017-10-20 18:40
“Listening” is a very special word to me. When I think about “listening,” I think about being transported by music, by the soft crash of ocean waves, by leaves rustl… Read More
2017-10-18 20:45
From the way young children react when they see me enter their classroom for a music enrichment class, you’d think I was driving an ice cream truck with Dora the Explorer. They’… Read More
2017-10-14 19:13
How to Rain
It’s that time of year when rainy day after rainy day can often dampen the
mood of the classroom. Without sunshine and fresh air room to run around,
children can get restl… Read More
2017-10-09 19:43
Young children can discover so much from exploring the sounds and texture of sandpaper, it’s really a gold mine of learning. Well, not a GOLD mine… more like bauxite mine. More… Read More
2017-10-04 18:50
I’ve always wondered about doing science “experiments,” like the good old homemade volcano, with young children, Pre-K’s and kindergartners. After a week or two (let… Read More
2017-10-03 18:35
I’m happy to tell you that my new book is here! “Exploring the Science of Sounds” is available at the Gryphon House website (gryphonhouse.com), Amazon and Barnes & Nob… Read More
2017-09-27 20:22
When I look through school-supply catalogs, I shake my head at the amount of money some people are apparently willing to pay for little fuzzy pompoms, foam paper, feathers, sequins, stamps… Read More
2017-09-21 17:00
Games for Exploring Timbre
For his fourth birthday, Brycen received a rhythm band set. He enjoyed playing with all the instruments, and his mom, Kyleigh, was delighted that he seemed to be… Read More
2017-09-18 18:22
No More Sore Throats! 10 Tips
You probably think this is a resolution you can’t keep, but you can. I’ve got tips for you that really work. Seriously. If they could work for me… Read More
2017-09-13 18:44
Let’s Talk About Timbre
Can you tell the difference between the sound of a piano and the sound of a drum? Of course you can. Young children can do it. VERY young children.
But can you… Read More
2017-09-11 19:08
“The Drum Song”
The Drum Song
A few weeks ago, I was in a store when I overheard a wonderful mother-with-young-child conversation. The child was a girl who was perhaps five or s… Read More
2017-09-09 21:13
Did you know that American Sign Language, or ASL, is the fourth most-used language in the United States? More and more preschools are including some ASL in their curriculum, and research in… Read More
2017-09-07 18:22
For some reason today I was remembering one of my favorite spoken word poems, “Miracle Worker” by the wonderful Taylor Mali.
Especially this one bit:
Once in a restaurant, when… Read More
2017-09-06 20:21
If you have a degree in early childhood education, you’ve probably spent hours and hours studying theories galore of child development. Piaget, Freud, Erikson, Dewey, Gesell, Montesso… Read More
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