A Symphony of seasons
Colourful and Crunchy leaves, dancing snowflakes, bright blooms, and radiant sunshine are only some of the examples of contrasting beauty that make up the seasons. This session, geared towards primary music classes, explores the seasons through playing, literacy, singing, composition, movement, and games. Join us as we share a variety of ready-to-use activities that will engage your young learners while they discover the changing seasons through music!
Buzzing Bee warm-up cards
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| buzzing_bee_cards.pdf |
crunchy leaves rhythm cards
| crunchy_leaves_rhythm_cards.pdf |
solfege flower cards
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| springtime_solfege.pdf |
| springtime_solfege_colour.pdf |
GAMES GALORE
Games are a great way to teach and reinforce nearly any concept! Teaching with music games will help engage even the most reluctant student. In this session, participants will actively take-part in various games for teaching music concepts like rhythm and beat, instruments, staff notes, and much more. These games, suitable for K-6 and beyond, can also be easily adapted for teaching other concepts as well. Get ready for games galore!!!
Follow the links below for FREE Four Corners posters, including a French version for Au claire de la lune, L'Alphabet, Alouette, and Frère Jaques.
Follow the links below for FREE Four Corners posters, including a French version for Au claire de la lune, L'Alphabet, Alouette, and Frère Jaques.
| four_corners_posters.pdf |
| four_corners_posters_french.pdf |
LEARNING THROUGH LIGHT
Light presents itself in many forms, as does this exciting session that you won’t want to miss! Get ready to light up the dark in this session geared towards grades 3/4, but easily adaptable for other grade levels. This thematic unit includes Orff arrangements, composition opportunities, fun games, and even bright movement props!
Ray of Light Choreography Demo
Free traffic cop poster!
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| traffic_light_poster_black_and_white.pdf |
| traffic_light_poster_colour.pdf |
| traffic_light_poster_black_and_white_11x17.pdf |
| traffic_light_poster_colour_11x17.pdf |
JOURNEY THROUGH OUTER SPACE
Shooting stars, colourful planets, and far away galaxies... Come explore outer space the Orff way using barred instruments, recorder, and our singing voice in this session geared towards the upper elementary music classroom. Engage your students with a modal piece while incorporating movement, glowing props, and mysterious soundscapes.
Phrygian Galaxy Dance
Bring on the Bugs!
This music is crawling with bugs! Join us for an energetic session full of music games and activities for the early years music classroom as we explore the theme of bugs. These engaging ideas will focus on literacy, singing, speech ostinati, soundscapes, composition, and improvisation... and they are all buzzing with fun!
Click on the button below for the FREE pdf of the Ladybug Vocal Slide Cards and the Caterpillar Crawl Cards.
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| caterpillar_body_parts_final.pdf |
