Five Favorite Pins of February

Today I'm linking up with Mrs. Miracle's Music Music Room to share my Five Favorite Pins of February. (Hurray! I finally gotten it together and joined the Favorite Pins Linky Party!)

Kindergarten/1st music notation

I'm sure there's an app for this, but this is such a sweet "hands on" activity!

Easy Risers

Ooooo, I covet these risers! My school is about to celebrate our 25th anniversary and I'm reasonably sure my risers were purchased the year the school opened. These look much easier to lug around.

(My husband and I often joke that the reason we had children was so that when I was pregnant I could have an excuse to not move the risers for performances!)

Words to Know

Students say the word and then high five the hand.

While I love the idea of "tickets out the door/exit tickets," the reality is that when I've passed out actual physical pieces of paper, it's taken up too much class time and my students get restless. 

Why not have them verbalize and high five the hand? 

(I actually have those hand prints sitting in my home office; I bought them a few months ago thinking I'd come up with a brilliant idea of how to use them in my room. And then I forgot about them.)

I'll use them for music vocabulary, rhythms, or short melodies. 

Minuet in G Major

Here is one of those very cute ideas that I love but will probably never do.

(Oh well, that's what Pinterest is for!)

Dalcroze Eurhythmics Durations video

You have to see my friend Fritz with his students reading rhythms. Fritz is our token Dalcroze teacher in my district and he is fabulous! I always learn so many subtle things when I watch other music teachers. I love the expression and energy he cultivates from his students. Additionally, here's a fine example of students who are truly fluent in rhythm.

Thanks again to Aileen for the Linky Party!