Music room Set up: It’s the beginning of school, and I thought I would post pictures of my Music room set up. I’m very blessed to be in a wonderful private school setting with a really nice, large room. Fresh start: At the beginning of each year, I try to rearrange everything just so it […]
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Music Room Setup Music Room Storage Ideas Music Room Storage Ideas Cherie Herring • June 7, 2016 • Music Room Setup • 6 Comments Music Room Storage Ideas Starting with 5-tier metal shelving from Lowes, my music room storage has evolved from stacks of tubs on top of tubs, to created spaces that serve Read
In your music room setup: don’t forget the ceiling! Putting musical clouds on the ceiling of the music room makes good use of ALL the teachable space!
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Creating a stop motion animation video was a win-win when my students needed to demonstrate their understanding of the musical staff before beginning the recorder unit. It’s one thing for students to memorize that there are 5 lines and 4 spaces and quite another for non-piano students to recall the names of the lines and
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Stop motion animation is absolutely brilliant for children. It uses so many different skill sets, enables meaningful learning, and there is an enormous payoff when you watch everything magically come alive. It’s extremely motivating, not to mention incredibly satisfying; but why should all the other subject areas have all the fun with animation? Â
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In the past, I’ve explored Aurasma / HPReveal many times; but since it will be going away in June, I’ve found Metaverse in Elementary Music to be an exciting alternative. Metaverse, a FREE Augmented Reality Platform, is being used by thousands of teachers to build all kinds of interactive learning experiences for their classrooms. It
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Flipping the Recorder Classroom …five years ago was a game changer. This year, Flipping the Recorder Classroom with Seesaw, the Learning Journal, was a life-changer! You can read about my early adventures with flipping the learning using old-fashioned email here and  here. It worked great; my students would use their parent’s smartphone or the family
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Music Room Storage Ideas Starting with 5-tier metal shelving from Lowes, my music room storage has evolved from stacks of tubs on top of tubs, to created spaces that serve multiple purposes. How? Music Room Storage turned into teachable spaces when  I built and attached bulletin board doors to shelving. Music Room Storage: Tired of
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If you are a music teacher with a SMARTBoard, the Magic Pen tool and Fading Ink properties can turn an ordinary lesson into an engaging learning experience for your students. As a Certified SMARTNotebook trainer who is also a musician, I’ve found ways to make the SMARTNotebook features work optimally in a musical setting. Here are my discoveries: the Magic
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Using Aurasma in the Music classroom Since the beginning of this year, Aurasma has been a big hit with my students; it’s easy to set up and it’s way cooler than last year’s QR codes. I’ve been using Aurasma in the Music Classroom to create opportunities for exploring those who write and perform music and to
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