Terraced Dynamics with Boomwhackers and Musette in D 3rd grade Elementary Music students explored terraced dynamics while playing the “Musette in D” with  boomwhackers. “Musette in D” has been transposed to “C” for Boomwhackers to play.  In this SMARTBoard lesson, an accompaniment file is attached to the beginning page of the Musette. A simple lesson […]
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Something beyond description is happening in my 4th grade recorder class. Teaching recorder with a SMARTBoard + iPads is a magical way to differentiate learning in the Music Classroom. This is my first year teaching with 1:1 iPads in the music classroom and I was anxious to see how my lessons, and specifically the learning,
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Using the EduCreations App on our iPads, students began composing with musical Dice. This past week, several grades tried their hand at composing music on the iPad with a musical staff die. We talked about how Mozart did something similar in his day. We’ve been learning about the staff, and I thought it would be
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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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Blog Flipping the Recorder Classroom with Seesaw Flipping the Recorder Classroom with Seesaw Cherie Herring • July 18, 2017 • Flipped Classroom, Recorders • No Comments Flipping the Recorder Classroom …five years ago was a game changer. This year, Flipping the Recorder Classroom with Seesaw, the Read More » 23 Updated SMARTboard Musical Activities 23
Session Links 2024 TMEA – Texas Music Educators Association, San Antonio, TX, February 2024​ “Creative Stop – Motion Animation Projects for Music Students” “Everyone Can Create Across the Curriculum with iPad” “Creative Technology Integration in the Orchestra Unit” 2019 DAYTiME 2019 – Melbourne, Australia Keynote: “The Curious Thing About Technology” “How to Create Magic with
Hugs and Happy Thoughts I’m experiencing the most amazing thing in my life right now. With the encouragement of fellow tweeters, I started this blog to reach out for like-minded music teachers… people just like me…. struggling to incorporate all this new technology into my music classroom. Amazingly, just by sharing ideas, a whole new
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Curriculum Vitae 1 Cherie P. Herring Curriculum Vitae Email: cherring@hammondschool.org or cherieherring@gmail.com 2 Education Columbia College, Columbia, SC, December, 1985 Masters of Music in Piano Performance, G.P.A.: 4.0. Columbia College, Columbia, SC, May 1982 Bachelors of Music in Piano Pedagogy Teaching Experience: Elementary Music Teacher, Hammond School, Columbia, SC 2003 – Present Hammond School is
Blogs Stop Motion Animation and the Musical Staff Stop Motion Animation and the Musical Staff Cherie Herring • January 28, 2024 • CPHMusic • No Comments 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
