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Jun 8, 2018
2 min

Scoot!

Today I'd like to talk about a fantastic fun activity that makes for a great summative assessment at the end of a unit - and also a great end-of-term activity for the kids! "Scoot!" is an activity I have nabbed from the wonderful Aileen over at Mrs. Miracle's Music Room (check it out if you haven't already) It involves posting a series of short prompt cards at various locations around the classroom. All of them have quick and easy questions that practice a certain element and

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Jenny Ferris

Mar 8, 2018
2 min

When You Wish Upon A Star

Prep music lessons can be a magical time - the children are young, with a vivid imagination and a thirst for knowledge. They haven't yet learned to be cynical about school or self-conscious in front of others. I therefore try to make the most of this golden window of opportunity and have them perform in front of their classmates and in front of me as often as possible so that they get used to it and it's no big deal later on. This means lots of solo-singing games - one of my

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Jenny Ferris

Feb 18, 2018
2 min

Peanuts the Elephant

I'd like to introduce you to a Kodaly Crafts regular - Peanuts the Elephant. Peanuts usually makes an appearance in one of my first prep lessons and will be a mainstay of the music room for years to come. He's a great all-purpose puppet and my students respond to him in a really great way. In the early days of prep music, I use him for vocalisation exercises. I ask my students to follow Peanuts' trunk with their voices - when his trunk goes up, their voices must get higher.

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Jenny Ferris

Feb 7, 2018
3 min

2018 Classroom Reveal

Well, it's that time of year again! A new school year, a new classroom design. I also have the added pleasure of starting work at a new school, so I've had an exciting summer dividing my time between the beach and setting up my new digs! Each classroom is unique and will have its own best way of being set up, but here are a few things I use in my classroom which I've used across a number of schools and have found pretty easy to adapt to any setting. The first impression I lik

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