Episode #153: Marvelous Music Manipulatves ft. Debbie O'Shea

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Today we are excited to welcome Debbie O'Shea to our to our podcast to talk about manipulatives in the music room. 

DEBBIE O’SHEA is an enthusiastic and experienced music educator. Her qualifications include a Masters of Music Studies, a Graduate Diploma of Music Education, a Bachelor of Education, and the Holy Names Kodaly Summer Certificate (California - held in Brisbane). In 2020 Debbie earned national accreditation as a Highly Accomplished Teacher. Debbie is passionate about supporting music educators through Crescendo Music Education. She has worked as a classroom teacher, primary music specialist, early childhood music teacher, curriculum writer, lecturer, workshop presenter, massed choir conductor and composer. Debbie is currently a Kodály Queensland Committee Member and has the Kodály Philosophy in the heart of her teaching. She has had the honour of working with Catholic Education, KMEIA Qld, Musica Viva in Schools, Music Count Us In, UQ and Griffith University. Currently, she works as a Primary Music Specialist for the Department of Education Queensland. Debbie lives North of Brisbane on Turbul Land with her husband and has two children, now lovely young men. 

Main Theme: Marvelous Music Manipulatives

Debbie's Favorite Manipulatives:
  • Puppets and soft toys for beat keeping, rocking, singing to and with, and vocal exploration.
  • Felt staves and counters for notation, dictation, and composition activities. Debbie has a whole episode about felt staves here!
  • Hand balls for activities focused on beat, meter, and form.
Debbie's purchasing and storage tips:
  • Have your school purchase things in bulk using your music budget.
  • Go to the donation/resale shops to look for toys that can be used as manipulatives.
  • Ask for donations from your school community of things that can recycled and used in the music room (ie: stuffed animals or floaty scarves).
  • Store everything in large, labeled tubs and let the students take what they need rather than creating individual sets of everything.

Debbie will be offering a course in April of 2024 called "Marvelous Music Manipulatives." To learn more about Debbie's course on manipulatives as well as her other resources, visit Debbie's Crescendo Music Education site. Be sure to grab one of her freebies on her home page. "Hands On Music Fun" gives you a taste of what the course will be like.

Know Better, Do Better

Debbie reminds us of the importance of including indigenous perspectives in the music room. She talks about doing homework and research before including indigenous music in your classroom, and be sure to acknowledge where the song comes from and who gave you permission to share it.

Work Smarter, Not Harder

Debbie talks about intentional collaboration by working with another music teacher. Consider co-planning your units and lessons as well as sharing digital resources with a like-minded music teacher in your area!

Coda

Debbie recommends "whodunit" books written by Tess Gerritsen and Candice Fox
Carrie recommends the podcast Redhanded
Tanya recommends the word game app Gubbins

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