Music Teacher Coffee Talk

Music Teacher Coffee Talk · MTCT #178: Continuation Songs Announcement: May Membership Upgrade Giveaway at Buy Me a Coffee! We are excited to offer our listeners support and resources through our new Membership site on Buy Me a Coffee. We have two membership options: Solo Single Shot ($5/month) and Duet Double Shot ($15). Check out our  Buy Me a Coffee membership site  for all the details including the perks you get with each level of membership. We are doing a giveaway in May: anyone who becomes a Solo Single Shot member this month will be eligible for a drawing for a free upgrade to the Duet Double Shot Membership for one year! Be sure to join by May 31st to be eligible. We appreciate you supporting our work! Main Theme: In this episode, Carrie and Tanya share their favorite songs and performance ideas for Kindergarten and 5th grade (or 6th grade) Continuation ceremonies. Kindergarten: Each of Us Is a Flower  What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong I’m Growing ...

Music Teacher Coffee Talk · MTCT Episode #104: Energizing Your Older Students Main Theme In this episode, Tanya and Carrie talk about ideas for energizing older students for the second half of the school year. We give some ideas of units to consider to allow older students to have more focus and independence through active music making. We also provide some ideas for favorite singing games for older students. Units to consider: Group Drumming Favorite resources: Kalani Music World Music Drumming Music History/Appreciation through contemporary music: use specific rhythmic or melodic patterns that occur throughout multiple genres and time periods to connect musical ideas. Ukulele Favorite resources: Little Kids Rock Ukulaliens YouTube channel Dr. Jill Reese YouTube channel Guitar Favorite resources: Little Kids Rock Keyboards Favorite resources: Little Kids Rock Soundtrap Favorite resources: Afternoon ti podcast episodes: Chrome Music Lab and Soundtrap Soundtrap Rap Project So...

Music Teacher Coffee Talk · MTCT Episode #83: New Favorites for 5th and 6th Grade In this episode, Carrie and Tanya discuss their new favorite activities for 5th and 6th grade. We both have had to make many adjustments to our traditional Kodály-inspired curriculum due to COVID restrictions as well as larger focus on SEL, World Music Pedagogy, and social justice in our music rooms. We both have reduced the amount of activities promoting music literacy (traditional Western European literacy) and have chosen to try new ideas and activities in this unusual year. Here are some of our new favorites that we have tried and we felt were successful. Main Theme: New Favorites for 5th and 6th Grade Tanya has enjoyed doing more World Music Pedagogy this year, especially a unit on Brazilian music at the start of the year which helped build relationships and set a joyful tone to her music room. She has incorporated ukulele into her 5th grade classes where students do lots of play-along videos with...