Music Teacher Coffee Talk

Music Teacher Coffee Talk · MTCT #184: Desert Island Music Room Essentials   Main Theme: Desert Island Music Room Essentials It's back to school time! In this episode, Tanya and Carrie share some of their essential materials in the music room, both tried and true stuff and things that are new to us that we are planning to incorporate this year. Materials and Manipulatives: Popsicle sticks and beat charts Puppets, preferably with moveable mouths or a "pop-out" feature Recorder stands: both soprano stand and consort stand Whiteboards, staff boards, and noteheads (mini erasers, bingo chips, etc) Parachute and stretchy band Related resource: Parachutes and Ribbons and Scarves, Oh My! Storybooks and picture books Curriculum Materials: Susan Brumfield's First We Sing series , including pedagogy books and songbooks Our own folk song collection and curriculum materials as developed in Kodály certification courses, workshops, and conferences World music song collections: Fi...

Music Teacher Coffee Talk · MTCT #160: Peek at Our Week: Kindergarten   Main Theme: Peek at our Week - Kindergarten plans Tanya: These songs and activities were used over two 45-minute lessons with a focus on practicing routines and procedures, preparing loud and soft, preparing the 4 voices, and having fun! That's a Mighty Pretty Motion - movement When Dogs Wake Up - vocal exploration Hickety Pickety Bumblebee - name game Hickety, Pickety, Bumblebee Won’t you say your name for me?  (child says his or her name) Bye Low, Baby-Oh and Here's a Little Baby finger play - preparing loud and soft Grizzly Bear - preparing loud and soft Cuckoo - singing voice Very Lonely Firefly   and Firefly - picture book and listening Johnny Works with One Hammer - steady beat movement Come Along Everybody - following movement Listen, Listen Here I Come - Playing drums Peanut Butter and Jelly - picture book and preparing 4 voices Carrie: These songs and activities were used over 3 days of ...

Music Teacher Coffee Talk · MTCT #153: Marvelous Music Manipulatives ft. Debbie O'Shea 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 w...

Music Teacher Coffee Talk · MTCT Episode #105: Favorite Manipulatives   In this episode, Carrie and Tanya discuss some of their favorite manipulatives for the music room and how we use them. Main Theme: Favorite Manipulatives for the Music Room Beat strips 4 beats on one side and 3 on the other. Use for beat tracking with primary students. Also great for rhythmic improvisation. Check out Tanya's set of beat charts you can purchase and print from TpT. Click the image below! Popsicle sticks 16-20 standard size sticks in a baggie. Use for rhythmic dictation and composition. Large hearts with ta/ti-ti/rest Large heart foam shapes with ta on one side and ti-ti on the other. Can also include some with quarter note rest. Use for rhythmic dictation and composition with primary students. Rhythm dice blocks One inch wooden cubes with one-beat rhythms on each side. You can create multiple sets for various grade levels: ta/ti-ti/rest tika-tika ti-tika/tika-ti Use for rhythmic dictation and ...

Music Teacher Coffee Talk · MTCT Episode #64: All About Puppets! In this episode, Carrie and Tanya talk about puppets in the music classroom and how we use them in online and distance learning.  Since we wanted you to see our fun friends as we talk about them, we made this episode a LIVE video recording on Facebook!  Check out the episode and meet some of our favorite puppet pals in the video below! Things we talk about: Mrs. Cookie's Designs (Liz Kutschke's Etsy Store) Folkmanis Puppets Coda Suggestions: Kahoot Quizes  (use in Challenge mode for distance learning) Mindhunter (on Netflix) Unorthodox (on Netflix) The Music Room podcast - Episode #51 "Practical and Heartfelt Encouragement for Home Learning "