Personal Resources

1. Personal Resources What do you bring to the teaching of music?

2. Personal Resources • interest in children and music • practice as a musical person • cultural heritage • understanding of musical theory • speaking voice

3. Personal Resources • speaking voice • singing voice • willingness to learn • ability to use all types of technology: • e.g. tapes, CD’s, computer programs

4. Use of Technology: Tapes and CD’s • Tape Method(Waddaly Ahcha p.8 Musicanada 5) • Ask a good question that will guide the children’s listening to the song on the tape. • (How many times do you sing Waddaly Ahcha?) • 2. Listen to the tape for the answer. • 3. Ask another question. • (What is the other nonsense word in the song?) • 4. Listen for the answer.

5. Use of Technology: Tapes and CD’s • 5. Think of physicalactions the students might do while listening. Have them do them. • Have the children join in with the tape the 3rd or 4th time they hear the song. • 7. Prompt them to improve their singing by adding dynamics, clear diction. • 8. Have them change the actions to the song.

6. Use of Technology:Music ACE 1 or 2 • Explore Lesson Seven • Lines and spaces on the treble staff. • Go through the 4 parts of the lesson. • Explore the game.

7. Use of Technology:Web Sites • Musical Instruments Encyclopaedia: http://www.lehigh.edu/zoellner/encyclopedia.htm • “Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes and Children’s Songs”: http://www.personal.umich.edu/~pfa/dreamhouse/nursery/rhymes.html • Music Lesson Plans for many grades: http://www.lessonplanspage.com • KIDiddles Mojo’s Musical Museum: Songs From Around the World: http://kiddles.com/mouseum/alpha.html • Online jukebox with children’s songs and lyrics: http://kayleigh.tierranet.com/music/index.htm