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Settling In

I have been in schools before where the classroom teacher quietly leads their class, single file, to Music. But more often than not, my classes now come running in, still engrossed in the conversation they had started on their way

Janine 30. January 20151. October 2015 Inquiry, Uncategorized, Whole class activity No Comments Read more

Solfège Stars

I have studied under some amazing Solfège teachers and seen how wonderfully it can help students to audiate and connect with the music, so I try to incorporate it wherever possible, particularly in my early years classes. Today I am sharing

Janine 16. January 20159. August 2015 Assessment 1 Comment Read more

Do the Locomotion

I went through a big overhaul of my curriculum recently, digging deep into cooperative groups, more creative composition, and authentically student-led inquiry. I was well into it, however, when I stopped to reflect and realized that movement—which had once been

Janine 8. December 201422. March 2018 Group activity, Whole class activity No Comments Read more

Halloween Fun

Halloween as a fun, dress-up, skeleton-filled holiday is a pretty American phenomenon, but I’ve found that many international schools embrace the fun side of it as well. (Others, bear in mind, find Halloween to be a negative thing, so you’ll

Janine 24. October 201424. June 2015 Whole class activity No Comments Read more
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