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Recorder Resources

Happy New Year!  Today was our first day back to school in 2013 and I am excited for what the remainder of the school year holds for my students and I in music class!
With the arrival of January, for many of you, is also the arrival of a shipment of new recorders (or breaking out the old ones!) for a recorder unit.  This is actually my first year in 7 years to not teach recorders starting the first day back in January.  Being at a brand new school and feeling so lost this school year, I did not have my act together as well this year to start in January.  But I hope to introduce the recorder to my 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students in February or March!


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The 3 Best Christmas Music iPad Apps



Now that I have my class set of iPads up and running, I am going to start sharing some of my favorite apps.  Christmas is, by far, my favorite time of year.  I love Christmas music and cannot wait for the day after Thanksgiving, when I break out my favorite holiday tunes.
As I searched for apps to use during these crazy December days in music class, I found some really fun ones that are also quite education and musical!
Here are my top 3 FREE holiday music apps, in no particular order:

Music Mixer - Elf on the Shelf - Christmas Game - Good for experiencing mixing music, this app allows students to discover how arranging sounds in different ways can change the feeling or mood of the music.  Very fun and all grade levels seem to love it, from my littles (Kindergarten) all the way to the 5th graders.  



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"In the Hall Of the Mountain King" Listening Activities

I love Halloween time because its the perfect time of the year for listening to "spooky" music.  One of my favorite "spooky" pieces for Halloween is "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from The Peer Gynt Suite by Edvard Grieg.  Classicsforkids.com has a great resource this month that includes a listening map, biography of Edvard Grieg, and other activities.  Click here for a direct link to their PDF you can download.

YouTube Videos

As I surfing the web and looking for other resources to use while I teach "In the Hall of the Mountain King," I found two great YouTube videos that you might want to use as well!






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Fall Music Lessons on Pitch and Ostinato

I wanted to share two new Lesson Plans/Units I have on TpT.  Yes, these are paid, because it took me many hours to develop, test, and produce them.  But I think that you will find them to be fun, educational, and engaging lessons you can implement in your classroom with little to no extra planning or set-up time.

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