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A Different Musician
Добавлен 13 дек 2021
Hi! I'm Sarah. As an elementary music educator, nothing makes me happier than when I can see things click for students- their smiles, their laughter, their success. And I love helping them get to that point, the point where they are making music independently and feeling awesome about it!
I've been teaching in public schools for ten years, and my biggest takeaway has been that a focus on creating meaning in the music-making processes leads to greater success overall, not just in the end-goal. That means meaningful and fun literature, accessible music-making tools, and attention to the language and habits built in the music classroom.
And that's why I'm here- to help other elementary music teachers bring joy and meaning to their classrooms beyond the music.
Explore my growing channel, my blog, and my TPT shop for inspiration and actionable strategies to bring more meaning and joy into your teaching!
I've been teaching in public schools for ten years, and my biggest takeaway has been that a focus on creating meaning in the music-making processes leads to greater success overall, not just in the end-goal. That means meaningful and fun literature, accessible music-making tools, and attention to the language and habits built in the music classroom.
And that's why I'm here- to help other elementary music teachers bring joy and meaning to their classrooms beyond the music.
Explore my growing channel, my blog, and my TPT shop for inspiration and actionable strategies to bring more meaning and joy into your teaching!
How to Lesson Plan for New Music Teachers
Lesson planning can be very stressful, especially if you don't know where to start. In this video, I'm going to guide you through basic lesson planning starting from square one. We'll talk about content ideas, engaging your students, lesson structure, and more!
Are you a new music teacher, or transitioning into teaching from another musical field?
⭐️ Make sure you grab your FREE GUIDE to lesson planning here:
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🎵 Hi! I'm Sarah, and I'm the elementary music teacher behind A Different Musician. I help new and non-traditional music teachers enrich their lessons an...
Are you a new music teacher, or transitioning into teaching from another musical field?
⭐️ Make sure you grab your FREE GUIDE to lesson planning here:
bit.ly/lessonplanningguideadm
➡️ JOIN THE ADM COMMUNITY: bit.ly/JointheADMC
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🎵 Hi! I'm Sarah, and I'm the elementary music teacher behind A Different Musician. I help new and non-traditional music teachers enrich their lessons an...
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Beethoven Movement Activity for Elementary Music Class - Drums, Scarves, and Beanbags
Просмотров 9732 месяца назад
This movement and instrument routine to Beethoven's Turkish March was a hit with my first graders, and I bet yours will love it too! It combines rhythmic patterns, counting, coordination, and teamwork, and even has a tossing element. Teach this routine to your students to practice form, listening for same and different, or during a Beethoven unit. Modification for older students: • Do the routi...
The Best Prep Strategies For Short Chorus Rehearsals
Просмотров 2232 месяца назад
Preparing for your chorus rehearsals is all the more important when they are short. You have to maximize your precious practice time, right? In this video, I go through my prep strategies and hacks to help make the most of my time with my elementary singers. 🎵 Hi! I'm Sarah, and I'm the elementary music teacher behind A Different Musician. I help new and non-traditional music teachers enrich th...
How to Have Fun With Pom Poms in Music Class
Просмотров 5203 месяца назад
Pom poms have so many uses in the music room! In this video, I will share with you a bunch of ways to use them with your PK-4 students. You will learn how to help your students compose music, diagram form, practice rhythm, and more, all with the help of these fuzzy friends. 💭 Learn more in this accompanying blog post: www.adifferentmusician.com/post/7-creative-ways-to-use-pom-poms-in-elementary...
Calming Doodle and Tracing Activity - Khachaturian Ivan Sings Andantino - Musical Song Map
Просмотров 23 тыс.6 месяцев назад
Here's a "doodly" way to engage with this pensive and beautiful piece by Aram Khachaturian. This tracing map is a calming yet focused and expressive musical activity for elementary students in music class or the general classroom. ⚫️ How to use this activity: Students will trace the glyphs as the music plays, following the speed and shape. • They can use scarves or ribbons, they can trace in th...
Doodling and Tracing Activity - Mozart Rondo alla Turca - Musical Song Map
Просмотров 39 тыс.6 месяцев назад
Here's a "doodly" way to engage with an energetic Mozart piece! This tracing map is a fun yet focused and expressive musical activity for elementary students in music class or the general classroom. Especially helpful on days you need quiet or calm activities (like testing days!). ⚫️ How to use this activity: Students will trace the glyphs as the music plays, following the speed and shape. • Th...
Calming Tracing Activity - Brahms Waltz in A Flat - Song Map
Просмотров 16 тыс.6 месяцев назад
A relaxing way to engage with this beautiful Brahms waltz, this tracing map is a calm and expressive musical activity for elementary students in music class or the general classroom. How to use this activity: Students will trace the glyphs as the music plays, following the speed and shape. • They can use scarves or ribbons, they can trace in their with their finger, or they can use a coloring u...
Winter Rhythm Play Along - Toy Drive - Quarter, Eighth Notes, Quarter Rests
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.8 месяцев назад
Collect toys for a toy drive by playing through rhythm patterns! Use instruments or simply clap the patterns to practice basic rhythms in elementary music class. This video was made using Canva and iMovie. Audio: "Toy Drive" - music composed by Sarah L. Mauro ©2023. 🎵 Hi! I'm Sarah, and I'm the elementary music teacher behind A Different Musician. I help new and non-traditional music teachers e...
So La Mi Practice - Singing Bug Buddies - Echo and Identify the Pattern on the Staff
Просмотров 3 тыс.11 месяцев назад
Practice Sol La Mi patterns with cute bug buddies by echoing patterns and then identifying them on the treble clef staff. How it works: 1️⃣ Students will hear a pattern played on an instrument 2️⃣ They will echo it back in solfege (written on the screen) 3️⃣ Then, they'll identify it from 3 patterns written on the staff. The correct answer will pulse after a few moments to think. 🔹 All notes ar...
How to Teach Music to Kids If You Don't Know Where to Start
Просмотров 2 тыс.Год назад
Are you a general education teacher who's been asked to teach music? Maybe you have NO musical training but want to start incorporating more into your daily classroom routine. In this video, I'm sharing 3 music lessons and concepts you can teach your students even if you're not a musician or trained music teacher. They fit seamlessly into your existing curriculum, too, so don't worry about addi...
Book Based Kindergarten Music Lesson - Little Taco Truck
Просмотров 360Год назад
Book Based Kindergarten Music Lesson - Little Taco Truck
Keeping musical traditions alive - some musings
Просмотров 68Год назад
Keeping musical traditions alive - some musings
Musical Tracing Map - Bizet March of the Toreadors Song Map
Просмотров 40 тыс.Год назад
Musical Tracing Map - Bizet March of the Toreadors Song Map
5 Tips for Enriching and Engaging Elementary Chorus Concerts
Просмотров 294Год назад
5 Tips for Enriching and Engaging Elementary Chorus Concerts
How I Use the Cajón in my K-4 Elementary Music Classes
Просмотров 312Год назад
How I Use the Cajón in my K-4 Elementary Music Classes
How to Teach Rhythm in Kindergarten Music: Process and Strategies - PART 2/2
Просмотров 302Год назад
How to Teach Rhythm in Kindergarten Music: Process and Strategies - PART 2/2
How to Teach Rhythm in Kindergarten Music: Process and Strategies - PART 1/2
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How to Teach Rhythm in Kindergarten Music: Process and Strategies - PART 1/2
Imagining With The Music of Edvard Grieg: Elementary Music Lessons For a Mini Unit
Просмотров 103Год назад
Imagining With The Music of Edvard Grieg: Elementary Music Lessons For a Mini Unit
Sight Reading Strategies to Teach in Elementary Music
Просмотров 91Год назад
Sight Reading Strategies to Teach in Elementary Music
Winter Rhythm Matching - Snow Day - Quarter and Eighth Notes
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.Год назад
Winter Rhythm Matching - Snow Day - Quarter and Eighth Notes
Rhythm Sticks or Bucket Drumming Play Along - Dance Party - Quarter and Eighth Notes
Просмотров 2 тыс.Год назад
Rhythm Sticks or Bucket Drumming Play Along - Dance Party - Quarter and Eighth Notes
Thanksgiving Rhythm Matching Game - Quarter and Eighth Notes
Просмотров 2,1 тыс.Год назад
Thanksgiving Rhythm Matching Game - Quarter and Eighth Notes
Halloween Rhythm Play Along - Advanced Rhythms - Sixteenth Notes, Eighth Notes - Dark Woods 2
Просмотров 933Год назад
Halloween Rhythm Play Along - Advanced Rhythms - Sixteenth Notes, Eighth Notes - Dark Woods 2
Halloween Rhythm Play Along - Quarter, Eighth, Sixteenth Notes - Dark Woods
Просмотров 6 тыс.Год назад
Halloween Rhythm Play Along - Quarter, Eighth, Sixteenth Notes - Dark Woods
8 Halloween Activities for Music Class - What To Do in October in Elementary Music
Просмотров 1 тыс.Год назад
8 Halloween Activities for Music Class - What To Do in October in Elementary Music
Silly Turkey Singalong Song for Thanksgiving - Turkey in Hawaii
Просмотров 1,5 тыс.Год назад
Silly Turkey Singalong Song for Thanksgiving - Turkey in Hawaii
Listening and Imagining with the Music of Edvard Grieg: Elementary Music Lesson
Просмотров 443Год назад
Listening and Imagining with the Music of Edvard Grieg: Elementary Music Lesson
Fall Rhythm Matching - Quarter and Eighth Notes - Fall Activity for Elementary Music
Просмотров 10 тыс.Год назад
Fall Rhythm Matching - Quarter and Eighth Notes - Fall Activity for Elementary Music
How to Use Boomwhackers in the Music Classroom
Просмотров 17 тыс.Год назад
How to Use Boomwhackers in the Music Classroom
Congratulations! 🎉 What app do you use? Thanks!
@@KittyK90 I use Procreate for all the glyphs and animation, and iMovie to put it with the music 😊
Thank you!!
Can u explain cannot understand what to do
Absolutely! If you speak the names of the graphics (ex. rabbit, chick, chick, chick) to a steady beat, their syllables match up with quarter and eighth note patterns. So the one I listed here would be 2 eighth notes, quarter, quarter, quarter; or ti-ti, ta, ta, ta.
@@adifferentmusician thank you ma’am
I do these at my class year 3 but I am not a techer IAM a student I am called Evie I am seven years old and love your channel and videos 0:00
These are lovely cant wait to use these in my class. Please make more
Thank you for your hard work! This is a hit in my music classes! ❤
This is amazing! My kids will love this 💖 thank you!
Thank you so much for this incredibly helpful lesson for teachers! I will be starting my first year teaching music in two weeks and I'm so excited! I've taught Kindergarten and first grade for many years and I'm feeling comfortable with those ages, as far as lesson planning. But, I've been concerned about engaging lessons for the older grades. This has me excited and all of your tips about presenting clear expectations and especially how to transition from demonstrating to slowly including students is brilliant. Thank you! Looking forward to checking out your TpT store, too!
I start my first year this fall and, while I’m so excited, I’m terrified! This was really helpful advice, thank you!
The perfect combination! ;) Glad you found it helpful. Let me know if I can answer any specific questions you have!
Wow. The syllables !!! game changer. Thankyou for a new teacher to music like me
You are very welcome! I put out a monthly email newsletter with curated music ed content to use in your classroom. Let me know if you want to subscribe!
You are putting up a great work, helping out alot of people... I couldn't get this simple clarity between beats and rhythms on google even. Thanks
I'm so glad this was helpful for you!
I will start my first year teaching in August. Your channel is a wealth of information. Thank you!
How exciting! Best wishes! If you want to bounce any ideas around, you can email me at sarah@adifferentmusician.com ☺
@@adifferentmusician thank you so much; that is so kind!
I will admit I need a lot of help. This is my 2nd year teaching music and last year trying boom whackers was awful. The kids were hitting each other with them, and half of them couldnt or didnt care to understand the directions. I went over every rule in detail and made sure they all understood. Yet half the class couldnt do simple call and response. I stopped using them because the kids were so wild. I also have half the class as ese studets so this makes everything more difficult. 😢
That is very frustrating. I'm sorry that happened. I wish there were a magic formula- there are times when I feel like could really use it! My guideline is if kids can't follow my instructions and expectations, they do not use the materials. Something I had to employ a lot this year was demonstrating a concept, then inviting students up to join me in demonstrating. Not everyone was invited up. Those that were, I praised for their behavior and good choices. It's not a good feeling, though, when you've done all your prep and planning and it just doesn't work. Even when you're doing everything right. Sometimes we get thrown curve balls and need a beat to stop and think of how to respond. And often, there is no time to do that.
The xlyphones in my room dont have colored keys, how would you change that center to accommodate that?
I would rely on the note names (letters) on the keys then have students use a 4-circle template and write one letter in each circle. Or, you can label the keys with different colored painters tape. Maybe just in a small range, like a fifth, to keep it simpler.
Do you do centers every week? This sounds like a lot of afterschool work to prep centers for every grade
I don't do them every week. You're right, that would be a lot. I do centers maybe every 8-9 weeks (for a full class period). But I'd like to incorporate them more often for less time to practice what we've learned in that specific class period. For example, when we learn ta and ti-ti, I'd like to have kids rotate between 3-4 centers for 2-3 minutes each during the first few days as we practice.
This is so insightful. Thank you for this. Mistake: Answering to whatever name students gave me. I didn't realize that this was a bad situation until another teacher pointed it out to me.
I'm coming into my eleventh year and I still reflect on so many things I can change and do differently! Sometimes it's that reflection that brings awareness. In the moment, sometimes you just do what you've got to do!
I really enjoy your channel! Thank you for sharing your ideas!
Thank you! It means a lot :)
I am a fan! I love making music maps and this one is VERY engaging and easy to understand. BRAVA!!!! May I ask what program you are using to create these follow along videos? You've inspired me to create my own
Thank you! I use Procreate to draw and trace all the shapes, then piece everything together with the music in iMovie. It’s a process, but after a few times, I’ve gotten the hang of it.
Absolute godsend.
Thank you! I have more planning-related content in the works, so stay tuned!
OMG! Yes!!!! At my remote school kids cone to their first year of school with no pre-writing/play/fine motor skills. Finding this is a miracle F#@k Yes! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm glad this has so many applications for your students!
I came here merely as a singer asked to fill a need at our new Christian school. I feel like I have 0 qualifications! This is too much for me!
DM me on IG or email me- I'd love to know more about your situation!
@adifferentmusician I Just DMd you on Instagram.
What a fantastic teacher you are! Thanks for sharing your beautiful ideas!
That's so kind- thank you!
This is great! I'm curious about what program/s you used to create the video :)
Thanks! I use Procreate and make screen recordings of me tracing each shape, then piece them all together and align them to the sound in iMovie.
My kindergarten just love it! Thank you❤
Absolutely brilliant for my EYFS group (& actually can think of some whole school adaptations) Thank You SO much 👏🏻
my SPED kids LOVE this! Would love some more calming music ones!
How lovely to hear :) There are definitely more calm ones in the works.
Love this so much! Perfect way to wind down at the end of class!
Thank you so much for posting the audio with these in sync! Looking forward to doing this one with my kiddos next week!
Excellent explanation.
Thank you! Let me know if there are other specific topics you’d love me to cover about boomwhackers 😊
Obrigada! Estou vendo suas aulas do Brasil. Sou uma mãe que faz educação domiciliar e suas aulas são um oásis.
I absolutely love this. Please tell me you will be making more. My kindergarten team and kiddos love it too!
I have one in the works right now! Working on it at my local P@nera 😅
I love it, will try it with my kindergarten class! Thank you ! Can't wait to get more 😁
So very well presented!
Great presentation. Specific details with excellent suggestion to implement so students are successful. Thank you
This is great, Sarah! Thank you!
Cute. I enjoyed laughing. Thank you for the fun and creative song.
Thank you! It was fun to write
Bless you for bringing music to children💜
Cute
Thanks!
I agree so much! Sad that it is a ‘hot take’. Students are much more engaged when they feel like their teachers care about the music they listen to!
Agree 100%! I just can't believe there isn't a way to do both- past and present- in an engaging and meaningful way in the classroom. So I strive for that- mixing historical and contemporary!
My 4th graders figured that out yesterday!
Thank you so much I found your videos very interesting and educative
Thank you! I will definitely use this and build upon it.
Glad to hear it!
So helpful
Great questions to ponder! And it’s interesting to think of the ever-growing movement to question the origins of traditional art, especially if it has racist origins or takes part in some kind of colonization or appropriation. “This Land Is Your Land” comes to mind.
Absolutely- so much to think about. As someone who chooses repertoire, it's becoming more uncomfortable to teach some traditional songs. And if a student were to question what they mean, I would feel the need to answer honestly. That usually informs my musical choices. I'll also say that it's harder to sing patriotic songs this year when I know what is happening all over America right now.
@@adifferentmusician that is such a difficult position to be in!
This is wonderful! Thank you!!
You're welcome! Let me know if you could use another video similar to this video, and I'll see if I can make it :)