Utilizing stop-motion animation in the music class not only serves as an ideal method for showcasing comprehension of the musical staff and note values but also offers an alternative creative avenue. Taking inspiration from Tricia Fuglestad's blog, "Fuglefun.com," my third-grade students embarked on the enjoyable task of crafting a lip-sync video to memorize the names of our state counties.

Creating a stop motion animation video was a win-win when my students needed to demonstrate their understanding of the musical staff before beginning the recorder unit. It’s one thing for

Our 1st grade character musical program was a fresh twist to our traditional "Fairy Tale" program. I'd love to share what we put together in case you might need a show about character in the future.

Stop motion animation is absolutely brilliant for children. It uses so many different skill sets, enables meaningful learning, and there is an enormous payoff when you watch everything magically come alive. It’s extremely motivating, not to mention incredibly satisfying; but why should all the other subject areas have all the fun with animation?  

We are about to begin our third week of online learning due to the COVID-19 virus and I couldn’t be more excited. Creating musical activities and combining them in one

This is week No. 3 of online learning and my students and parents are loving the clickable music choice boards for PreK and Kindergarten because it puts all the activities

Clickable Music Choice Boards for Seesaw- When our school went to online learning because of the Covid-19 virus, I discovered that it is possible to create Clickable Music Choice Boards

In the past, I’ve explored Aurasma / HPReveal many times; but since it will be going away in June, I’ve found Metaverse in Elementary Music to be an exciting alternative.

One of the successful byproducts of flipping the recorder classroom is tons of student examples in various stages of mastery. If your teach recorder, I’m sure you’re with me on this one…I feel like a doctor at the minute clinic who observes the symptoms, diagnoses the problem, and writes a prescription. My stock-pile of student examples inspired one of my all-time favorite activities for recorder students

My Musical Heritage Project What better way to celebrate family during the holidays than with a quest. In My Musical Heritage Project, students asked open-ended questions to discover how music influenced

Sleigh Ride Flashlight Choreography Video I made this Sleigh Ride Flashlight Choreography Video to make teaching my students easier and to allow my students to practice at home using the Seesaw Activities option.

What could be more exciting than using technology to go on a Quest to learn about our National Anthem and the American Flag? If you have access to an IWB