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Teaching Music to Very Young Children
Many parents wonder if their preschooler can handle music lessons. The answer is yes, with a little bit of parental guidance.
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The Best Gingerbread Man Cookie Hunt
When the Gingerbread Man runs away from the classroom, the students end up on a fun journey throughout the school to find their missing gingerbread man cookies.
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Motivating the Music Student
Practice may make perfect, but young musicians will never know for sure if they can't find the motivation. Here are strategies to keep the music playing.
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Coping With Stage Fright and Performance Anxiety
Stage fright and performance anxiety are part of performing music, but they can be overcome. Adequate practice, rehearsals and experience help musicians cope with nerves.
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Learn Violin
No matter their age, beginning violinists are very sensitive to their tone. However, several exercises can help beginning violinists develop a pleasing, musical tone.
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How to Overcome Stage Fright
Stage fright can be a challenge to deal with when one is a performer. However, with mastery, perspective and the memory of past performances, one can shine on stage.
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The Importance of Art Trips in Art Education
Art teachers should never underestimate the importance in art education of students actually seeing art.
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Kindergarten Drama Lesson on Expressing Feelings
Children can't always explain what they feel emotionally in situations of anger, love, frustration, relief; drama activities develop their ability to express themselves
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Drama Lesson on Mirror Images and Human Puppets
Drama lesson activities on the theme of mirrors and puppets develop synchronization of movement, sharing ideas, working cooperatively and creating effects with the body.
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Free Art Lesson Plans & Art Curriculum for Kids
Free art lesson plans and online visual arts resources can provide a comprehensive art curriculum for kids, allowing parents and teachers to create fun kids' art classes.
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Techniques and Strategies for Practicing Piano
Strategies for practicing piano include using a metronome, dividing difficult sections into smaller chunks, playing with hands apart, and playing at different tempos.
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Quality Versus Quantity in Piano Practice
How much to practice is only part of successful piano lessons. As important is knowing how to practice. Learning piano requires developing mindful practice skills.
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How to Direct a Drama Camp
Surprise and delight audiences by directing youth to produce a play over the course of a one week drama camp.
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Bell Work for the Music Classroom
Bell work, "do now", or other engaging activities at the beginning of a music class increase classroom management by giving students direction and focus.
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How Parents Can Help a Child With Piano Practice
By communicating with teachers and listening, even parents who known nothing about music can help their children learn piano and develop good practice habits.
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How to Make Roses With Paper Clay
Paper clay is lightweight and lends itself to fragile flower forms. Once students get a feel for the clay, they can make dozens of roses for a classroom display.
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Free Art History Coloring Pages
Find printable pages of masterpieces from Van Gogh to Goya that can be used as supplemental educational tools when teaching art history.
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Tips for Grading Art Projects
Grading rubrics based on key art concepts can serve as objective assessment tools for art educators.
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The Art Element of Line
The art element of line can be used in a variety of ways within a work of art. Understanding how line can be utilized allows artists to create a strong visual composition
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The Principles of Visual Art
Learning to identify and interpret common art principles can heighten understanding of artistic composition.
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Formal Elements of Visual Art
By looking at the art elements of line, shape, value, texture, form, color and space, viewers can better examine the composition of any work of art.
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Piano Lessons Practice Guidelines
Different amounts of practice time are required to learn piano at various ages and levels. Recommendations also depend on the student's ambition and repertoire.
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Music Students and Daily Practice Requirements
A regular practice routine and following the teacher's practice time requirements help students learn a musical instrument. Variables include age, level, and instrument.
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Discipline-Based Art Education
In the modern art classroom, studies revolve around the four disciplines of art criticism, aesthetics, art history and art production.
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Music Instruction for Homeschoolers
Not all parents can teach music to homeschoolers, but they can help. Work with music teachers to design a creative music education curriculum with other families.
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Instruments, Practice Space for Learning Piano
The real work of learning piano takes plaice at home. The right digital keyboard or acoustic piano and an uninterrupted practice space lead to successful piano lessons.
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Museum Based Early Childhood Art Programs
Early childhood art programs are a great way to introduce basic art making and viewing techniques to young children, but can be a challenge for the museum based educator.
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Why Young Children Need to Play Real Instruments
Young children need a simple introduction to rhythm and music using authentic child sized percussion instruments.
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Private Versus Group Piano Lessons for Children
Parents of young children can choose between group and private piano lessons. Group lessons focus on fun and ensemble skills; private lessons offer individual attention.
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Violin Lessons for Kids
Compare Suzuki violin, Rolland, and traditional music instruction to find the best approach for beginner violin lessons.
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Group Piano Lessons Offer Keyboard Introduction
Group lessons in piano can offer an enjoyable introduction to children who are not yet old enough to take private music lessons. Here's what makes group lessons work.
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Group Music Lessons for Young Children
Programs such as Kindermusik, Musicgarten, Music for Young Children, and others offer group music classes for school children, preschoolers, toddlers, and even infants.
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How to Know a Child is Ready for Piano Lessons
If a child has interest and aptitude, if a piano teacher has enthusiasm, and if parents buy the right piano or keyboard, even a pre-schooler can begin to learn piano.
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Musical Literacy in Elementary Schools
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Zoltan Kodaly, and Carl Orff are well known for their methods of teaching music literacy in elementary schools.
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Various Approaches to Aural Skills in Education
The predominant European styles for teaching developmental music and aural skills in elementary schools are Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Zoltan Kodaly, and Carl Orff.
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Approaches to Creative Musical Expression
Three predominant European pedagogical methods (Dalcroze, Kodaly, and Orff) for teaching development music differ on how much to emphasize creative musical expression.
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How to Make Clay Hands
Hands constructed from clay can be props for plays, liturgies or other class room activities. If paper clay is used these simple sculptures can be sun hardened.
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Using Music to Teach for Cultural Competence
Students are encouraged to learn about and appreciate geography and a variety of world cultures through Haberman's "World Music: Cultural Traditions."
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The Development of Theatre Sports
Theatresports is a form of improvisational theatre, which is powered by impromptu scripting in the form of competition, using audience participation for dramatic effect.
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Mapping Diversity to Foster Cultural Competency
Build up a picture of the culture of countries as creative arts students use giant interactive maps to locate where cultural activities have come from and travelled to.
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Ways to Teach Rhythm and Meter
Kevin Tuck says that there are many ways to teach percussion all of which are effective. His article explores the best aspects of the systems that are commonly used.
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Theatre Games for Children
Theatre games are a great way to boost a child's confidence and promote social interaction, along with fostering an appreciation for the dramatic arts.
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How to Make Paper Mache Plates and Bowls
Paper mache is inexpensive and there is no limit to the expressive sculptural forms students are able to make for the class room or to take home as gifts from school.
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How to Make Painted Clay Words and Numbers
Clay words or numbers made by students in art class can be used for many things. Students like to create bright colourful words for their bedroom or playroom door.
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Lori McNee on Developing an Arts Based Practice
An interview with Lori McNee a fulltime professional artist, where she talks about effective ways to develop an arts based practice.
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Versatile Dyes Suitable for Multi Media Projects
Vegetable dyes are a favourite with primary arts teachers. They are safe and wash easily from children's hands and clothes while children achieve beautiful colour.
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How to Make Fossils with Primary Students
Art activities can be further enriched when they are linked to other subjects. This primary art activity sequence can be linked to science and history units.
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How to Make New Zealand POI
Teaching students how to make the dancers artifacts called Poi can be fun. Materials do not cost much and the simple instructions are easy to follow.
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Peter and the Wolf Unit Plan
Young children can be taught much about the orchestra and it's instruments through the use of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.
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What is Recreational Music Making?
Recreational Music Making (RMM) is a way of learning to play music that focuses on satisfaction, fun and personal expression.
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