On Wednesdays we have a special schedule and with my first and second graders I have been doing a lot of centers and rotations.  As explain...

 I love card games - to use in rotations, as a sub game, as a jumping off point for composition!  This one is Go Fish - grab your copy here...

Recently  I organized and hosted a workshop for our local Orff Chapter.  It wasn't my typical workshop of singing, speaking, moving, cre...

I came across another blog the other day- have seen it before but was truly inspired by one of her ideas. She (blog can be found here: http...

Another one for composing with Boomwhackers with the colored dice I mentioned in an earlier post (scroll down to see other uses for these!):...

There is a Level 1 which is MUCH easier- students write in ONE letter to play for each beat of rhythmic values. Level 2 students have to wr...

So I was walking through Education Express the other night and found these: I looked at them and immediately thought of Boomwhackers! The...

I have really loved implementing centers in music! I've found/developed several Orff-centered centers that have worked sooooo well. Se...

See my earlier post about centers. Here's a few more center ideas and some visuals for you to right click and save as and print! Dra...