Rhythmic Building Bricks or Blocks are often used as compositional tools in elementary music classrooms. Developed by Carl Orff's fellow...

 This is a favorite dance and I love using it to introduce syncopation!  There are (at least) 2 versions although I think Version 2 is proba...

 I needed a new song for sixteenth notes for this season, so this morning I wrote one. Enjoy! The game is similar to others and will be a qu...

Remote Learning has been a learning curve for me. As an Orff trained music practitioner active, hands-on music making and engagement is how ...

Stories Each person has their own history and life is not a single narrative. We are a collection of people living in multiple envir...

I am so excited to debut some new singing games this November at the National AOSA conference with two sessions on clapping games and singin...

This is a beloved folk song I learned long ago at a workshop and have loved ever since. The original folk song's words are, "I dont...

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

I have been working on sixteenth notes with my third and fourth graders (my top grade is fourth) and realized I needed to finish a collectio...