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Centers In The Music Room

We were wrapping up our unit on Peter and the Wolf, and telling stories with music.  The students loved having the opportunity for a little more free exploring in the music room!! https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1xsSBs0oQqO4tRdC24t1S9ENqm62spbKv
Peter and the Wolf marching game on the iPad.  Like memory except the students have to find the instrument and character match.  https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1GfbWD-lazmX_5cccLt4PzrvapCPyJcYr
The culminating activity accompanying Peter and the Wolf is to add a character to the story, choose an instrument to represent it, explain why (hopefully in musical terms) and draw the character.  Many students came into class with their idea ready and really enjoyed the creativity of this project!  I’ll post some results separately. https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1qP9-yuGL_f5-5ggXq1pJJfsbscDHG1di
Oh my goodness!  I have been reading and following Freirbands approach and ideas and am so excited to incorporate them into my classroom.  This center was titled no talking!  Students could free play anything with the stuffed animals but they could not use their speaking voices, only their singing voices.  I loved listening!  Most children did not have a problem jumping in and singing to one another, very few reminders were needed.  https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1Ht8mQX9nkbQEzNZjFNkVFCp6FNN8zu1h
Rhythm practice allowed students to use rhythm sticks and practice reading our rhythm cards.  One group lined them up across the room and read them one after another!! https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1pvOKQcAx_v5DRRJMLZLXo9mCiZP66nKD
Good old Go Fish, I made this set from 
On Teachers Pay Teachers.  This set is classroom instruments.  It was lovely to watch kids play a game, and I knew they were learning but don’t tell them! 

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