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I love teaching music to kids! I am a certified Orff Schulwerk teacher and plan to share lessons about singing, playing instruments, recorder technique, creative movement, improvisation, guided listening, and other techniques that will help you teach music better! Find more information and ideas on my blog: www.MakeMomentsMatter.org

Make Moments Matter: A Music Education Podcast David Row

    • Education
    • 4.6 • 11 Ratings

I love teaching music to kids! I am a certified Orff Schulwerk teacher and plan to share lessons about singing, playing instruments, recorder technique, creative movement, improvisation, guided listening, and other techniques that will help you teach music better! Find more information and ideas on my blog: www.MakeMomentsMatter.org

    End of Semester Q&A Spring 2024

    End of Semester Q&A Spring 2024

    This episode of the podcast is a replay containing the audio version of the Musical Monday LIVE video recorded on 4/22/24. This week I talked through many of your questions about teaching elementary music.
    If you’re not familiar with musical Mondays, every Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time I go live on Facebook and Instagram to share about the lessons that I’m using in class with my students.  I give a recap of my K-5 lessons and then do a deep dive about one grade level and share the books, instruments, songs, and process that I use to teach the lesson to kids. 
    This podcast episode contains all the audio from the Musical Monday video, but if you’d like to see a replay of the video itself you can follow this link to the archived video on YouTube. 
    Click here to see the Musical Mondays LIVE recap page where I share links to resources and ideas mentioned in the video.

    • 28 min
    Recorder - Decoding Written Notation with Kids

    Recorder - Decoding Written Notation with Kids

    This episode of the podcast is a replay containing the audio version of the Musical Monday LIVE video recorded on 4/15/24. This week I shared about how I help students decode a piece and look for patterns, similarities, and clues in written music.
    If you’re not familiar with musical Mondays, every Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time I go live on Facebook and Instagram to share about the lessons that I’m using in class with my students.  I give a recap of my K-5 lessons and then do a deep dive about one grade level and share the books, instruments, songs, and process that I use to teach the lesson to kids. 
    This podcast episode contains all the audio from the Musical Monday video, but if you’d like to see a replay of the video itself you can follow this link to the archived video on YouTube. 
    Click here to see the Musical Mondays LIVE recap page where I share links to resources and ideas mentioned in the video.

    • 32 min
    Animals Gone Wild - Primary Grade Concert Recap

    Animals Gone Wild - Primary Grade Concert Recap

    This episode of the podcast is a replay containing the audio version of the Musical Monday LIVE video recorded on 4/8/24. This week I shared about my recent first grade concert called "Animals Gone Wild!"
    If you’re not familiar with musical Mondays, every Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time I go live on Facebook and Instagram to share about the lessons that I’m using in class with my students.  I give a recap of my K-5 lessons and then do a deep dive about one grade level and share the books, instruments, songs, and process that I use to teach the lesson to kids. 
    This podcast episode contains all the audio from the Musical Monday video, but if you’d like to see a replay of the video itself you can follow this link to the archived video on YouTube. 
    Click here to see the Musical Mondays LIVE recap page where I share links to resources and ideas mentioned in the video.

    • 35 min
    Singing Voice and sol-mi Practice with Primary Grades

    Singing Voice and sol-mi Practice with Primary Grades

    This episode of the podcast is a replay containing the audio version of the Musical Monday LIVE video recorded on 4/1/24. This week I shared three different ways to practice and reinforce singing voice and the sol-mi interval with primary grades.
    If you’re not familiar with musical Mondays, every Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time I go live on Facebook and Instagram to share about the lessons that I’m using in class with my students.  I give a recap of my K-5 lessons and then do a deep dive about one grade level and share the books, instruments, songs, and process that I use to teach the lesson to kids. 
    This podcast episode contains all the audio from the Musical Monday video, but if you’d like to see a replay of the video itself you can follow this link to the archived video on YouTube. 
    Click here to see the Musical Mondays LIVE recap page where I share links to resources and ideas mentioned in the video.

    • 31 min
    Recorder Poly Spots and Jigsaw Melodies Resource

    Recorder Poly Spots and Jigsaw Melodies Resource

    This episode of the podcast is a replay containing the audio version of the Musical Monday LIVE video recorded on 3/25/24. This week I shared two different activities for recorder including poly spot matching and movement and Jigsaw Melodies.
    If you’re not familiar with musical Mondays, every Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time I go live on Facebook and Instagram to share about the lessons that I’m using in class with my students.  I give a recap of my K-5 lessons and then do a deep dive about one grade level and share the books, instruments, songs, and process that I use to teach the lesson to kids. 
    This podcast episode contains all the audio from the Musical Monday video, but if you’d like to see a replay of the video itself you can follow this link to the archived video on YouTube. 
    Click here to see the Musical Mondays LIVE recap page where I share links to resources and ideas mentioned in the video.

    • 30 min
    Recorder Echo and Examples - The First Weeks!

    Recorder Echo and Examples - The First Weeks!

    This episode of the podcast is a replay containing the audio version of the Musical Monday LIVE video recorded on 3/18/24. This week I shared about some basic skills building I do with my beginning recorder players.
    If you’re not familiar with musical Mondays, every Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time I go live on Facebook and Instagram to share about the lessons that I’m using in class with my students.  I give a recap of my K-5 lessons and then do a deep dive about one grade level and share the books, instruments, songs, and process that I use to teach the lesson to kids. 
    This podcast episode contains all the audio from the Musical Monday video, but if you’d like to see a replay of the video itself you can follow this link to the archived video on YouTube. 
    Click here to see the Musical Mondays LIVE recap page where I share links to resources and ideas mentioned in the video.

    • 28 min

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