Elemental Musical Adventures At the beginning of the pandemic, music teachers everywhere struggled with how to transfer our music instruction to a virtual platform. I ended up in what I felt… Read More »
Kindness is Elemental! We share this collection of Lesson Ideas in connection with the Great Kindness Challenge – https://thegreatkindnesschallenge.com/ and in plenty of time for Valentine’s Day! The board members of ACEMM… Read More »
Swing is the New Steady Beat It is said that you get only one opportunity to make a first impression, for first impressions matter greatly in the health and strength of a relationship. As… Read More »
Popular Music Can Be Elemental Music, Too! What do children in elementary music classrooms and popular musicians have in common? A desire to express themselves creatively through music making. We know this occurs often with… Read More »
Inclusion using Diverse Children’s Literature in the Music Room Change is ever constant. The field of education is evolving rapidly to accommodate the learning needs of the current generation of students. Increased knowledge and research regarding learning… Read More »
Listening Lessons in the Active Music Classroom Music listening is perhaps the most frequent way that we engage with music. Individuals listen, connect with, and respond to various styles of music on a daily basis.… Read More »
The Joy of Movement in Music Education by David Frego “Joy arises in the child the moment his faculties are liberated from any restraint, and he becomes conscious of his control over them, and decides on the… Read More »
Building Empathy Through Elemental Music and Movement Implicit bias causes us to have feelings and attitudes about other people based on characteristics such as appearance, race, ethnicity etc. These attitudes are activated involuntarily and develop… Read More »
Nature’s First Instrument: The Body Ah, yes! It is the beginning of a new school year. Optimism is high, excitement is rampant, and… your instruments haven’t arrived yet. Maybe you are teaching on a cart. Or in a corner of the cafeteria. Or on the stage in the gym while PE class is happening. Your books were damaged last year when the boiler exploded. Perhaps you have your own room and are looking for something new and different to do with your students. Now is the perfect time to create your own materials! But where to begin?
Contributing to a Better World: Project-Based Learning through Music, by K. Michelle Lewis Come along on a journey with second graders who were motivated to help others halfway across the world! Inspired by a children’s book, these students creatively brainstorm and collaborate to provide clean drinking water for people in Africa. In this article, recent Spotlight Award recipient K. Michelle Lewis explains how to use a project-based learning model to empower students to explore both music and solve real-world concerns, and how to align such a project to the National Core Arts Standards. ACEMM invites you to read “Contributing to a Better World: Project-Based Learning through Music”!
