Good idea, Juanita. You might be interested in another book by Artie
Almeida called "Mallet Madness." The concept is that the kids rotate
through a series of pitched and non-pitched instruments during a class. It
might be interesting to mix in recorders, using this concept.

Another thougth (If you have the equipment to do this): If you have
acomputer and Smartboard, scan the music into Smartboard Notebook software.
Then you can project it so the whole class can see it. They can also go to
the board and write the names of notes, counting, etc on the board. Great
strategy for involving the whole class.

James W. Estes, N.B.C.T. 2008
8952 SE Retreat Drive
Hobe Sound, FL 33455
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954-270-5061 cell
jameswestes@comcast.net





-----Original Message-----
From: list@recorderclassroom.com [mailto:list@recorderclassroom.com] On
Behalf Of Juanita Bellavance
Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 10:13 AM
To: Recorder_Classroom
Subject: Re: [RECL]starting a topic...

Hi Heather,
I decided to make the first ten minutes of class a time for reading through
recorder songs. I have made charts for every song I like. I figure
eventually they will be able to easily read any of the songs and we can
repeat any they like.

That leaves time for learning a new concept each week also in ways that
don't use recorders. I want them to be able to learn a song without me
ultimately.
Hoping to make programs easier to learn over time.

We shall see if it works... : )

Juanita

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Heather Jackson wrote:

> Great idea!
>
> I am so thrilled with this magazine, I just had to share. This is the
> first year I haven't been able to use RK because of my schedule. So I
> decided to try to use fun music to get the kids to want to play! It
> worked. They're not as motivated as they are with RK, but they
> deffinitely like playing. My one problem is that there is so much
> music to play, and I just don't have time to get to it all! Some days
> I find myself playing my recorder along with the accomp. tracks while
> just skimming through the books. I must be a dork.
> Right now I'm in love with Recorders of Andalusia!
>
>
> --
> Heather in GA
> sunsethj@gmail.com
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