Also, we will have Smartboard next year in the new building.
Not at all this year. :(

I will have a lot to learn!

Juanita

On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 11:02 AM, James Estes wrote:

> 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.
>
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> -----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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