Movement can be a scary word. Although it’s embedded in our music making and our music classrooms, finding opportunities to engage our students in purposefully creative movement can leave us feeling overwhelmed and intimidated. So what do we do? We find ways to simply build upon what we are already doing.

Today Anne & Victoria are talking about the first steps you can take toward facilitating creative movement in your classroom. We start with activities that you are likely already familiar with and doing with your kids, and simply take the next step to facilitate student choice and get their creative juices flowing! You can find the notation for “Willowbee” (also spelled “Willoughby” in some sources) in the Holy Names Song Collection here.

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If you’ve heard Anne & Victoria talk about assessment before, you have probably heard the words: “active,” “embedded,” “part of the process,” and “observational data,” among other things. But what does that actually look like in practice? What does it mean to be consistently and efficiently taking in observational data when you are in the middle of teaching your music class, and you only have 30 minutes to assess 30 kids?

Today we’re talking about quick assessment activities that exist right along an activity that you are likely already doing in your classroom. Whether it’s solo singing in your opening routine, or adding a layer to a beloved singing game, you can add in these quick assessment ideas in your next music class.

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What do you do when you look up at the clock and realize you’ve flown through your lesson plan… and you don’t have anything else left to do that day? What happens next? How do you keep the kids meaningfully engaged while still filling the gaps and transition out of a meaningful music lesson?

We’re sharing two activities that can be completely adapted to any grade level, for any lack of time. Anne is sharing Acka Backa Soda Cracker which you can find notated here in the Holy Names Song Collection. Victoria is sharing Willum He Had Seven Songs, which is notated in 120 Singing Games by Lois Choksy, and can be found here.

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