Drum Circles, Social Emotional Learning & African Wisdom
People playing Djembes during daytime Earthen Rhythms, a local african drumming group at the Summertime in Maitland, NSW, Australia celebration. Photo by Lee Pigott on Unsplash
Lesson Plan: The Moving Du-de
Level: Elementary (recommended grades 2–4) Duration: ~10–15 minutes Context: Conversational Solfege Stage 3 — Decode: Familiar Objectives Students can decode familiar rhythm patterns combining 3 quarter notes and 1 eighth-note…
Games for music teachers
These days almost everything is a learning game. I often find myself thinking “there’s got to be a fun game for me to learn how to do something boring like…