Year 2 music: Canon in D - played by Baroque instruments

In Year 2, I think children are ready to start part-singing. I start training them through round singing. I spent a whole month teaching them about rounds and canons; we sang songs and build rounds on board. As a closing to this unit, I chose to show them a performance of the famous piece - Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel.This video's resolution quality is high, the performance itself is amazing.

World Music

Kids LOVE listening to world music and I love teaching it. Not only can I bring some exotic sounds into the classroom, I can also tell my students about things I've read about other cultures. I was amazed by how focused they are when I tell them about the sad story behind an Ethiopian-Israelite song or how a traditio...nal Bolivian instrument is made of Armadillo shells. I like watching them

Shadow Puppetry

Through shadow play, children realize what amazing things their hands can do. We all know how to make a shadow of a bird, or a dog or a rabbit with our hands. Hand puppet masters have taken this form of art further. Here's a video of a shadow puppet performance set to the song What a wonderful world. Shadow Puppetry is an ancient form of storytelling in many Aisan countries. I really appreciate

Year 2 World Music - Bolivia

World music is one of the must-do topics in my curriculum.  Children should start lisetning to exotic sounds from a young age, it is a great way to nurture their awareness towards cultural differences; instruments we are familiar with may not be popular in other countries.  When children listen to a new sound, sometimes they laugh at it because it's too new that they feel a little uncomfortable

Dear Daddy

Parenting resource online are mainly designed for moms, or, though I don't have academic proofs, writers and critics are usually writing from a female's perspective.One of my close girl friends just gave birth to a baby boy and instead of sending HER parenting tips and websites (which I think she doesn't need as she has been doing all kinds of reading and attending courses during pregnancy), I

Year 2 music: MARIO PAINT COMPOSER

MARIO PAINT COMPOSER is the program that I use to teach composition in Year 2. They can't get enough of it~~I can't wait to have them compose their own song when school starts again after the holidays~~

Mario Paint composer can be downloaded here:
http://www.unfungames.com/mariopaint/

Please note that the musical function is VERY limited, I'd say it's only suitable for children under 7.

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