I've shared a little song I wrote for our youngest students to help encourage and empower them to stand up against bullying behavior. Take a listen and share your feedback!
Take A Stand
Wash Your Hands Sing Along Video
Playing Cups to Help With Rhythm Recognition
Students play a music game that focusing on creating, performing and responding.
RHYTHM ACTIVITIES for Younger Students
First graders use technology to practice rhythm creation and reading notation.
New Multimedia Standards in Massachusetts
A few ideas to dive into the 2019 arts standards in Massachusetts with a focus on multimedia and music.
Hawaii, The Aloha State, Our Final Honeymoon Stop
I was excited to stop over in Hawaii because I had never been there and it actually ended up being a lot cheaper when it came to flights. How could Hawaii possibly compare to the French Polynesian Islands? We thought it was absolutely wonderful. Yes, there was A LOT more hustle and bustle but after …
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French Polynesian Honeymoon, Stop 2 Mo’orea
Our next stop after Bora Bora on our honeymoon was the island of Mo'orea. We spent our time here in another overwater bungalow. It's such a wonderful and unique experience I encourage anyone who can to do it. We enjoyed the more modest prices of Mo'orea Hilton Resort. The prices were much more reasonable than …
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Making a Musical Story
Here is a STEAM lesson aimed at Upper Elementary & Middle School that uses student writing as motivation to tap into their artistic intent. Students use a piece of their writing to create a story synopsis. Using a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) of choice, students will create a backing track for their story synopsis. Use …
Honeymoon Travels
We took a dream trip of ours to the Overwater Bungalows of the French Polynesian islands of Bora, Bora, and Mo'orea. We spent 3 days at the Conrad Bora Bora. This resort was amazing. We are Hilton Diamond members so we enjoyed a free upgraded Champagne breakfast at the beachside restaurant each day. The resort …
Sound Collection
Students use their critical listening skills to respond to the sounds around us. Students listen for sounds in their environment and categorize in different ways. The main focus is to list for sounds we hear inside our house , outside our house and musical sounds we hear in our immediate environment. Students can then categorize …
The Vocal Squiggle
Using art to create music, a piece of yarn a story and lots of imagination.
