My students are young musicians yearning for more musical knowledge. We are beginning our third year as a school, in the midst of a pandemic. As a choice school, my students come from all over the district to our school to integrate STEAM into their curriculum. We laid the foundation for our music education journey for the past two years! Now it is time to build upon their knowledge!
As a STEAM school, we integrate all subject levels.
Students make meaningful connections between music and what they are learning in reading, math, science, and social studies. We are constantly looking for new ways to connect across subjects and create hands-on, authentic experiences to learn, feel, and express concepts.
"Tell me, I forget; Show me, I remember; Involve me, I understand," said Carl Orff. Music education should be hands-on and authentic. I believe Carl Orff was a music educator before his time, advocating for a hands-on musical experience where students get to sing, play, and move. We strive to accomplish that with every music lesson at my school. Students leave my classroom having sung, played, and moved with smiles on their faces.
My Project
Game Plan is a great music curriculum that can be used for a full year. I generally use these lessons as supplemental material for what I already do in my classroom. These are fabulous resources with tons of materials, great music, and fun activities! We currently own the Game Plan Curriculum Book for Kindergarten, now we are hoping to add the Game Plan Curriculum Book for 1st Grade as well!
The lessons included in this book are fabulous lessons that are based on beautiful folk music and challenge the students, but allow them to be successful at the same time.
The kindergarten lessons that I use every year from the Kindergarten Game Plan are a huge success every time we do them! They are engaging and fun but push their musicality! I would love to add the lessons for 1st grade to our music curriculum so we can build on the success they see as Kindergarteners in my music classroom!
More than a third of students from low‑income households
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