Rhythm – Mallets, Music, Movement and More

Another one of the books I love to use with my younger students. This is great when you are introducing or reviewing rest in your classroom, because the cricket is....Quiet!! Like with a lot of my children's books I start with just reading the book at the end of class one day. With The Cricket… Continue reading Children’s Books & Music: The Very Quiet Cricket

Literature, Rhythm, Singing

Children’s Books & Music: Goodnight Moon

November 1, 2019October 24, 2019 Allison Croskey

I'm starting a blog post series about different lessons to incorporate Children's Books into the music classroom. This first lesson comes from the book Goodnight Moon. Goodnight Moon With all my book lesson I like to just read the book the first day. I take the last 5-10 minutes of class and read the book… Continue reading Children’s Books & Music: Goodnight Moon

Instruments, Orff, Rhythm, Solfege, Uncategorized

Ickle Ockle

October 1, 2019 Allison Croskey

This lesson is great for teaching or reviewing all sorts of things in the music room. I have used it with 1st-3rd graders depending on what my goals were for the lesson. This year we are using it at the beginning of 2nd grade for all sorts of review. We start by learning the song… Continue reading Ickle Ockle

Instruments, Movement, Orff, Rhythm, Singing, Solfege, Uncategorized

Star Unit…Part 1

January 28, 2019 Allison Croskey

I have been working on this “unit” in my classroom for many years. Tweaking lessons, adding things, and trying new stuff out. This year I finally felt like I found a set of lessons that clicked with my students and the goals that I set out for them to learn. I have loved doing this… Continue reading Star Unit…Part 1

Concert Ideas, Instruments, Literature, Movement, Orff, Rhythm, Solfege

I Got a Letter

October 27, 2018October 27, 2018 Allison Croskey

I love this song for sooo many reasons. It has a great feel to the song and you can cover so much curriculum across a bunch of different grade levels. Basically the main concepts that I worked on with my students were Low La, Whole Notes, and Improvisation. FREE lesson plan for this song: I… Continue reading I Got a Letter

Concert Ideas, Instruments, Movement, Orff, Rhythm, Singing

You’ve Got Mail…part 2

October 27, 2018October 27, 2018 Allison Croskey

Here is the rest of the "mail". I started in part 1 talking about the first 3 songs in my concert; Writing a Letter, Postcards, and Bills Bills Bills. This post will discuss the remaining songs; Amazon Boxes & Flowers. I Got a Letter has it's own post: I Got a Letter Amazon Boxes: Just… Continue reading You’ve Got Mail…part 2

Movement, Orff, Rhythm, Singing

You’ve Got Mail…part 1

October 19, 2018October 27, 2018 Allison Croskey

This year my 3rd grade concert was entitled "You've Got Mail". We did 6 different songs all about things you get in the mail. I wanted to share with you some of the songs we did and my process for getting us there. This post contains the first 3 songs "Writing a Letter", "Postcards", and… Continue reading You’ve Got Mail…part 1