Make Moments Matter: A Music Education Podcast

This episode of the podcast is a replay containing the audio version of the Musical Monday LIVE video recorded on 3/11/19.This week I’ll share all my K-5 music lessons for the week and I will do a deep dive and take you through my Kindergarten lesson plans. There will be a visit with my friend Wendell the Narwhal and a trip to YouTube to see my new favorite online resources for talking about conductors! If you’re not familiar with musical Mondays, every Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time I go live on Facebook and Instagram to share about the lessons that I’m using in class with my students.  I give a recap of my K-5 lessons and then do a deep dive about one grade level and share the books, instruments, songs, and process that I use to teach the lesson to kids.  This podcast episode contains all the audio from the Musical Monday video, but if you’d like to see a replay of the video itself you can follow this link to the archived video on YouTube.  Click here to see the Musical Mondays LIVE recap page where I

This episode of the podcast is a replay containing the audio version of the Musical Monday LIVE video recorded on 3/4/19. This week I’ll share a little bit about using bulletin boards for music advocacy and I will do a deep dive and take you through the plans for my upcoming Second grade musical performance that’s all about the ocean! If you’re not familiar with musical Mondays, every Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time I go live on Facebook and Instagram to share about the lessons that I’m using in class with my students.  I give a recap of my K-5 lessons and then do a deep dive about one grade level and share the books, instruments, songs, and process that I use to teach the lesson to kids.  This podcast episode contains all the audio from the Musical Monday video, but if you’d like to see a replay of the video itself you can follow this link to the archived video on YouTube.  Click here to see the Musical Mondays LIVE recap page where I share links to resources and ideas mentioned in the video.

This episode of the podcast is a replay containing the audio version of the Musical Monday LIVE video recorded on 2/25/19.This week I’ll share all my K-5 music lessons for the week and I will do a deep dive and take you through my Kindergarten lesson plans including a non-Baby Shark Shark song and Orff instrument exploration! If you’re not familiar with musical Mondays, every Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time I go live on Facebook and Instagram to share about the lessons that I’m using in class with my students.  I give a recap of my K-5 lessons and then do a deep dive about one grade level and share the books, instruments, songs, and process that I use to teach the lesson to kids.  This podcast episode contains all the audio from the Musical Monday video, but if you’d like to see a replay of the video itself you can follow this link to the archived video on YouTube.  Click here to see the Musical Mondays LIVE recap page where I share links to resources and ideas mentioned in the video.

This episode of the podcast is a replay containing the audio version of the Musical Monday LIVE video recorded on 2/18/19. This week I’ll share some of my favorite tips and ideas for learning centers, including thoughts about assigning students to groups, rotation tips and tricks, time spent at each station, how to use and reuse materials, and storage! If you’re not familiar with musical Mondays, every Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time I go live on Facebook and Instagram to share about the lessons that I’m using in class with my students.  I give a recap of my K-5 lessons and then do a deep dive about one grade level and share the books, instruments, songs, and process that I use to teach the lesson to kids.  This podcast episode contains all the audio from the Musical Monday video, but if you’d like to see a replay of the video itself you can follow this link to the archived video on YouTube.  Click here to see the Musical Mondays LIVE recap page where I share links to resources and ideas mentioned in the

This episode of the podcast is a replay containing the audio version of the Musical Monday LIVE video recorded on 2/11/19. This week I’ll share all my K-5 music lessons for the week and I will do a deep dive and take you through my 1st Grade lesson plans including a look at my Old McDonald instrument lesson.  If you’re not familiar with musical Mondays, every Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time I go live on Facebook and Instagram to share about the lessons that I’m using in class with my students.  I give a recap of my K-5 lessons and then do a deep dive about one grade level and share the books, instruments, songs, and process that I use to teach the lesson to kids.  This podcast episode contains all the audio from the Musical Monday video, but if you’d like to see a replay of the video itself you can follow this link to the archived video on YouTube.  Click here to see the Musical Mondays LIVE recap page where I share links to resources and ideas mentioned in the video.

This episode of the podcast is a replay containing the audio version of the Musical Monday LIVE video recorded on 2/4/19.  This week I’ll share a little about using bulletin boards for advocacy and I will do a deep dive and take you through my ukulele lesson plans for Grades 4 and 5. If you’re not familiar with musical Mondays, every Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time I go live on Facebook and Instagram to share about the lessons that I’m using in class with my students.  I give a recap of my K-5 lessons and then do a deep dive about one grade level and share the books, instruments, songs, and process that I use to teach the lesson to kids.  This podcast episode contains all the audio from the Musical Monday video, but if you’d like to see a replay of the video itself you can follow this link to the archived video on YouTube.  Click here to see the Musical Mondays LIVE recap page where I share links to resources and ideas mentioned in the video.

This episode of the podcast is a replay containing the audio version of the Musical Monday LIVE video recorded on 1/21/19.This week I’ll start by sharing a little about learning center signs and rotations and then I’ll take you through my 3rd Grade lesson plans. If you’re not familiar with musical Mondays, every Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time I go live on Facebook and Instagram to share about the lessons that I’m using in class with my students.  I give a recap of my K-5 lessons and then do a deep dive about one grade level and share the books, instruments, songs, and process that I use to teach the lesson to kids.  This podcast episode contains all the audio from the Musical Monday video, but if you’d like to see a replay of the video itself you can follow this link to the archived video on YouTube.  Click here to see the Musical Mondays LIVE recap page where I share links to resources and ideas mentioned in the video.

This episode of the podcast is a replay containing the audio version of the Musical Monday LIVE video recorded on 1/21/19.This week I’ll start by sharing a little about learning center signs and rotations and then I’ll take you through my 3rd Grade lesson plans. If you’re not familiar with musical Mondays, every Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time I go live on Facebook and Instagram to share about the lessons that I’m using in class with my students.  I give a recap of my K-5 lessons and then do a deep dive about one grade level and share the books, instruments, songs, and process that I use to teach the lesson to kids.  This podcast episode contains all the audio from the Musical Monday video, but if you’d like to see a replay of the video itself you can follow this link to the archived video on YouTube.  Click here to see the Musical Mondays LIVE recap page where I share links to resources and ideas mentioned in the video.

This episode of the podcast is a replay containing the audio version of the Musical Monday LIVE video recorded on 1/14/19. This week I’ll share all my K-5 music lessons for the week and I will do a deep dive and take you through my 1st Grade lesson plans and framework for my upcoming 1st Grade Concert. If you’re not familiar with musical Mondays, every Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time I go live on Facebook and Instagram to share about the lessons that I’m using in class with my students.  I give a recap of my K-5 lessons and then do a deep dive about one grade level and share the books, instruments, songs, and process that I use to teach the lesson to kids.  This podcast episode contains all the audio from the Musical Monday video, but if you’d like to see a replay of the video itself you can follow this link to the archived video on YouTube.  Click here to see the Musical Mondays LIVE recap page where I share links to resources and ideas mentioned in the video.  

Open Shut Them is a classic fingerplay song for Kindergarten and 1st grade.  It gives you a chance to talk about behavior and staying in control of your hands all while you teach a really catchy song. Fingerplays are short poems or rhymes that require the singer to use their hands and fingers to help act out the story. In the next few episodes I’ll be sharing some of my favorite fingerplays along with the process that I use to teach them! Resources mentioned in the podcast:  Musical Mondays LIVE Videos, Live Video with Book Recommendations, David’s Facebook Page, David's Instagram, Wendell the Narwhal Book, Amazon Page with David's Favorite Books, LIVE Video with Fingerplays, David's Blog page.  

Little Bunny Foo Foo is one of my favorite fingerplays for Kindergarten and 1st grade because it gives you a chance to talk about behavior while you teach a really fun song. Fingerplays are short poems or rhymes that require the singer to use their hands and fingers to help act out the story. In the next few episodes I’ll be sharing some of my favorite fingerplays along with the process that I use to teach them! Resources mentioned in the podcast:  Musical Mondays LIVE Videos: http://bit.ly/MusicalMondays Beth’s Music Notes: http://bit.ly/2PywYWf American Folk Song Collection: http://bit.ly/2NM04RT Little Rabbit Foo Foo Video: https://youtu.be/1cOT4T2jDho David’s Pinterest: http://bit.ly/2mzBkzH David’s Blog: http://bit.ly/DavidRowMMM

Back to school songs, games, tips, tricks, and more with special guest Aileen Miracle. Hear some fabulous new ideas and real talk about what it’s like to prepare to go back to school (the fun stuff and the stressful stuff too!). Resources mentioned in the podcast:  Musical Mondays: http://bit.ly/MusicalMondays Aileen’s Name Games Blog Post: http://bit.ly/2wgqaVi David’s Name Game Podcast: http://apple.co/2un9wBq Aileen’s Ice Breaker Dice Freebie: http://bit.ly/2vU8kbd Classroom Management for Art, Music, and PE Teachers Book: https://amzn.to/2wbIb7e Aileen’s Pinterest Page: http://bit.ly/2MZllXG David’s Pinterest: http://bit.ly/2mzBkzH Aileen’s TPT Store: http://bit.ly/2OLtS0G Mrs. Miracle’s Music Room Blog: http://bit.ly/2BnUOSD Aileen Miracle on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2PmiyJM

Back to school songs, games, tips, tricks, and more with special guest Tracy King. Hear some fabulous new ideas and real talk about what it’s like to prepare to go back to school (the fun stuff and the stressful stuff too!). Resources mentioned in the podcast:  TGIF Giveaway 8/3-8/5: http://bit.ly/TGIFGiveaway Tracy’s Steady Beat Swords Blog Post: http://bit.ly/2KwYTmU Tracy’s Newspaper Dance Blog Post: http://bit.ly/2Kucnj8 Tracy’s Pinterest Page: http://bit.ly/2OcpojG David’s Pinterest: http://bit.ly/2mzBkzH Tracy’s TPT Store: http://bit.ly/2AIFKPa The Bulletin Board Lady Website. Tracy King on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2vfqVy6

Back to school songs, games, tips, tricks, and more. Hear some fabulous new ideas and real talk about what it’s like to prepare to go back to school (the fun stuff and the stressful stuff too!). Resources mentioned in the podcast:  TGIF Giveaway: http://bit.ly/TGIFGiveaway Setting Goals Blog Post: http://bit.ly/2ydP6AW David’s Facebook Page: bit.ly/2kliYEv David’s Instagram: http://bit.ly/2lLe6Wy David’s Pinterest: http://bit.ly/2mzBkzH

Sweetly Sings the Donkey is one of my all-time favorite folk songs. Tune in to get lesson ideas about this fun folk song from the barnyard and hear about how I use it to connect with Westward Expansion, farm chores, and rounds/canons. I’ll also be talking about one of my favorite emergency backup YouTube channels from the band Ok Go! Don’t forget to let me know the topics/songs/ideas you’d like to hear about in future podcast episodes. You can email me at MakeMomentsMatter@gmail.com, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, or send me a voice message at (402) 629-0808 (should go straight to VoiceMail). Resources mentioned in the podcast: Sweetly Sings the Donkey: http://bit.ly/2IAGo0C Favorite Folk Song Barnyard Bundle http://bit.ly/2IYiOyo Ok Go YouTube Page: http://bit.ly/2wWZmgy My Facebook Page: bit.ly/2kliYEv My Instagram: http://bit.ly/2lLe6Wy

In this episode I’m talking with Lisa Hewitt, current Vice President of the American Orff Schulwerk Association. Our conversation is all about the world of Orff Schulwerk: what it is, what it isn’t, pedagogy, teaching ideas, what you can expect should you decide to do Orff levels training, why you should visit a local Orff chapter, ideas about starting an all-state Orff ensemble, and more. Resources mentioned in the podcast: Teaching With Orff Website: https://teachingwithorff.com/ AOSA Discussion Group FB Page: http://bit.ly/2Frjer9 AOSA Reverberations Lessons Page: http://bit.ly/2KqspvI Rhythmische Ubung book: https://amzn.to/2r9Qjm8 Keetman’s Elementaria: https://amzn.to/2HDxmiZ American Orff Schulwerk Association Website: http://AOSA.org

In this episode I’m talking with Andrew Ellingsen about Orff Schulwerk and Kodály-inspired teaching. We talk about the similarities, differences, application of each teaching approach, teacher education levels training, and a lot more. Resources mentioned in the podcast:  Orff and Kodaly Adapted for the Elementary School: https://amzn.to/2F8ms2s Organization of American Kodály Educator Website: https://www.oake.org/ American Orff Schulwerk Association Website: http://AOSA.org

In this episode I’m talking with Lorelei Batislaong about Orff Schulwerk. In our conversation we talk primarily about how the ukulele can be introduced using the Orff approach and some tips, tricks, and lesson ideas for incorporating ukulele into your lessons. Resources mentioned in the podcast:  AOSA Music Advocacy Resources: http://aosa.org/resources/advocacy/ Ukulele Underground: http://bit.ly/2vfXf6u Amazing Slow Downer App: http://bit.ly/2qzT7Je Ukulele Companion App: https://apple.co/2IXigEZ American Orff Schulwerk Association Website: http://AOSA.org

In this episode I’m talking with Laura Bercaw Petersen about Orff Schulwerk. In our conversation we talk primarily about how movement and dance function as a part of the Orff approach and ways that you can incorporate movement into your lessons. Resources mentioned in the podcast:  General Orff Schulwerk Books -- The Schulwerk (Orff): https://amzn.to/2GG2PEJ Elementaria (Keetman): https://amzn.to/2IBW4QE Discovering Orff (Frazee): https://amzn.to/2GL3alt Exploring Orff (Steen): https://amzn.to/2H3T9mO Play, Sing & Dance: An Introduction to Orff Schulwerk (Goodkin): https://amzn.to/2IDC2pd Movement Books -- Creative Dance For All Ages (Gilbert): https://amzn.to/2GHTEDP New England Dance Masters Search: http://bit.ly/2HmIIsk Shenanigans Resources Search: http://bit.ly/2JtPwop Lesson Plans for Creative Dance (Carline): https://amzn.to/2ICuxyE Teaching Movement & Dance (Weikart): https://amzn.to/2GIZGQk American Orff Schulwerk Association Website: http://AOSA.org

In this episode I’m talking with Karen Petty about the world of Orff Schulwerk. We talk about how to get kids started on the instruments, mallet exploration, recorder tidbits, some movement ideas, teacher education levels, and a lot more. Resources mentioned in the podcast:  Teacher Education “Levels” Courses Directory: http://bit.ly/2uIRJJk Three to Get Ready for Recorder: http://bit.ly/2Jg4FcZ Hot Jams: https://amzn.to/2GRY7Ty Recorder Routes: https://amzn.to/2pEcHnL Recorder Revolutions: http://bit.ly/2H70nEf American Orff Schulwerk Association Website: http://AOSA.org