The Music Makers: Recent Episodes
The Music Makers (Marissa DeVoe)
The Music Makers is a podcast designed to provide elementary music teachers with resources, lessons, repertoire, and much more! Through the lens of a current music educator, learn new songs and activities you can bring to your students right away. Enjoy short discussions on the importance of each topic in the elementary music curriculum and the occasional interview with experts in the field. This is you new favorite teaching tool for this school year.
In this episode, I will share activities and repertoire to use to teach our elementary students about tempo.
This episode features songs and activities for teaching dynamics. I will discuss one activity per grade level from kindergarten to fourth grade.
This episodes provides elementary music educators that are a little uncomfortable using multicultural music in their instruction a systematic approach, repertoire, and ideas for getting started. World Music can be scary to teach if you have had no experience. This episode is to help you feel more comfortable.
In this episode I will share ideas and resources for teaching during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Items will include activities and repertoire to use if you are teaching on a cart or remote teaching.
In this episode, we will discuss using ukuleles in the elementary general music classroom and listen to an interview with Dr. Robin Giebelhausen. Dr. Giebelhausen is an amazing music educator who currently teaches at the University of Maryland College Park. Amongst many successes, Robin is well versed in ukulele education and shares her thoughts and ideas with us in this episode!
In our first episode, you'll learn welcome songs and activities to do in the elementary music class. From hello songs appropriate for kindergarten and first graders to welcome activities to get your second through fifth graders focused and engaged. Come make music!