music teacher – Patton The Beat

What It Is Like Going Through First Steps in Music and Conversational Solfege Levels 1 & 2 Certification Courses

I was first introduced to the works of John F. Feierabend from my cooperating teacher back when I was student teaching. I had owned many of his different books, such as The Book of Echo Songs, but never knew there was an entire curriculum! The Heart of America Orff Association in Kansas City has manyContinue reading “What It Is Like Going Through First Steps in Music and Conversational Solfege Levels 1 & 2 Certification Courses”

My Experience Giving the Primary Measures of Music Audiation (PMMA) Test to Measure Tuneful and Beatful Aptitude for the First Time

I gave this post a long title, but the Primary Measures of Music Audiation (PMMA) is a pretty important aptitude test to give to kids grades K-3. I first heard about this test when I got my certifications in both First Steps in Music and Conversational Solfege with Chris Obida Powers at the University ofContinue reading “My Experience Giving the Primary Measures of Music Audiation (PMMA) Test to Measure Tuneful and Beatful Aptitude for the First Time”

Adding Puppets to your Tuneful, Beatful, and Artful Music Class!

My love of puppets started when I was in 5th grade. My church started a puppet program for the older elementary kids while our parents were in church choir practice. Every week we practiced hand-strengthening exercises (such as squeezing tennis balls) and endurance exercises (holding our arms above our heads in preparation for the puppetContinue reading “Adding Puppets to your Tuneful, Beatful, and Artful Music Class!”

Stay Tuned…

Coming soon to my blog I’ll have posts about: Adding puppets into your lessons (with student feedback) Tips on saving your singing voice My experience giving the Primary Measures in Music Audition (PMMA) Test for the first time What it’s like going to First Steps in Music and Conversational Solfege trainings and more! (whatever ticklesContinue reading “Stay Tuned…”

Introduction

The mission behind this blog is for me to share with other music teachers and my local community what is happening in my music classroom! I’m constantly learning new ideas and techniques to bring to my students and I want to share with you the good, the bad, and the ugly. Sometimes a lesson mayContinue reading “Introduction”