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How To Structure Your Elementary Music Classes: 5 Elements That Every Music Class Should Have

If your Elementary Music Methods experience was anything like mine, your professor was probably trying to cram an entire degree's worth of information into a single semester. (Possibly unpopular opinion: elementary music education should be its own degree. I am prepared to die on this hill. However, this is a discussion for another day.) I have somewhat hazy memories of a whirlwind semester of music education philosophies, sol-mi-la songs, rhythm activities, and the occasional boomwhacker piece. But if I'm being honest, I completed my Elementary Music Methods class without the faintest idea of how to actually structure an entire lesson around a single concept. After years of experience, attending many professional development sessions, observing veteran teachers, and more than a few sleepless nights of research, I have come to find that there are 5 elements that are essential to every music class. These elements should all serve to teach and reinforce a main concept. And when ...

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