Informances in the First Steps Years | S1E08

Missy and FAME Teacher Trainer Lindsay Jackson discuss the ins and outs of hosting Informances for the younger elementary grades. Find out how to offer parents and students a fantastic experience that will help students demonstrate what they’ve learned while...

Music in the Home

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Conversational Solfege – An Overview | S1E02

John Feierabend and Missy talk about Conversational Solfege, Dr. Feierabend’s curriculum that teaches music literacy with a sound before sight approach. Learn about the 12 Steps of Conversational Solfege and how through it, students learn to become independent musical...

First Steps in Music – An Overview | S1E01

John Feierabend describes the “8-Part Workout” of First Steps in Music. Learn about the Kodály foundations of FS, how it was developed, and why elementary general music teachers around the globe love this program!… You must be logged in to view this page. Join...

Feierside Chat #22 – Arioso

Arioso is included in the First Steps in Music lessons as an opportunity for students to create their own tunes. Original musical thinking is the highest form of music thinking. This chat outlines a progression from the teacher modeling arioso to the students creating...

Move It!: Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks

This Move It! entry was created by Connie Greenwood and is set to Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky. This Move It! was inspired by watching some baby chicks hatch. Chicks are born with a little tooth on their beak. We...

Move It: Blue Goose Rag

This Move It! entry was created by Marguerite Wilder and Kevin Boyle and is set to Blue Goose Rag by Raymond Birch arranged for Concert Band by Timothy Broege. The movie was done with members of Kevin's Band at Picken's County Middle School. They presented this as...