What did you learn from the process you engaged in to create this music lesson?
From creating the music lesson, I learned that you need to pick an easy tune that can be repeated. We chose a whole new world from the Disney movie, Aladdin, which forced you to have pitch, tone, and know the melody well. Our group was trying to be a little too creative I guess, and I realized it's better to be simple. Like, the rain rain go away song, was perfect because that could be memorized much easier and has a range of octaves that could have been used to sing the song.
While we were coming up with the lyrics, we found ourselves trying to make each line rhyme rather than get across the things we were teaching in our objective.
What did you learn from the actual presentation experience?
From presenting, I learned that it's embarrassing to sing a tune with an advanced melody, and it would have been much easier to have helped the students learn a song we were more comfortable with, like row row row your boat, or something with a basic sound.
I also learned that it's important to have very detailed instructions and to know how everything can work, and then even if the class doesn't require that much instruction, you know whatever you need to improvise or modify the instruction and/or lesson.
So What is important for you to remember and learn?
It is important for me to remember not to squeeze music into my curriculum if it won't help the students learn the objectives. I like music, and I think it is a fun way to learn, but if I think it's going to bomb, I need to not be afraid to totally revamp and reorganize a new method to teach the students.
Now What are your next steps?
My next steps are to add some more musical props to my art methods teaching collection and to use songs as review or help for the test, rather than to teaching a totally new material, like fractions.
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