Monday, February 17, 2014

Day 170: Primary Orff Activities (Material Monday)

Daily Blog Challenge Day 170/365

Material Monday

We spend a lot of time during second semester playing Orff Instruments. This year I have focused on the ability to play a bourdon and glissando in Kindergarten and First Grades. In second grade, we start playing melodies.

We started Orff Instruments by playing games where 1-2 students would get to play an instrument at a time. After a few games I felt my students could handle playing as a whole class. I started group activities by allowing them to have free play time while watching for cut offs by me.  We then started activities where one student picks a song we have sang this year and choose to add a bourdon or glissando while we sang the song.  Hearing their creativity was a lot of fun and the students enjoyed having more ownership.

What activites do you do in primary music that incoorperate Orff Instruments? Thank you for reading.

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