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Musical Forms for K-3

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The 2nd part of my series "Musical Forms for K-3" is out & at the same time TPT has a wonderful SALE!  I combine images, music, stories and movement to create a multi-sensory approach that makes children love it.  Watch the following short video to get an idea of my approach to teaching musical forms.  🎵  Teach Musical Form in a fun and engaging way!   Easy, ready-to-use music lessons for K–3. This bundle helps young learners understand musical form through visuals, stories, listening activities, and creative tasks — all in 3-4 structured 45-minute lessons! Part 1 explains the notion of Form and introduces the notions of  Same ,  Similar  and  Different . Part 2 presents  Strophic ,  Binary  and  Ternary  forms using examples from famous musical works as well as easy motifs. Children can create their own small scale forms using rythmic and melodic motifs. " The Crab in his Hole " is a fairytale about a crab's a...

6-7 game in the classroom

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                                                         6-7 is a trend among children, so let's try a game about it! The initial game is played like this: children stand in a circle and start counting τα παιδιά from 1-7: one, two, three, four, five,  six ,  seven . Those two who say 6 and 7 play Rock-Paper-Scissor. The winner stays in the circle, the other sits down.   Let's transform it to a music game:  Option 1: We sing the notes from Do to Ti : Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti. La and Ti are 6-7. Children who sing La and Ti play  Rock-Paper-Scissor to see who stays in the circle.    Option 2: I created a short song with 7 notes. Each child sings one syllable. The last 2 syllables are 6-7. You may create your own song with 7 notes choosing the notes you want to practice with yo...

ESCAPE FROM THE MALL_Music Escape room

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 Here is an escape room with music challenges. My 6th grade students invented the story and I added the challenges.  I created 2 of the challenges (the 1st and the last), 2 challenges are games from Dr Musik and 1 is a video from Youtube.  The images were created in ChatGPT and the presentation in Canva and Google Slides. I'd love any feedback, comments and suggestions! Enjoy! Chrysi

Melody Sequencer for "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"

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As many of you are rushing around a Winter holidays concert or witer holidays activities, I present a short interactive game created with Canva AI.  It's a melody sequencer for the first 8 measures of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" with notes on the staff.  Have a look at the video to see how it works!  Melody Sequencer_how it works Play in this link: https://interactivemelodygame.my.canva.site/ Enjoy!

December SALE in TPT!

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A 2-days sale is just about to happen in TPT, so l et me give you a quick tour of my shop! A boat full of sounds I have created quite a few resources in number, but most of them are collections that cover more than one lesson. Some of them cover all year activities!  Let me pinpoint some of them which can be easily used as  Music Centers , as they include a variety of resources for the same theme! 1. Greek Traditional Carols for Christmas and the New Year 3 weeks before Christmas enjoy an insight to Greek culture and children's Carolling. 2 super easy Carols for metallophone. Easy to use in Music Centers; Presentation of the Greek Christmas customs / images of foods and instruments / Coloring pages / scores and simple orchestration / play along videos with scrolling notation / suggested listenings / pages for Reflection so that your students find similarities and differences between Greek customs and their favorite Christmas customs. 2. My top-seller Listening Maps and Teachin...

Back to School SALE in TPT!

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  Back to School Sale in Teachers Pay Teachers!  Grab your resources for a creative school year!  Have a look to my best seller book with Listening Maps for Vivaldi's THE FOUR SEASONS. Try the games I've created about this famous work and download all the FREE material! 

SPRING resources

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Do you feel Spring? The sounds, the smells, the colours... Have look at my free e-book about Vivaldi's Spring! Learn how to create Spring's motiv!  See how to create a rondo form with spring ideas Move and dance with Spring mvt 1 Follow the listening maps,  draw, create and enjoy! TES shop TPT store