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Help Me Make a Beautiful Spring Video!

Liz Buchanan May 2, 2018 May 2, 2018Uncategorized 0

It’s spring! Here in New England, we have a beautiful sunshine-y day outside, daffodils are blooming and everyone’s frolicking and eating popsicles. I’m making a video of a spring song that I wrote with a Pre-K class a few years ago. I plan to post it on my Youtube Channel,…

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The Children’s Music World Needs You!

Liz Buchanan November 25, 2017 November 29, 2017Music Education, Reflections, Uncategorized 5

Memo to musicians under 40, of all musical styles and persuasions: Could you share your music with kids? Please? I’m reaching out especially to those of you who don’t look or sound like me, a white female of a certain age, who strums my acoustic guitar and sings folk-y type…

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Musical Learning with The Three Bears

Liz Buchanan January 14, 2017 January 14, 2017Music Education, Story Songs, Uncategorized 0

The story of the Three Bears is a fun way to help children learn about high, medium and low pitches. This idea is not original to me (I’ve referenced some lesson plans below), but I found a way to involve students playing different instruments and repeating lines of the story….

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I Learned About Orff This Summer!

Liz Buchanan September 4, 2016 September 4, 2016Music Education, Reflections, Uncategorized 0

During the summer of 2016, I had lots of adventures. While traveling through the American south, I stopped at the University of Memphis for two weeks to take a course about an approach to music education called Orff. Orff isn’t an acronym, it’s the name of the founder, Carl Orff,…

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Five Ways to Support Learning Through Music

Liz Buchanan November 25, 2015 November 25, 2015Uncategorized 0

What follows is an excerpt from a recent interview with Liz on the Lesley University web page. Liz received her M.Ed. degree in 2009 from Lesley’s master’s program in Creative Arts in Learning. 1 In early childhood, use songs and finger plays to encourage learning about rhyming, letter sounds, narrative,…

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Singing is the Best Way to Learn to Rhyme!

Liz Buchanan September 21, 2015 September 22, 2015Phonological Awareness, Uncategorized 0

This school year, I have the pleasure of teaching music to 120 kindergarten students at the newly-opened KIPP elementary school in Lynn, MA. Our school will add a grade each year, so for now, we are all K! It’s great fun. One of the first literacy skills kindergarteners need to…

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