Teaching Recorder To Primary Beginners....

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Teaching Recorder To Primary Beginners...., advice and tips needed please!

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aspiringmusicteacher	Oct 24 2007, 08:22 PM Post #1
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 461 Joined: 21-March 07 From: London, UK Member No.: 10197	Hi everyone! I have my first school position teaching Recorder to 2 groups of 15 children, one group being Reception/KS1 (don't get me started on teaching Reception children recorder, I'm against it personally as I don't think they have the dexterity, but there are only 4 out of the 15), and another group being KS2. I'm looking through all the tutor books I have.... Recorder from the Beginning, Recorder Magic, Abracadabra.... and perhaps it's because I'm too afraid to develop my own ideas, but I've suddenly frozen up and don't know what to do! I keep asking myself the same old questions... should I use 2 different tutor books according to the 2 different age groups, perhaps Recorder Magic for the yong'uns and Recorder from the Beginning for the older ones? Should I write teaching plans in advance? How on earth do I start? I think it's because I'm panicking, but any advice on how to approach the first couple of lessons, no matter how small, would be much appreciated. I've never taught a large group before and I'd really appreciate some guidance! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

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superflute	Nov 3 2007, 10:31 PM Post #2
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 170 Joined: 29-July 07 Member No.: 13725	I don't know much about it really, but have you researched the Suzuki recorder method? It sounds a bit different and alternative, but is aimed at getting ridiculously young children (ie 3) playing various instruments. The recorder one is something to do with taping over keys. Not sure if this is any help (probably not, if you've already started another way, but it's still quite interesting to look into)

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aspiringmusicteacher Teaching Recorder To Primary Beginners.... Oct 24 2007, 08:22 PM

petrat I think that you need to write a short lesson plan... Oct 25 2007, 12:30 AM

Bagpuss I start with rhythm games introducing crotchet, qu... Oct 25 2007, 10:30 AM

aspiringmusicteacher Thank you both so much for this, it's really h... Oct 25 2007, 03:31 PM

Bagpuss Do you need to type the plans up formally? If so,... Oct 25 2007, 03:55 PM

salrec I've found that Red Hot Recorder is much bette... Oct 27 2007, 09:56 PM

sarah123 When I learned the recorder when i was 5 or 6, we ... Oct 27 2007, 10:29 PM

superflute I don't know much about it really, but have yo... Nov 3 2007, 10:31 PM

hero I have just had one year of teaching a group of Yr... Nov 4 2007, 09:10 AM

Alison I don't know much about it really, but have y... Nov 6 2007, 09:54 PM

petrat Remember that children love repetition too. Play t... Nov 4 2007, 03:13 PM

lemonlinctus Hello , What a lovely opportunity for you... Nov 5 2007, 02:05 AM

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