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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Bagpuss	Oct 25 2007, 03:55 PM Post #2
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2207 Joined: 7-January 04 Member No.: 371	Do you need to type the plans up formally? If so, just....type what you're planning! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Believe me, plans end up becoming just vague pointers after a while as you learn to take each lesson where the children take it... Drop us a PM any time, Good luck, Bag x

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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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