Please don't think I am cheating in anyway here, I'm just looking for some idea's and other peoples opinions here. I have a little project/assignment to do for our community music class where I have to think up idea's for a 45 minute musical workshop for kids with little experience of music, 1st group of 8-10, next group of 10-12 and another group of 8-14.
So far I have a little singing Improvisation, as a kind of confidence booster, like I sing a phrase and get the kids to sing a phrase back...
Introduction to percussion instruments and where they originate from etc...
Assigning each child a very easy instrument and everyone learning a simple song together...
Volume games with a ball, hold the ball up to get louder, bounce it on the floor to get quieter etc...
And I'm a bit ashamed to admit I don't know many other idea's.
Has anyone ever done a music workshop before, or how did music teachers start out, like first lesson or first time in a school? Did anybody here as new teachers get quite nervous the first times they taught?
I'm getting slightly anxious that I want to be a teacher in a few years but have little idea's as yet.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks PSL
