On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:28:55 -0500, you wrote:

>BINGO! There are so many options, so many arrangments.....
>But you can have your own recorder class? Wow!

I have loved and studied the recorder for years. When I retired, thought=
I
would start teaching it to kids. Wow - was that mind boggling ;-) I had=
a lot
of help from ARTA and have come up with a fun program over the past 8 =
years that
seems to keep most kids interested. But I don't mind if the ones who =
aren't
interested drop out. It's most fun with kids who really want to play. I
started with 36 beginners this year and ended with 16 intermediates. I'm=
hoping
some of them will be interested in trying alto next year and I'll start a=
new
group of beginners - if I have enough time ;-) This is all as a =
volunteer.
Best, Sue


>Karen Stafford
>-----Original Message-----
>From: list@recorderclassroom.com [mailto:list@recorderclassroom.com] On
>Behalf Of Sue Roessel Dura
>Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 8:35 AM
>To: Recorder_Classroom
>Subject: Re: [RECL]how do you teach?
>
>On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:17:24 -0500, you wrote:
>
>I think you can make the recorder as interesting as you want. I bring =
in
>ATB
>recorders to play with the kids as soon as they learn their first song. =
I
>get
>them playing duets as soon as possible and will play a tricky 3rd part =
with
>them
>for fun. We have lots of songs they can play along with on CD. I do =
only
>take
>kids who are interested - those who are not stay in the general music =
class.
>
>
>>Jennifer,
>> I agree, I don't want to use only recorder. Variety keeps kids
>interested. But, how much time do you spend on recorders a
>week/class/month? My question was more directed as to how do you do
>recorder all year and do other things? Example: recorder for 1st 10 =
min.
>then on to other activity.
>>I love that you use such a variety, I would like to do all of that with=
my
>classes as well. How do you balance everything?
>>Thanks!
>>Kim
>>
>>________________________________________
>>From: list@recorderclassroom.com [list@recorderclassroom.com] On Behalf=
Of
>Jennifer S. [momo3@centurytel.net]
>>Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 7:43 PM
>>To: Recorder_Classroom
>>Subject: Re: [RECL]how do you teach?
>>
>>At 07:23 AM 6/12/2009, you wrote:
>>>Using only recorder for learning music can get old after
>>>a while if used all year.
>>
>>
>>I do recorders all year, but I don't use "only" recorders. We sing,
>>we dance, we play xylophones, etc. But I like my kids to keep
>>working at the recorders instead of just making it a short unit that =
ends.
>>
>>*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
>>Jennifer Schroeder Music/Choir K-12
>>Fall River, WI Momo3@Centurytel.net
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