tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128892409592802822.post1520955179533705632..comments2010-07-13T20:29:19.542-07:00Comments on Music Education with Miss B.!: I Wonder...(feedback welcomed!)Miss Sarah Beasleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18017159953240217320noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128892409592802822.post-52584204958788426182010-07-13T20:29:19.542-07:002010-07-13T20:29:19.542-07:00Maybe self-assessment at this age means videotapin...Maybe self-assessment at this age means videotaping conversations/interviews with the students (alone or in small groups) to talk about work they've done... for example if they drew a picture to represent how a piece of a music makes them feel, you could then guide them with questions to describe why they made the decisions they did. You could create a sort of video journal over time, to track learning over the year, or with a particular concept or project.<br /><br />I also think this is one of the best ages to encourage exploratory/discovery learning. What is sound? How can they create music without instruments? With "found sounds"? With a new instrument? They're unafraid of improvisation... see what ideas you get from them!<br /><br />I had my Kindergartners start each class by choosing any instrument in the room for every student to play. They had plenty of their own ideas on the piano, and I would ask listeners what their style/songs made them imagine or made them feel. They are quite insightful at this age. you'd be surprised! And I scaffolded a bit with the glockenspiel day, asking students to improvise what they thought a lullaby would sound like, then gave a glock to a second student and asked them to partly imitate and/or answer the first lullaby with their own.<br /><br />Endless possibilities... but you can start with them! They're FULL of ideas!Krista Eastonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469176701731328033noreply@blogger.com