Music memes for kids

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the sound of music memes

This year, I am mentoring four new music teachers in my district. When asked what my favorite trick for teaching hard concepts was, my immediate reply was, “Memes!” That may seem strange, but I swear these things are magic. A few years ago, a class was really struggling with the concept of DS Al Coda. We tried stories. We made up a rhyme. We looked at visual examples, audio examples, visual AND audio examples… nothing stuck. I made a silly meme (Grumpy Cat, I believe), suddenly every kid got…

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Being a mom

Not mine, i just added the orchestra part lol

Haydn pun

#bandmemes #musicmemes #bandadda Please tell me I'm not the only one that thinks of the fastest way to the band room just in case...

Band memes

See the first part here. I love using memes in my class. Kids are definitely exposed to them and love seeing ones they recognize. They are also a great and sneaky way to get kids to make connections. In order to get the joke, kids have to understand the concept the meme is about and be able to apply it to the given situation. Despite having a reputation of being only relevant to teenage geeks, memes are actually great learning tools. About a year ago, I was spending a good portion of my free…

Well...this adds a twist to the skinny jeans and saggy pants argument.