Below are the handouts from my PMEA Annual Conference session. Enjoy!
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Music In Our Schools
March is known in the music world as "Music In Our Schools Month (MIOSM) ". Started in 1975 by the Music Educator's National Conference (MENC), MIOSM has grown from a single day celebrating music in education, to an entire month. MIOSM advocates for music education in all schools and there are many special events, such as a nationwide concert and advocacy days at state and federal government building, that help us celebrate that fact.
This year MIOSM's nationwide theme is "Music Inspires." At Mill Road and Bainbridge Elementary school, we recreated the logo by having each student in the building put their name on a leaf to add to our tree.
Adults in the building were encouraged to join our celebration by putting their name on a blue bird. Many of the teachers really got into decorating their birds!
I loved the students' reaction after the tree was completed! Many of them were in awe of the tree and wanted to find their name. Having their name on the tree represents something very important that all children yearn for: a sense of belonging. Everyone deserves to have musical experiences and it is my hope that my students feel just as much included in our music classroom as they do seeing their name on our tree. Music certainly has inspired many things for me. What has music inspired for you?
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