HeyJaredMusicXT - Moments and Movement
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WINNING in your Classroom (opens the original)
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Stop Explaining the Beat. Let Them Discover It. (opens the original)
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My first graders can find the beat.But can they keep one beat in their feet while performing a DIFFERENT beat with their hands?That’s where things get interesting.I’ve been going back to basics with my first grade classes lately, and I’m remembering that “basic” doesn’t have to mean EASY. Some of the simplest Dalcroze activities ask students to do some incredibly sophisticated musical thinking.No worksheets. No elaborate setup. Just listening, moving, struggling, adjusting, and eventually… figur
1985 EXPANSION PACK (opens the original)
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So the 1985 SONG VIRAL HIT is still rolling along. It’s gone over 2 MILLION views now on various social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. So many creative people adding their own verses and giving me great ideas! A ton of you asked for the same things:How do I actually teach this? Where’s the YouTube version? Can I get an accompaniment track?So here it is: the 1985 EXPANSION PACK.I’m going to show you the exact sequence I used to build from a simple high-five gesture to the f
10 BANGER Activities for Every Class (opens the original)
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Wow… what a whirlwind of a week.If you haven’t heard the news, my last post, “1985,” went viral. We’re talking 1.5 million views. It was a crazy experience.We’d like to welcome all the new subscribers who found us through “1985.” I think you’ll find MusicXT to be a useful resource for activities, songs, philosophical musings, and community.Many people commented on my video that they noticed how expressive the students’ movement was in the class. One person commented:“Is this a music class or a g
Elder-Millennial Teaches Kids About 1985 (opens the original)
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Gather ‘round children… I will tell you of a time before the internet. An ancient era in which people interacted with each other in person, or (gasp) spoke on the phone. I was having some fun with my students explaining to them how different things were in the 80s. They seemed so interested in the conversation that I wrote a song about it! During the first days of school, many of my lessons are about building good habits for movement, interaction, technique, and also just… fun! This song is a gr
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