In this session, participants engaged with the story Mama Don't Allow by Thacher Hurd using recorders and various auxiliary percussion instruments. The presenter demonstrated how to teach recorder through a storybook, as well as how to use repetition to help learners develop fine motor skills, reading notation skills, and improvisation skills. ReflectionAt first, I was wary of this session because they gave me a free recorder sponsored by West Music and presentations with sponsored products are sometimes not as beneficial. However, this presentation was worthwhile for me to attend because I got to see some of the pedagogical principles and activities from my MUED 380 course being used by the presenter as they taught recorder through a storybook, rather than through just reading notation. The presenter also demonstrated ways for students to improvise while learning the notes and ways to wind the activities forward and backwards depending on the student's needs. I appreciated that the presenter explained that this process would occur over the course of several weeks for students to remember how to play and how to play well. I have a tendency to be amazed at the speed at which I learn these lessons at conferences and question how all this can be done in a classroom setting. However, with the reminder that it takes time and incremental, sequential steps, it seems more realistic. Comments are closed.
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