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  • LaNell Clark
    • Go Ape Over Corrugated Cardboard!
    • Razzle my Berries!
    • Like Crazy, Gnomes and Gnomettes!
    • Flip out for the real MAGIC marker! Gr 2
    • Like WOW!!! Little Lichtenstein Easels (Grade 5)
    • Great Graters! (Grade 5)
    • Cool Dubuffet Sculptures! Gr. 5
    • Right O! Sure! It’s “real” leather?
    • Make the Scene Gr.3
    • What's Buzzin' Creatures Gr K/1
  • Leena Elmore
    • 3D Mini Art Museum
    • Crazy Clay Bird
    • Recycled Sketchbook
    • Black and White Tube Sculpture
    • Bunny Basket Weaving with Finger Puppet
    • Create a Color Book
    • Starry Night with a Twist
    • Moonlit Night
    • Silly Hand Puppet
    • Organizational Ideas
  • Holly Bess Kincaid
    • Art & Music- Time Line
    • Pictures at an Exhibition: Music/Art Connections
    • Making Multicultural Connections
    • Warhol Portrait
    • Face Vase
    • Animation Stills with Depth
    • Art Nouveau Vases
    • Klimt's Cat
    • Favorite Web Resources
    • Dropbox & Prezi
  • Dawn Laird
    • How Many Bugs in a Box?
    • The Dot
    • The Crayon Box that Talked
    • Shapes in Space
    • Lines in Motion
    • I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean
    • Little Green
    • Blue Dog
    • Butterfly Butterfly
    • A Color of His Own
  • Maryanna Rudecki
    • Art Centers: Ten Teaching and Learning Strategies Addressed
    • Art Centers
    • Centers Explained
    • Pictures of Centers
  • Craig Russell
    • Meet & Greet: Getting off to a Great Start!
    • Magic Music
    • RESPECT Erasers & Desks!
    • Little Rewards for Good Behavior
    • Solving Sink Issues and Child Proofing the Art Room!
    • Clay, Canvas Blankets & Clay Repair
    • Clay Masks

Magic Music

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When I began teaching, I wanted something different to use to get the students attention so I chose the harmonica.
When I blow on it one, short blast it means no talking, I have something to say. I usually use it to start the class, or to signal that its time to clean up. For Kindergarten and 1st grade I play magic music before each project for a confidence builder. I make my harmonica sound like the entrance to a castle. Then I say, ‘’Ladies and gentlemen from Kindergarten, welcome to Mr. Russell’s drawing class.” They get all excited and believe the magic helps them draw better. As they move into their 1st grade year I start weaning them off. We will get partially through a project and I’ll tell them what great artists they have become to not need the magic music. Occasionally I will do the music with my older students just for fun.

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