The Possibilities Are Endless, But Where to Begin...
So the Orff Course in San Francisco starts tomorrow, which has meant that this afternoon has been spent revising the course texts and reviewing my notes (why are teachers the worst at following their own advice on revision timetabling!). As this Level I Course focuses on the the Orff-Schulwerk Volume I material, this has also meant that people have been looking at me strangely in the street as I walked pasted absentmindedly humming the C pentatonic scale!
Going through the volume one book, and looking at the exercises and examples, is is easy to see how you can adapt the ideas using other material and create lessons which are varied and enjoyable while promoting C21st Competencies in the pupils. It also caused me to again think about how little we (for we read I!) sometimes give over to the pupils own creativity in producing their own musical ideas. Hmm, much work to be done on this methinks, and this is only the starting point! Hopefully the next couple of weeks will help me develop a sense of how I can develop my skills in this area, but it might ask more questions than it answers!
Going through the volume one book, and looking at the exercises and examples, is is easy to see how you can adapt the ideas using other material and create lessons which are varied and enjoyable while promoting C21st Competencies in the pupils. It also caused me to again think about how little we (for we read I!) sometimes give over to the pupils own creativity in producing their own musical ideas. Hmm, much work to be done on this methinks, and this is only the starting point! Hopefully the next couple of weeks will help me develop a sense of how I can develop my skills in this area, but it might ask more questions than it answers!
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