During back-to-school workshops, teachers from art, music, and P.E. often attend our training on work stations. Often, I’m pleasantly surprised by the creativity of these folks and how they adapt work stations to match their special subjects!
Jennifer Bartos, the music teacher at Ford Elementary School in Denver, CO., came to my after-school session and shared what she’s been trying in her classroom with music stations. I LOVE it! She does things a little differently, because she has many classes each day with lots of different students. But she makes it work for her! Here are a few of the stations she is using with her 3rd-5th graders on the stage in the auditorium, nonetheless!
Students read and play music here using a variety of instruments
Students read music and play the bells at this station
Students also play the Boomwhackers (why didn’t they have these when I was in school?)
Kids compose music using the last 4 digits of their phone number and play it on the xylophone
A computer station is used to teach about the musical staff
There is an emphasis on learning music vocabulary too
Debbie Diller 