Crescendo Music Education/Marvellous Music Manipulatives Course - April 2024

  • $150

Marvellous Music Manipulatives Course - April 2024

  • Closed
  • Course

*Unable to accept payment from the Department of Education Qld

Are you a current Crescendo Music Education Member?

Just a quick heads-up...

If you are a current member with Crescendo Music Education (crescendo.com.au), please note you will need to create a new login for Crescendo Music Education Courses on Podia (this website).

This will be a second account and new login information will be created when you purchase the course (and will probably be different from your login for your Crescendo Music Education Membership).

Contents

Introduction

Introduction to Marvellous Music Manipulatives

Module 1 - Begins 6 April

Here we go – Module 1!

Six fabulous activities are to be revealed. Learn a fun handball routine created by Debbie O’Shea, use soft toys to foster singing, check out the way that the crocodile puppet can help with dynamics, use flashcards for part work, learn a fabulous scarf song and play four corners. What a great start to the course.

Module 1 - Video
Module 1 - Notes & Activities

Module 2 - Begins 13 April

In Module 2 we will use a slinky to practice comparatives, learn a another handball routine, learn the most wonderful game to practice steps and skips (and print the cards needed from your PDF), use paddle pop sticks in the early phase of learning rhythm, play symbol match with plastic eggs and play Pow.

Module 2 - Video
Module 2 - Notes & Activities

Module 3 - Begins 20 April

Module 3 contains Deb and Debbie’s favourite, Here’s a Green Leaf – you will just have to see this one to appreciate the magic moments that can be created in your classroom.

Meet conducting gecko, create a recorder composition with felt staves and counters, see a unique way to use a soccer ball, and play Allee Galoo with soft toys.

Module 3 - Video
Module 3 - Notes & Activities

Module 4 - Begins 27 April

In Module 4, Deb, Alisen and Debbie will lead you through 6 different activities. Play with some soft toys and do a wonderful activity for the young students, see how Alisen uses her specially designed Pentatonic Flashcards (and you have the PDF of these cards to download for your own use).

Go shopping with small toys, practice your inner hearing, and grab a great composition task that Deb and Debbie use as an assessment.

Module 4 - Video
Module 4 - Notes & Activities
Module 4 - Pentatonic Letter Name Cards (Printable)
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2026 Bonuses

2026 Bonus #1: Little Shop (Set-Up)
2026 Bonus #2 - Little Shop (Activities)