Reverberations: Teachers Teaching Teachers is a weekly, online publication available to members that publishes models of best practice from Orff Schulwerk classrooms in the form of lesson ideas, student-tested teaching strategies, articles related to classroom applications, and more.
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List of Reverberations Articles
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the AOSA Resource Library
AOSA has a growing collection of articles, teacher tools, and book reviews to help you plan lessons that address diversity, equity, and inclusion in your classroom.
Social Emotional Learning When Schools Reconvene: What We Can Do
How can we plan for social/emotional learning as students return to school – in person or online – during this time of global pandemic?
Voices of Experience – 2020
AOSA elders offer words of wisdom as limitations, imposed by health and safety concerns, cause us to rethink how we deliver instruction at the start of a new school year.
Top 10 Digital Teaching Tips: Keeping the Schulwerk Alive in a Virtual World
This article reminds us to keep a playful mindset while planning and presenting virtual lessons.
Singing and Playing at Home
Distance teaching provided some impetus to rethink the relationship between school music classes and music-making at home.
Video Models From AOSA Teacher Educators – Part Four: Melody and Instruments
Part four in a series of video models by AOSA Teacher Educators. These videos are intended to show examples that serve as seeds of inspiration for your teaching.
Video Models From AOSA Teacher Educators – Part One: Level 1 Pedagogy and Movement
Part One in a series of video models by AOSA Teacher Educators. These videos are intended to show examples that serve as seeds of inspiration for your teaching.
Video Models From AOSA Teacher Educators – Part Three: Movement Exploration
Part three in a series of video models by AOSA Teacher Educators. These videos are intended to show examples that serve as seeds of inspiration for your teaching.
Accidental Professional Development
The transition from classroom teaching to distance learning offered an opportunity to learn and cultivate new skills in a very Orff Schulwerk way
Video Models From AOSA Teacher Educators Part Two: Rhythm Play
Part Two in a series of video models by AOSA Teacher Educators. These videos are intended to show examples that serve as seeds of inspiration for your teaching.
Teaching Vocal Jazz Scatting with Elemental Intention
Vocal improvisation is a fun and exciting extension of elementary music making. Beginning with exploratory vocal improvisation prepares students to develop vocal improvisation in many ways.
From a Distance: Sharing Ideas for Online Lessons
An annotated list of websites that offer models for planning for distance learning.