Observation.

[juicy69]

So my teacher is coming to observe me do a little segment in a 1st grade class room. I have a pretty good idea of what I wanna do

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[juicy69]

thank you! these were really helpful.

[caitsings]

it's always good to end your lesson with foreshadowing of what might happen next time you seen the students. if i were doing this lesson, next time i might bring in a violin to talk about to keep with the strings section of the orchestra. so if you say something like 'ok boys and girls, next time i see you, we're going to look at another really cool instrument from the cello's family.' something like that. it also forces you to plan more than one lesson at a time.

[rebelowl42]

CSUSaxGuy Has some great comments (as always) above, so I'm just going to re-emphasize a bit of what he said, since I think he hit all of the main points

[juicy69]

oh yeah i was definiely not planning on an intense cello lecture lol, just a small introduction and a demonstration of all the sounds it can make.

i really like your suggestion about playing it at different tempos, i think i'll try that!

[juicy69]

thanks! those sound like a much better way to explain something to first graders.

[nemomori]

To echo what CSUsaxguy said: If the students are not terribly kinesthetically aware or used to activities like this here is what will happen: they will start to move around a lot during the 'happy' parts and continue to do the same types of motions during the 'sad' parts because they will focused on the moving and not listening

[juicy69]

yeah you and others have said a lot about making sure to teach them what they're supposed to do before the activity so i will definitely do that.