IDEAS FOR DISTANCE/ONLINE TEACHING AND LEARNING
SOME GREAT IDEAS! THANK YOU! :-)
Nr.
Title
Author
Country
Language
Content
Target group/ age
Directed to
1
Digital teaching in an Orff-Schulwerk world
Tiffany English
USA
English
Article from Reverberations, AOSA
Directed to teachers
Teachers
2
How to teach Orff-Schulwerk online: Article providing information and inspiration
Olympia Agalianou
Greece
English
explaining processes for online teaching in general
Article for teachers
Teachers
3
Don't forget to wash your hands
Werner Rohrer
Austria
English/ Deutsch
Hand gestures, and speech rhyme to recorded music
Addressing children directly
Primary and Middle School students
4
Mosquito-Juba
Werner Rohrer
Austria
Deutsch
Body percussion with speech rhyme
Addressing children directly
Primary school, grade 3 and 4
5
Regentropfen Kanon.
Werner Rohrer
Austria
Deutsch
3 videos, developing 4 motifs and canon singing sequence of 4 different rhythms, plus creative group tasks
Addressing children directly
Upper Primary and Middle school
6
Music activities for the lockdown
Orff UK: David Wheway, Sarah Hennessy, Andrew Maud, Ian Shirley
England
English
Exploring sounds around the home and sounds for storytelling
Suggestions for teachers, videos for children
a: Four + years of age. b: Seven to eleven years olds.
7
Creating elemental music and movement experiences in an Online Learning Enviroment
Drue Bullington
USA
English
Nonconventional sound sources, speech rhyme literacy
Introduction for teachers and examples addressing children
Upper primary
8
Table rhythms
Doug Goodkin
USA
English
Accumulative rhythm patterns, transfer to nonconventional sound sources
For children and teachers, modelling the orchestration of rhythm patterns
Primary and upper primary
9
Letter to the IOSFS
Krongtong Boon-prakong
Thailand
English
For all members
10
Children's songs
Nanna Hlif Ingvadottir
Iceland
Icelandic
Songs for the children at home performed with a small group of children
Sharing of songs with gestures and accompaniment
Junior primary
11
Experiences with music & dance ed. online
Johanna Kellerer
Germany
Text English
Song and story of a 'time witch' with movement and literacy.
Teaching children directly online with Zoom
Kindergarten and Junior primary
12
Orff-Schulwerk, Vol. 1, p 53
James Harding
USA
English
Echo playing, dynamics, tone, colour, developing formal structures
Suggestions for teachers
Adaptable for any age group
13
Visit to the Zoo
Peta Harper
Australia
English
Responding to music with drawing and movement
Suggestions for teachers
4-7-year olds
14
Die Tintenfliege
Christine Preißinger
Germany
German
Song about the 'Ink-fly' with sound gestures and accompaniment
Class for children online
Junior Primary
15
One Sunny Day and Inner Anner Ooo
Joyce Kojevnikov
Australia
English
learning a song adding acc. with pots and pans
Class for children online
10 - 11-year olds
16
Banaha (from the Dem. Republic of Congo)
Christoph Maubach
New Zealand
English
Creating body percussion patterns, suggestions for movement and listening activity
Suggestions for teachers
9-12- year olds
17
Walpurgis Night
Anu Tähemaa
Estonia
Estonian with English subtitles
Fingerplay, rhythmic and movement improvisation
Synchronous online class showing creative action with children via Zoom
7-12-year old mixed group
18
Variations on "Co-Co"
Robert Grüner
Germany
German
Improvised speech, song, gestures
Performing with children
6-8-year olds
19
C. Saint-Sans: The cuckoo
Thea Krauss -Seeger
Germany
German
Listening activity with drawing
For children
Kindergarten and Primary
20
Tomato salad
Christine Preißinger
Germany
German
Using punch and Judy figures, unscrambling syllables, speech patterns with changing accents
Online class for children
6-7-year olds
21
Dancing Obwisana
Tetyana Chernous
Ukraine
Ukrainian
movement warm up, leading to a dance improvisation with objects to Obwisana
Synchronous examples with children using Zoom
4-6-year olds
22
Marula Tree
Caroline Zeeman
New Zealand
English
Pass the beat and add rhythm patterns to a song with ukulele
Suggestions for teachers
Primary school
23
Elements of music
Jeremy Huntler
New Zealand
English
Rhythmical speech and listening activities
Addressing children directly
Primary School
24
Loo-La, a nonsense song
Janine Wymer
New Zealand
English
Echo singing, body percussion, movement
Suggestions for teachers
Primary School
25
Poem Stardust
Shirley Harvey
New Zealand
English
Poem with movement, music and graphic notation
Suggestions for teachers
Primary School
26
Starting with an artefact
Robyn McQueen
New Zealand
English
Textile, woven patterns from Africa, creation of a rhythmical rondo
Suggestions for teachers
Primary School
27
Koko Elai
Claire Mc
New Zealand
English
Congolese Greeting Song with accompaniment
Suggestions for teachers
Junior and Senior Primary
28
Sarasponda
Celia Stewart
New Zealand
English
Song with movement and rhythmic accompaniment
Suggestions for teachers
Junior Primary
29
Snakes alive
Michele Ellis
Australia
English
Series of activities, listening, playing and dancing to recorded music.
Suggestions for teachers, and playing online with children.
4-9-year olds
30
Playing with a word: Chocolate
Jo Charman
New Zealand
English
Playing with the words, syllables and body percussion patterns.
Suggestions for teachers
Teachers
31
E tu kahikatea, Māori song about providing support
Christoph Maubach
New Zealand/Aotearoa
English and Te reo Māori
Movement explorations, singing and playing accompaniment
Suggestions for teachers
Teachers
32
Aramsamsam
Fernanda Mattos
Brazil
Portuguese
Composition game with rhythms
Directed to teachers
Preschool, 5 years old
32
Aramsamsam
Fernanda Mattos
Brazil
English
Composition game with rhythms
Directed to teachers
Preschool, 5 years old
33
Dancing with a chair
Christa Coogan
USA/ Germany
English
From experiencing movement material to choreographing a chair dance
Directed to teachers
from middle school to adults
34
Bate o Monjolo
Fernanda Mattos
Brazil
Portuguese
Brasilian song and rhythmic game
Directed to teachers and parents
from preschool on- various age groups
35
Bate o Monjolo
Fernanda Mattos
Brazil
English
Brasilian song and rhythmic game
Directed to teachers and parents
from preschool on- various age groups
36
Danseden Yapraklar
Ezgi Tatar
Turkey
Turkish
Meditatif hayal gücünden dansa
37
Dancing Leaves
Ezgi Tatar
Turkey
English
Meditative imagination leading to dance
As a result of the Coronavirus crisis many teachers have found themselves unprepared for the fact that they have to teach music and dance online. In order to offer them suggestions and support, you will find contributions from colleagues for different target groups on this page.
If you would like to make a contribution yourself, please write to: info.iosfs@gmail.com
