Musicplay Minutes

Stacey Werner discusses her path from recording Music Play songs with her mother, Denise Gagné, to teaching music at Rainbow Creek Elementary School for 11 years.

["Denise Gagn\u00e9 uses Music Play Minutes to map out November 11th songs, scripts, and choreography for Remembrance Day and Veterans Day.", "She highlights John Jacobson's 'Soldier, This Song I Sing for You,' Kristin Luko's basketball medley, and John Jacobson's Veterans Day program 'Salute.'", "The episode also walks through Canadian Remembrance Day protocol, including the colour guard, wreath laying, 'The Last Post,' and one or two minutes of silence.", "For younger grades, Denise points to 'Poppy's Red,' 'Kumbaya,' 'Just One Candle,' 'Sing for Peace,' and 'A Wish for Peace,' with handouts at workshops.musicplay.ca."]

Denise Gagné uses 'Spooky Sounds and Autumn Activities' to show Halloween material and non-Halloween alternatives for Music Play Online, including minor-key songs for schools that cannot use witches or Halloween language.

Music Play Minutes points listeners to workshops.musicplay.ca for the webinar, handout, PD certificate, and visual examples.

Denise Gagné uses Music Play Minutes to walk through easy lesson planning for pre-K through grade 6, starting with a handout, a webinar version, and resources at workshops.musicplay.ca.

Musicplay Minutes presents back-to-school music activities from Music Play Online, including “All About Me” worksheets, booklets, mixers, procedures, and songs.

Denise Gagné of Musicplay Minutes outlines ways teachers can use summer time off for walking in Banff and Red Deer, family activities, reading, dancing, and swimming.

Denise Gagne, creator of Music Play, presents practical ways to make year-end music assessments manageable and enjoyable for students.

Denise presents “Choreographed Wiggling” for Musicplay Minutes, showing how movement, melody, repetition, and action songs can support early literacy in music classes.

Denise Gagné and John Jacobson present bunny-themed music activities and Bunnies the Musical for early-years classrooms.

Denise Gagné and Zoom assistant Denae introduce Musicplay Minutes as a webinar-linked lesson on Read Across America, St.

Denise Gagne demonstrates how Music Play Online can help teachers choose February music activities for Lunar New Year, Valentine’s Day, and Black History Month.

Denise Gagné uses her 2023 Musicplay Minutes webinar to demonstrate classroom recorder instruction, including gentle blowing, left-hand positioning, note reading, tonguing, and the B-A-G-F-E-D-C warm-up.

Denise Gagné and Stacey Werner present post-concert music activities including composer videos, “review and request,” instrument bingo, holiday rhythm centers, and classroom games.

Musicplay Minutes presents Denise Gagné demonstrating holiday arrangements for ORF instruments, recorders, djembes, boomwhackers, rhythm instruments, and bucket drums.

Musicplay Minutes presents Denise Gagné and John Jacobson's 2022 webinar on autumn, spooky, Halloween, and Thanksgiving music activities for children.

Musicplay Minutes presents Serge Gingras's French-language resources for Music Play Online, including song lists, units, listening kits, arrangements, concept slides, and printables.

Denise Gagne, creator of Music Play, and Stacey Werner, a music teacher near Calgary, Alberta, explain how to plan school concerts around student ability, community expectations, venue limits, and available budgets.

Music Play Minutes presents John Jacobson and Denise Gagne demonstrating new JJandMe and Music Play Online resources for November 11th, holiday, spring, and K-5 concerts.

Denise Gagné presents back-to-school music activities for learning names, setting expectations, and building classroom routines through Music Play Online.

Denise Gagné presents lesson-planning strategies for ORFF specialists, Kodály specialists, general music teachers, classroom teachers, and substitutes.

Sonia Patel, a blind K–5 general music teacher with 24 years at Byers Dowdy Elementary in Lebanon, Tennessee, explains classroom accommodations for blind and visually impaired students.

Kodi Kreil, a former teacher pursuing a master's degree in counseling psychology, explains active and receptive music therapy to Keri Lynn and Karis.