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Welcome to the Medley blog!

All of our blog posts begin with a link to an audio recording of Jess reading the text and describing the images.

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Alternative Music Notation

Music notation does not need to include treble clef and quarter notes. Here are some ideas for other ways to visually represent music for enhanced access.

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Activity: The Little Green Frog

A charming and catchy short song with many uses: steady beat, instrument exploration, simple harmonic accompaniment, expressive movement, and decoding quarter notes and eighth notes like in Conversational Solfege Unit 1.

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Using Hello Songs to Support Student Growth

Hello songs are an indispensible method of creating routine and predictability and sense of safety in music class, but we don’t just sing hello at kids. Here’s how we engage them.