Storytelling - Pitch Publications with Shelley Tomich

Once Upon a Time….Storytelling in the Music Classroom

by Pitch Publications | Elementary Music, Pitch Hill, Storytelling

Music itself is like a story – it is has the power to bring people together and to take us to the outer edges of our emotions. Storytellers have passed down their stories through song for generations. Even when there are no words, composers use the elements of music...

Nursery Rhymes – Not just for the Nursery!

by Pitch Publications | Class Procedures, Elementary Music, Random Tips, Storytelling

Why are Nursery Rhymes and Folks Songs so Important? For younger students, nursery rhymes help with language development; they hear the sounds of vowels and consonants and later on, learn how these sounds combine into words. I see this in my own young children...