A discussion of labels in relation to genres, practices, and identities. This discussion took place in an "Introduction to Music Education" course. Below, you will find two different version of the discussion. 

This is a model of the use of children's literature as the basis for composition and creative thinking. 

A model teaching demonstration of using movements, body percussion, and questions to teach a song. 

In this teaching example, I model the application of Weikart's (1982) pattern movement instruction using a parachute as a kinesthetic aid.