Making Your Own Beat Blocks
Want to make your own? This video answers the most frequently asked questions about making them.
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abigailsummer
Aug 15, 20161 min
Beat Blocks in private studios
I taught piano for 9 years, then I stopped to be around home more. Now I started again - sound familiar? I think many of us public school...
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abigailsummer
Aug 5, 20161 min
The iBook is out! The iBook is out!
I'm not sure the world is prepared for an interactive method book, but it's here anyway! For Apple users, you can find it by searching...
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Abby Blair
Aug 5, 20161 min
Complementary Rhythms Lesson
"Perfect Square" This is a book about a square that gets shredded, ripped, poked, and torn into different pieces, but it uses those...
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abigailsummer
Feb 9, 20161 min
Beat Blocks on Youtube
Greetings! It has been awhile since I've blogged and I apologize. I have been busy at work with a lot of different new ventures,...
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abigailsummer
Feb 6, 20151 min
Beat Blocks iBook?
Does anyone out there use an iPad? Would you like all the lessons and examples, leading questions, etc, in a digital format? I keep...
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abigailsummer
Feb 6, 20151 min
New lesson idea on meter
I recently came across this adorable book while at the Illinois Music Educator's Conference in Peoria, IL. It was one of those "ah ha!"...
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Abby Blair
Feb 6, 20151 min
Smartboard, meet Beat Blocks
Mark Britt, a teacher in the Chicago Public Schools district, has recently created a fantastic Beat Blocks resource for the Smartboard as...
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abigailsummer
Oct 27, 20141 min
Rhythm promotes language skills? Um, yes!
Slowly, so slowly, the world is starting to get it. We've all known this for years. Check out this article from CBS.
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abigailsummer
Oct 27, 20142 min
Little sponges: A simple way to reinforce rhythm in 5 minutes while working programs
First of all, I just want to say that Beat Blocks should be used just when needed to boost your already brilliant pedagogy. Secondly,...
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abigailsummer
Oct 27, 20141 min
Beat Blocks featured at an Orff workshop in New York!
Recently Beat Blocks were used in a workshop at the Berkshire-Hudson Valley American Orff-Schulwerk Association led by Jennifer Kamradt....
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abigailsummer
Sep 21, 20141 min
Workshop Discounts
Hello! Just this weekend, Beat Blocks were featured at two different workshops in IL and NY. Attendees to those workshops were offered a...
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abigailsummer
Sep 21, 20141 min
New Ideas from Mark Britt
"I am having fun making my Beat Blocks! I added syncopation to blocks and made some more quarter notes. For the measures I am using green...
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abigailsummer
Aug 25, 20141 min
Beat Blocks around the globe
In just a year and a half, Beat Blocks have reached 21 states in the US and 4 countries across the globe. Several school districts have...
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abigailsummer
Aug 25, 20141 min
Beat Blocks featured at the Heart of Illinois Chapter meeting
This past weekend, the Heart of Illinois Orff Chapter featured Beat Blocks in their workshop with Jean Hersey. A free method book and set...
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abigailsummer
Jul 19, 20141 min
Ties to Orff pedagogy
I'm currently taking Orff level II (FINALLY) and as we're talking about basic rhythm building blocks and cadences vs. connectors, I can't...
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abigailsummer
Jul 7, 20140 min
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Jul 7, 20140 min
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abigailsummer
Jul 7, 20141 min
Note subdivisions within 4/4 time
This was part of a rhythm decoding-lesson my second graders learned.
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abigailsummer
Jul 7, 20141 min
Chicagoans! Hawks fans! Teach Chelsea Dagger on Beat Blocks!
This spring during the NHL playoffs, my fourth graders learned "Chelsea Dagger" (the Blackhawks' goal song) on xylophones to learn sharps...
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