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Video Models From AOSA Teacher Educators - Part Three: Movement Exploration

Part three in a series of video models by AOSA Teacher Educators. These videos are intended to show examples that serve as seeds of inspiration for your teaching.

Video Models From AOSA Teacher Educators
Part Three: Movement Exploration

Shared by Aaron Ford, Mika Inouye, Shelly Smith, and Kristine Wolfe

Would you like to learn more about how Orff Schulwerk can grow your teaching skills? Are you seeking new ideas and ways to integrate active music making in your classroom? Although many AOSA Teacher Education Courses are postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, AOSA Approved Teacher Educators are sharing their talents through a series of short, video lessons to show examples that serve as seeds of inspiration. Watch the ideas in these models and make them your own, either in virtual lessons or directly with your students when instruction resumes on-site.

Over the summer, extend your skills by watching these videos, explore materials in the AOSA Resource Library, and make plans to attend future AOSA Orff Schulwerk Teacher Education Courses, AOSA Professional Development Conferences, and local AOSA Chapter workshops.  


Balanced Pathways Through Your Living Room Playground
By Aaron Ford

Movement exploration in a small space.

Aaron Ford teaches elementary and middle school music at The School at Columbia University, NYC. A certified Orff Levels I - III Movement Teacher Educator, he teaches at the Anderson University and DePaul University Courses. He has degrees in Music Education and Creative Arts Therapy with a Specialization in Dance/Movement Therapy.

Strike it Rich!
By Mika Inouye

Explore the movement concept of energy and its contrasting dynamics of heavy-light and direct-flexible.

Mika Inouye, performing artist and educator, is a member of 20Moons, a contemporary dance theatre company in Durango, CO and teaches inclusive creative dance classes for the 9R district. She is founding president of the Four Corners Orff Chapter and teaches movement at L.A. County Teacher Education course.

Movement Warm-Up - Mirroring
Traffic Jam
By Shelly Smith

Establish focus at the beginning of a lesson.

 

Exploration of space and form through movement.

Shelly Smith teaches music for grades Pre K-5 in Omaha, Nebraska. She serves as the Youth Choir Director at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. Shelly is an instructor of movement and recorder for Teacher Education Courses and has served on the National Board of Trustees of AOSA.

Movement Sentences
By Kristine Wolfe

Locomotor/Non-Locomotor movements, responding to varied musical examples.

Kristine Wolfe teaches PreK-6 Music in the Papillion - La Vista (NE) Community Schools. She is a member of the Great Plains Orff Chapter, currently serving as the Program Chair. Kristine is an Orff Level I Basic instructor and, in her free time, she enjoys playing oboe and recorder.
 
View Set One: Level 1 Pedagogy and Movement
View Set Two: Rhythm Play

 

Reverberations - June 30 , 2020

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Presenters/Authors : Ford, Aaron Wolfe, Kristine Inouye, Mika Smith, Shelly
Year : 2020
Month : June
Resource Types : Videos Reverberations: Teachers Teaching Teachers
Subjects : Seasonal Movement/Dance
Age Groups : College/Higher Education