i hope that i'll love the job, i was not thinking at all to be a music teacher, but hope that i'll change my mind, cause i hate working in clubs, bands etc. But, r u teaching for sited students or blind ones? Cheers Ramy Moustafa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alison Trelfa" <alison.trelfa@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 2:43 AM Subject: [sib-access] Re: [Bulk] Music c teacher > Hello, Ramy, > > Great minds think alike! When I was teaching in a comprehensive school I > used to make the children draw and fill in or shade a big circle and this > would be represented as a whole note or semibreve. Next I made them draw > another circle and cut it in half, colouring or shading one half and > leaving > the other half blank. This represented the minim. Then I did the same with > the crotchet, but now they only had to shade a quarter of the circle. I > used > to make them write the correct notes on this page too. It was quite a bit > of > fun. The other thing I used to do was the exercise where you fold a piece > of > paper and make a cut to form a large hole in the centre. You then take > another piece of paper and fold it twice so that when you open out the > page > you have two holes. Take another piece and do it again but folding now > three > times, and when the paper is opened out there are four holes, and like the > notes, the holes get smaller with the greater amounts of holes on the > page. > This is a good one for the blind as we obviously can't draw! Nor can we > see > the work that the children have done! I do hope this has been of some > help, > and congratulations on becoming a teacher. You should feel proud of your > achievements. It's not easy is it? > > Take care. > > Alison Trelfa. > > If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message > with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: > sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx