Note Knacks® is the simple hands-on method for making music literacy accessible to all!
I love it! I love it! Getting 5th graders who don’t want to do anything – but they will use these! Note Knacks have brought some new joy to my class and my teaching!” – Josh Bradford, Ft. Worth ISD, TX
The Note Knacks® method is taught in dozens of school systems, including:
Atlanta Public Schools, GA
Birmingham City Schools, AL
Boston Public Schools, MA
Chatham-Savannah County Public Schools, GA
Clayton County Public Schools, GA
Cypress Fairbanks ISD, TX
Dallas ISD, TX
Decatur City Schools, GA
Denver Public Schools, CO
El Paso ISD, TX
Fort Worth ISD, TX
Hamilton County Schools, TN
Marietta City Schools, GA
Paulding County Schools, GA
Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County Schools, NC
Ysleta ISD, TX
….just to name a few!
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3 Ways To Balance Creativity With Perfection!
by Note Knacks MusicI am in the process of reading Edwin E. Gordon’s Music Theory for Newborn and Young Children. So far, I am most impressed with 2 points that he makes: “Children are ill-equipped to learn what most teachers are attempting to teach. Without the same kind of acculturation in music young children receive in language by […]
From Length To Symbol ….And A British Accent
by Note Knacks MusicAs you might have guessed, I am in full concert mode getting ready for our end of the year “presentation”, as my colleague and I call it. The second graders have chosen their rhythms, traced and colored them in and have written the symbols on a new sentence strip. We have already spoken about rests, […]
Process And Assessment
by Note Knacks MusicAs you would expect, I absolutely love composing with children! The final result is always fantastic, but it is the process that is so fascinating to me. The composition to the right was done by first graders. They chose partners and created a 4/4 measure. We then took their 1 measure composition and decided on […]