

MAD MINUET HOW TO
The Kit includes instruction on how to do a Recorder Karate program with selected songs from the kit. The kit includes many extras: practice bugs, composition template, quiz, rubrics, theory worksheets, and note name flash cards.

The songs are sequenced as follows: BAG E D C’ D’ F C. We’ve just lowered the price of the Recorder Resource Kit with Projectables (PDF and videos!) to $40! The Recorder Resource Kit include 38 songs in regular AND Kids Notes notation. Where can you get Mad Minutes? Mad Minutes are included in the Recorder Resource Kit. If they take piano, I give them a mad minute with treble and bass clef – and the piano teachers love me for it. If you have students taking private lessons, make them harder mad minutes. Watch the video to see the level of engagement! This has been really engaging for my students – a great way to start off the class. It’s not competing against others in the class – they are competing against themselves. Use each mad minute more than once – lots of repetition is needed for students to develop instant recall of note names. When you start on the low E, use the BAG E mad minute. When you are working on BAG songs, use the BAG mad minute. In the Recorder Resource Kit there are two BAG mad minutes, then the mad minutes add a note. I like to do a mad minute at the start of every recorder class. Then, you tell them how many seconds or minutes and seconds it took them to complete. Start the timer, and tell the students to “GO!” Tell the students to call out “Done!” and raise their hands when they are finished. As they learn to play more notes, add the notes to the Mad Minute. If students are learning BAG songs on the recorder, they should be completing a BAG Mad Minute. Usually I hand out the papers, and the first student in line gives out the pencils. As the students enter the classroom give a mad minute and a pencil to each student. In music, Mad Minutes are timed drills to practice letter names. Mad minutes were invented by math teachers to help children develop instant recall of math facts. Mad Minutes help students develop their note reading ability. MAD MINUTES – A Great Way to Help Students Develop Note Reading Abilities!
